Scot L. Harris wrote: > Quick re-cap of this problem. > > Found that DMA mode was unable to be enabled on Plextor PX-716A. > > Received a message from Ed Hume that may have provided the solution. He > recommended changing a BIOS setting on the controller from standard to > enhanced mode. > > I had a chance to do that last night when I had that system down to > install a second encoder card. > > I went through the bios settings and found the option to set it to > enhanced mode. When I checked the status of the drive using hdparm > /dev/hda it now shows DMA as enabled. > > I have not run the acid test yet but will later today. This looks like > it will resolve the problem. I can't find that BIOS option on my Dell Inspiron 6000...=(
