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December 6th, 2006 11:00

GX620 IDE problem

GX620 with preinstalled w2k.

1. When switching IDE to DMA (instead of PIO)w2k won't boot anymore.
2. IDE devices very low preformance.
2. Using an internal IDE DVD-burner(Lite-On)the max speed I get is DVD 1.9x, Cd 15x
3. Verifing burned data locks up the burnsoftware.
3. Playing DVD: crackeling sound
4. Playing music: crackeling sound

=> might be a "small" problem with the IDE-controler?
(using an external DVD-burner works rather normal)

5. DualCore D820 cpu on delivery was configured as an single core.
6. Rather high CPU load.

btw: bios and drivers manually updated! No effect.

Anyone has the same problems and anyone who solved it? :)

Message Edited by Tab25 on 12-06-200608:04 AM

  • Rijko

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    Posted December 8th, 2006 17:00

    i have not seen that problem before, but i wonder - have you checked that the IDE controller is enabled in the bios, and that the acoustic mode in the "performance" subtree is set to "performance" ?
    Have you installed the chipset drivers ?
     
    Maybe 2000 reverted back to PIO after a few problems... see if this helps :
     
    snippet : "The program tries to reenable DMA in the registry exactly as described below, for all suitable ATA channels. Windows then redetects the DMA status after the next reboot."
     
  • Tab25

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    Posted December 18th, 2006 13:00

    The solution didn't work :(

    But:
    Today I installed DVDFab, it asked to activate DMA and it corrected the problem!
    DMA enabled now and the DVD-writer is working at normal speed...

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  • Rijko

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    Posted December 18th, 2006 19:00

    thanks for posting back.
     
    Nice you got it to work !