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Thread ID: 92521 2008-08-13 05:14:00 IDE channels missing linw (53) Press F1
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696989 2008-08-13 05:14:00 Wanted to check DMA setting on a slow XP machine but device mgr doesn't show any channels under the IDE/ATAPI controller section . The nvidia controller is there but that is all . Makes it hard to check DMA/PIO mode!

Any ideas how this could come about? Googling hasn't been helpful .

Machine is a DSE one a few yrs old with one HDD and one CDRW . Will get to check it on Fri .
linw (53)
696990 2008-08-13 05:51:00 See what it says in the BIOS for it Speedy Gonzales (78)
696991 2008-08-13 11:12:00 Yea, will have a poke into the BIOS but don't hold much hope for seeing the problem there . Think I'll end up imaging the drive and uninstalling the controller . But will check jumpers etc first . I don't know whether it has always been like this or whether there has been a change . I'll also check that Intel accelerator isn't loaded as this can cause funny disk problems .

Cheers .
linw (53)
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