Enabling dma on hard drives and windows 98/me, Professional – HP DVD100I User Manual

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you decrease the amount of time it takes to create your CD or DVD and increase
system performance. Enabling DMA also reduces disc-writing failures.

HP recommends enabling DMA on all internal IDE CD/DVD Writers and all hard
drives. DMA is not available on external HP drives; however, you can still improve
performance when using an HP external drive by enabling DMA on your hard
drive(s).

To enable DMA on HP CD/DVD drives and your computer's hard drives, follow the
procedures for your version of Windows.

Enabling DMA on HP IDE CD/DVD Drives and Windows 98/Me

Enabling DMA on HP IDE CD/DVD Drives and Windows 98/Me

Enabling DMA on HP IDE CD/DVD Drives and Windows 98/Me

Enabling DMA on HP IDE CD/DVD Drives and Windows 98/Me

1.

1.1.

1.

Click the

Start

Start

Start

Start

button, select

Settings

Settings

Settings

Settings

, and click

Control Panel

Control Panel

Control Panel

Control Panel

.

2.

2.

2.

2.

Double-click the

System

System

System

System

icon.

3.

3.

3.

3.

Click the

Device Manager

Device Manager

Device Manager

Device Manager

tab.

4.

4.

4.

4.

Double-click the

CDROM

CDROM

CDROM

CDROM

icon.

5.

5.

5.

5.

Double-click the HP CD/DVD drive listed.

6.

6.

6.

6.

Click the

Settings

Settings

Settings

Settings

tab.

7.

7.

7.

7.

Check the box next to DMA. If the box is already checked, then DMA is already
enabled for the HP CD/DVD drive.

NOTE:

NOTE:

NOTE:

NOTE:

USB CD Writers do not have the DMA feature available

Enabling DMA on hard drives and Windows 98/Me

Enabling DMA on hard drives and Windows 98/Me

Enabling DMA on hard drives and Windows 98/Me

Enabling DMA on hard drives and Windows 98/Me

1.

1.1.

1.

Click the

Start

Start

Start

Start

button, select

Settings

Settings

Settings

Settings

, and click

Control Panel

Control Panel

Control Panel

Control Panel

.

2.

2.

2.

2.

Double-click the

System

System

System

System

icon.

3.

3.

3.

3.

Click the

Device Manager

Device Manager

Device Manager

Device Manager

tab.

4.

4.

4.

4.

Double-click

Disk Drives

Disk Drives

Disk Drives

Disk Drives

.

5.

5.

5.

5.

Double-click on the IDE hard drive listed.

6.

6.

6.

6.

Click the

Settings

Settings

Settings

Settings

tab.

7.

7.

7.

7.

Check the box next to DMA. If the box is already checked, then DMA is already
enabled for the HP CD/DVD drive.

Enabling DMA on HP IDE CD/DVD Drives and Windows 2000

Enabling DMA on HP IDE CD/DVD Drives and Windows 2000

Enabling DMA on HP IDE CD/DVD Drives and Windows 2000

Enabling DMA on HP IDE CD/DVD Drives and Windows 2000

Professional

Professional

Professional

Professional

1.

1.1.

1.

Click the

Start

Start

Start

Start

button, select

Settings

Settings

Settings

Settings

, and click

Control Panel

Control Panel

Control Panel

Control Panel

.

2.

2.

2.

2.

Double-click the

System

System

System

System

icon.

3.

3.

3.

3.

Click the

Hardware

Hardware

Hardware

Hardware

tab.

4.

4.

4.

4.

Click the

Device Manager

Device Manager

Device Manager

Device Manager

button.

5.

5.

5.

5.

In the list of devices, double-click

IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers

IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers

IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers

IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers

.

6.

6.

6.

6.

Double-click the controller (normally the

Secondary IDE Channel

Secondary IDE Channel

Secondary IDE Channel

Secondary IDE Channel

) that

connects the HP CD/DVD drive to the motherboard.

7.

7.

7.

7.

Click the

Advanced Settings

Advanced Settings

Advanced Settings

Advanced Settings

tab.

8.

8.

8.

8.

Next to

Transfer Mode

Transfer Mode

Transfer Mode

Transfer Mode

select

DMA if available

DMA if available

DMA if available

DMA if available

for the correct IDE device. If

you're unsure which device to enable DMA on, try setting DMA on both master
(device 0) and slave (device 1).

9.

9.

9.

9.

Click

OK

OK

OK

OK

.

Enabling DMA on hard drives and Windows 2000 Professional

Enabling DMA on hard drives and Windows 2000 Professional

Enabling DMA on hard drives and Windows 2000 Professional

Enabling DMA on hard drives and Windows 2000 Professional

1.

1.1.

1.

Click the

Start

Start

Start

Start

button, select

Settings

Settings

Settings

Settings

, and click

Control Panel

Control Panel

Control Panel

Control Panel

.

2.

2.

2.

2.

Double-click the

System

System

System

System

icon.

3.

3.

3.

3.

Click the

Hardware

Hardware

Hardware

Hardware

tab.

4.

4.

4.

4.

Click the

Device Manager

Device Manager

Device Manager

Device Manager

button.

5.

5.

5.

5.

In the list of devices, double-click

IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers

IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers

IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers

IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers

.

6.

6.

6.

6.

Double-click the controller (normally the

Primary IDE Channel

Primary IDE Channel

Primary IDE Channel

Primary IDE Channel

that connects

the hard drive to the motherboard.

7.

7.

7.

7.

Next to

Transfer Mode

Transfer Mode

Transfer Mode

Transfer Mode

select

DMA if available

DMA if available

DMA if available

DMA if available

for each hard drive.

8.

8.

8.

8.

Click

OK

OK

OK

OK

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