SuperCheetah
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Ok, I can't figure this one out. I did the steps below, but I do not have the Advanced Settings Tab when I right click. Why is this? I want to find out if my raid array is performing up to spec and make sure that DMA is enabled, but I can't seem to do this. Can anyone help me with this problem? I've installed the latest VIA IDE miniport drivers. I have a KG7-RAID board with a 1.4G Athlon, 512 Crucial CAS 2 DDR2100, 2 IBM Deskstars GXP75 60Gb Raid 0, GeForce 2 Pro, Audigy Gamer, etc. etc.
I would greatly appreciate any help you guys could give!!!
Ultra DMA
Next you should ensure DMA is enabled for all IDE devices on your PC. As described earlier, load Device Manager, expand the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers tree & highlight (select) Primary/Secondary IDE Channel (NOTE – If you’ve updated your IDE Bus Mastering Drivers this may be re-named, or the options shown beneath unavailable). Right click on the highlighted item & select Properties, then the Advanced Settings button. The following should be completed for both Primary & Secondary IDE Channel.
Device Type. Set this to Auto Detection (default) to enable Windows XP to detect any IDE devices attached to the IDE Channel (Master or Slave). Setting this to None will disable checking for IDE devices on the Master &/or Slave IDE Channel, which will improve system startup time a few seconds. Do not set this to None if there is an IDE device attached to that particular Channel or it will be disabled.
Transfer mode. For optimal IDE device performance set this to DMA if available. Only if you are using a rather old or slow IDE device should you need to set this to PIO Only (Be sure to attempt using DMA if available first of course though).
Click Ok & Restart your system for the changes to take effect.
I would greatly appreciate any help you guys could give!!!