Plextor PX-716A DVD burner and xine (details)
Christopher J. Bottaro
cjbottaro at alumni.cs.utexas.edu
Mon Mar 28 03:48:43 UTC 2005
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...=(
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