Slow Machine

[DJmuddy]

I have tried everything and since Dell and the animals that run the support line can't help me, maybe someone here can.

My computer is 6 months old, Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHZ, 2.99 GHz, 512 MB of RAM.

My computer ran for months. For example I could shrink a dvd and burn it all the while listening to music on my harddrive or streaming my XM online. On top of that it used to take me 15 minutes to shrink a dvd and now it takes over an hour.

I have deleted cookies and all of that sort of thing. I have plenty of harddrive space.

This is really a problem and if anytone couple help me, it would be in your debt.

Thanks so much and please let me know.

Doug
djmarshall112@yahoo.com
muddy21waters AOL AIM

[jmet]

Welcome to the Digital Digest Video forum DJmuddy!

Check your DMA settings - How ? do this -> Go to Control Panel> System> Hardware Tab> Device Manager> IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers> Right Click Primary IDE channel (and Secondary IDE channel after you finish with Primary)> Properties> Advanced Settings Tab> Transfer Mode or go here: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=101616

Do the above from both "Primary & Secondary IDE channels".

I (We) and you need to look at whats in both "Transfer Mode" and "Current Transfer Mode". Screen shot below is what I'm talking about.


If it is in "PIO" mode. Click the "Driver" tab, and uninstall the driver. Then reboot. Upon rebooting windows will automatically reinstall the driver and it should go back to "DMA" mode.



(Your screen may or may not look the same as my screen shots)

[DJmuddy]

I have done what you said and Transfer mode was set at DMA is available and device two is the same.

do i need to change this?

thank you

[jmet]

What did it say in the "Current Transfer Mode" box?

[DJmuddy]

Ultra DMA Mode 5 for device 1

Not Applicaple for device 2

[jmet]

Did you check both "Primary" and "Secondary" IDE channels?

"Not Applicable" is fine, it just means there is nothing connected to that channel.

[DJmuddy]

The Secondary

Device 0
type-Auto Detection
transfer mode-DMA if available
Current mode-PIO mode

Device 1
type-Auto Detection
transfer mode-DMA if available
Current mode-Ultra DMA mode 2

[jmet]

"The Secondary

Device 0
type-Auto Detection
transfer mode-DMA if available
Current mode-PIO mode"

There is your problem.

Uninstall the driver for the "Secondary IDE Channel" to fix.

[DJmuddy]

I did that and it the same problem still persists. Long shrink times, can't play any music of anykind


Could I have done something wrong?

[jmet]

If you go back, still does it still say PIO Mode?

[DJmuddy]

Yes, it does still say that

[benbryant]

Please read information from this link about your Dell's DMA problem and the fix for that:

http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm

Regards

[DJmuddy]

Thanks so much

[Taelon]

mmm, he might have a cd-rw as the secondary master, in which case PIO mode is fine. I'd like to see the Nero Info Tool log file.