Should I use PIO or DMA mode for protections?

[IceBreaker]

A silly question perhaps, but have U selected 'DMA if available' for the secondary IDE controller ?

No I'm sure U have, just leaving out the obvious first.

Yet there are a few things you should check out:

- Have U correctly set the master/slave jumpers for your CD drives ? (One should be on 'master', the other on 'slave') ?

- Is your PRIMARY IDE channel (ie. your hard drives) using DMA or is it on PIO too ?

- Have U got any IRQ conflicts (eg. what are the primary and secondary IDE controlers' IRQs) ?

- Do U have APIC (not ACPI) enabled in the BIOS ? Was it enabled before and during Windows installation ? (APIC gives you more IRQs)

- Is your HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) set to 'Advanced ACPI' or just 'Standard PC' ?

- Am I asking too many questions ?