Windows 7 PIO mode for CD\DVD-drive in Windows 7

Darkmoon Dragon

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Good time of the day for everybody!:-)

Here is my problem:
I've got PIO mode for my DVD-drive. Even when I try to change it by checking "Enable DMA" in Device Manager - nothing happens, still in the PIO 4 mode.
OS: Windows 7 x64 7100
Motherboard: ASUS M2R32-MVP
CD\DVD-drive: ASUS DRW-1814BLT SATA

Latest drivers from AMD for southbridge were tried, and still nothing. I've played with BIOS settings, reconnected SATA devices to another ports (like russian roulette:-) ) - PIO again. Maybe Windows 7 wants PATA DVD-drive?:-)
P.S. Both of my HDD SATA drives works in UDMA-6, so here is all fine.
 


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The indication of PIO or UDMA really doesn't mean anything for SATA devices. They operate at the prescribed SATA speeds. Those indications are IDE remnants. UDMA 6 is 133Mb/s BTW and SATA has the capability to do 150Mb/s or 300Mb/s depending on the drive and controller.
The indication of PIO or UDMA really doesn't mean anything for SATA devices. They operate at the prescribed SATA speeds. Those indications are IDE remnants. UDMA 6 is 133Mb/s BTW and SATA has the capability to do 150Mb/s or 300Mb/s depending on the drive and controller.
 


Solution
Pbcopter, thanks for answer, but looks like my dvd-drive is dead. Just because I tested copying DVDs and installing programs on another dvd-drive (IDE), and all was quick and fine, music playback was not interrupted during copying (on my dvd-drive is was really PIO (processor(programmed) input-output) mode, it could be seen on the reaction and hangs of operating system during copying\writing cd\dvd discs).
Maybe it is motherboard problem, of course, but I haven't another SATA dvd-drive to test. (HDD works fine on the same SATA controller).
By the way (IMHO) - PIO and DMA modes are belong to ATA interface. SATA is a new generation of ATA interface (ATA\ATAPI 7) - so, why SATA-device couldn't be in PIO?:-)
 


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