Driver Choice nForce 2 and 3

Microsoft's IDE Driver Ultra DMA Performance Problem


Who applies the Microsoft IDE driver on nForce 2 or 3 and finds out slow data 
communication rates about the controller IDE, should examine whether also the
appropriate  DMA mode for the disk drive is active for.
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To  control open the Windows system control / Device Manager,  click on the plus
before ATA/ATAPI Controller IDE. Unterwindow opens.
MS IDE controller view
Mouse click on the right on "attributes" of primary and secondary IDE channel

Announcement attributes opens a new window.  Go here on "extended attitudes"
and check if "DMA if availably" is active. If not, change this setting. 
MS Ide Driver, extended attitudes
The option, please check for primary and secondary IDE channel. 

After a PC the restart which Windows XP also suggests,  the highest possible
DMA mode  should be active for the disk drives. 
If the possibility that the procedure UDMA still does not consist, it is maybe 
in the BIOS not on enabled.


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