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27-09-2008, 23:33

If your hard drive is on the same channel as the optical the hard drive is limited by the optical to ultra dma 33 so yes

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...e/IDE-DMA.mspx little background on DMA and PIO but PIO is slower thats simple enough

27-09-2008, 23:33	#9
zing_deleted Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Reading CD's/DVD's slows down my computer! If your hard drive is on the same channel as the optical the hard drive is limited by the optical to ultra dma 33 so yes http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...e/IDE-DMA.mspx little background on DMA and PIO but PIO is slower thats simple enough