win xp refuses to enabel DMA for HD

[oupei]

on my dual boot system, win98se lets my HD run in DMA mode but winxp refuses. I've selected "DMA if available" in device manager, but it still runs in PIO mode. how can i make winxp use DMA mode?

Athlon xp 1700+ @2.08ghz
512MB ram @333mhz
Epox 8RDA+ (nforce 2.45)
Geforce4 Ti4200 (Det 45.23)
Maxtor 120gig 8mb ram

 

[Crusty]

Try installing the Motherboard drivers for your board...if you allready have....reinstall them again.

:beer:

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: MCrusty
Try installing the Motherboard drivers for your board...if you allready have....reinstall them again.

Yeah, and if this doesn't work you could try removing the IDE channel from device manager and rebooting.

 

[lucky9]

Originally posted by: xcript

Originally posted by: MCrusty Try installing the Motherboard drivers for your board...if you allready have....reinstall them again.

Yeah, and if this doesn't work you could try removing the IDE channel from device manager and rebooting.

ditto

 

[oupei]

removing the IDE channel did the trick. thanks guys.

 

[zephyrprime]

If it goes back down again, it is becuase there is some sort of hardware problem.