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    Dell Inspiron 6000 DMA-PIO

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by OldEE, Feb 13, 2007.

  1. OldEE

    OldEE Newbie

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    My Inspiron 6000 has a disk access rate of 2MB/sec because it is in the PIO mode. Bios does not allow DMA (grayed out) and is stuck in that dreaded PIO mode.

    Hope someone has been there and can help.

    Charlie
     
    OldEE, Feb 13, 2007
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  2. mr_bots

    mr_bots Notebook Evangelist

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    I guess you mean it's greyed out in Device Manger. If that's the case, uninstall the IDE controller that the CD drive is connected to and reboot. It should reinstall the controller and set it for DMA.
     
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  3. OldEE

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    Thanks for your good advice. It was the hard drive but its uninstall worked and my problem solved.

    Any BSOD event must lock in PIO.

    Thanks again
    Charlie
     
    OldEE, Feb 14, 2007
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  4. John Ratsey

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    Or it can be caused by Microsoft. See here. Given that it is a relatively recent KB entry, it is probably a fairly new bug in Windows. Currently the fix is only available on demand, which is a bit of a timewaster.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Feb 14, 2007
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