Techie help required please! *bats eyelashes* : comments [Scribblings from the Mitchy Side]

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OK, first of all, should I be worried that under ATAPI controllers, I have 2 Primary IDE channels (and 2 Secondary and 2 Standard Dual Channel)?

Also, I checked the properties for both Primary IDE channels and the settings are different. Both Device 0 are set for DMA if available though, but one has Current Transfer Mode as "Not Available", and the other has CTM as "Ultra DMA Mode 6" Would this be affecting anything?

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should I be worried that under ATAPI controllers, I have 2 Primary IDE channels

Shouldn't be a worry - I assume that you have more than one drive (DVD and CD, or somesuch?). Even if you don't, that could be a leftover from an older piece of hardware - and that might be something to come back to if these two don't have any effect :)

one has Current Transfer Mode as "Not Available", and the other has CTM as "Ultra DMA Mode 6" Would this be affecting anything?

It's the "DMA if available" that's most important - the remaining settings should be fine. And, seeing as you're on the "DMA if available" already, then best to try the second fix... Good luck!

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Tried the second thing, didn't work :( I thought we'd cracked it, I certainly got to watch for longer but eventually the choppiness returned.

BTW, there were six subfolders, but only one said it was the Primary IDE Channel AND had a MasterIdDataCheckSum key. The others had various things mentioning Master and Slave (kinky) but not in that format.

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