DMA OFF for DVD-R/W

[sum1]

The DMA for my Sony-DVD R/W has turned off for some reason. The reading/writing speed has gone slow because of it running in PIO mode.

I tried every method like physically removing IDE cable and reinserting, deleting and reinstalling ROM driver, checking whether the master/slave jumper is set correctly for shared primary IDE (of one of my HDD and the DVD-R/W) and still the problem persists.

Any suggestions? Please help me get rid of this irritating problem.

 

[Tarrant64]

Do you have 3rd party software that you use for CD burning? Roxio, Nero? They can sometimes disable features like that.

 

[VirtualLarry]

IF you read discs that have bad sectors, it can cause the drive to slow down into PIO mode. Remove your IDE driver in Device Manager and let it re-install.

 

[sum1]

I have tried reinstalling IDE driver in Device manager but to no avail....

 

[bendixG15]

You got the 80 wire cable ?