DMA won't enable for my Toshiba DVD 16x drive under win2k

[Anaconda]

I have a FIC AD11 mobo and I would enable DMA through powerDVD, and after I restart the computer, it is unchecked again. Help?

edit - It used to until I installed the via drivers actually

 

[Jalva]

Have you tried installing the Via 4-in-1 drivers? That is if you have a Via chipset.

 

[CZroe]

This is probably because you need to modify the settings in the BIOS to enable DMA for the drive. I had this problem on all my drives on an Intel D850GB & it wouldn't autodetect the DMA mode for anything but the hard drives. I don't know what DMA settings I should have chosen for each optical drive, but I just picked one & DMA will now enable (Anyone know how to tell which to pick? Manuals typically don't say...).

 

[Anaconda]

Yeah, i knew you had to do something in BIOS, but what? is it something with UDMA? whatever that is

 

[astroview]

My roomate had that same problem, he had to download better drivers for the controllers on the Motherboard so that the option stayed. Try that?

 

[Anaconda]

you mean via drivers? yeah i installed those