how can I enable DMA in XP?

[starbuck]

I want to ensure DMA is enabled on my hard drives to improve performance of my tv card but I cannot find where you would do this.

I went to the properties page of each drive via device manager and a couple of things I have read told me to go to the settings page and there will be a check box. There is no settings page when I go to the properties page.

Any ideas?

[schmunk]

You need to look at the properties of the HDD Controller, not the individual drives.

[aidanjt]

The DMA settings is in the device manager, but its under your IDE interface drivers, and not the drive itself.

[Rave]

If it wasn't in DMA mode, your computer would be a complete slug. It's pretty easy to tell when it happens.

Rich :¬)

[starbuck]

cool, cheers guys, found it and it was already on. Least I know where it is now.