Cd-rom and CDRW at PIO mode 4?

duragezic

Lifer
Oct 11, 1999
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I just noticed this at bootup. Isn't PIO mode 4 kinda oldschool and slow? DMA is enabled for both drives too.

I don't remember much but isn't PIO mode 4 max 16mb/sec when instead the drives should be at udma/33? Of course, neither drives reaches 16mb/sec so it doesn't matter does it?
 

Rafael

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May 11, 2001
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If you download the Service Pack 2 for Win2K, that might solve your problem. If your CD and CD-RW support UDMA 33.
Win2K before the SP 2 indicated UDMA 33 drives in PIO4 mode.

Raf