When I right-click my IDE channel in Device manager there is no "Advance Settings" tab to change the transfer modes (DMA/PIO). does anybody know why this is?

Here's my setup:

Asus K8V SE Deluxe

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ @2.2Ghz

1024MB Corsair Value Select RAM

Sapphire Radeon 9800XT

Audigy ZS 2 Platinum Pro

Western Digital Caviar SE 200GB (SATA connected)

Sony DoubleLayer DRU-700A DVD-R (Second IDE Channel, Primary Device)

The only reason I need to know is because Nero hangs when I try to burn to DVD-R and I think I need to change from DMA to PIO mode.

If anybody knows how to do it via motherboard settings I'm all ears

Thanks

You have to select a specific IDE channel (Primary or Secondary) then select properties, the advanced tab should be there.

If it's still not there, then I'm at a loss. I've never heard of that problem before.

yeah, that's what I did (sorry, should have been more clearer!) and it's not there.

I dunno then

Well, did your system come with any motherboard drivers? You could try upgrading the IDE drivers if so.

If not, then maybe try uninstalling them anyway and let windows reinstall it's default ones. That might fix it.

Yeah, it came with the 4-in-1 via drivers, which I have installed.

I have uninstalled it no w, just gotta reboot and see what happens...

i uninstalled the via 4-in-1 IDE and I now have the settings back

Im not familiar with the 4-in-1 drivers, but Intel's Application Accelerator does the same thing. It moves those "Advanced Tab" settings down into the Application Accelerator application.

Does the 4-in-1 by chance install this Intel Utility at the same time? Maybe?

My 2 cents in case it helps anyone else....

Tim