Who made my motherboard?

[Transfusion]

DMA settings in Win2K or WinXP are not accessed under each individual device in the Device Manager, but under the properties of each individual channel in the IDE Controller. It is normal for devices on the secondary channel to come up as PIO mode until manually changed by the user. Choose DMA if available, and reboot.


from http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/4009-45-problems

[patio]

Of course they are at the controller level...

If the HDD and optical are both connected to one the HDD would exhibit the same symptoms...of course we cannot assume that here.

[Tej]

Thanks for helping me find the problem. Until now I have been using a 40-conductor cable to connect the optical drive to the mobo. It appears that only the 80-conductor cables can support Ultra DMA mode.

[patio]

Double check all drive connections with all power removed...
Also replace your CMOS battery on the MBoard...Part #CR2032 available anywhere...