[RESOLVED] Q how to renew the DMA setting on IDE controller & find correct driver 4 it. HP6350

[Mcfly]

Hi,
Background:
Win 2000 on an HP Pavilion 6350 (K6-2 333mhz)Asus motherboard
Problem:
My ide controllers (both primary and secondary) are in the CURRENT TRANSFER MODE: PIO mode.
The device manager shows that the devices are set to DMA mode "if available". (meaning that my bios is correctly set to allow the DMA function) Yet I cannot get the controller to accept the faster transfer speed in device manager.
I had the controller running at one time in the DMA mode but possibly due to a hardware installation lost the proper driver.

Anyway I am stumped as to how to figure out who makes the correct ide controller and subsequent driver. Asus made the board (its a non-standard board that is manufactured to HP specs). Is there anything I can do to figure out who makes the controller? Would it have anything to do with the chipset?

Finally, when I use the "update driver" button I do get a choice of one other driver that is installed in the collection of drivers on Win 2000 but it doesnt make a difference to the DMA settings. (both run equivalent) The driver is listed as a Standard Dual Channel IDE Controller provided by Microsoft dated 4/4/2000

[DonJ]

Hi,
Click on the link below to download BIOS upgrades, etc. for your model 6350. Lots of good info there...
http://www.hp.com/cposupport/swindex...6505_swen.html

Good Luck!
DonJ

[Mcfly]

Thanx for the link. But let me clarify...I am WAY beyond that. I have already updated all drivers beyond what is provided on that link. I am trying to find out what driver I need to coax my ide controller to read in DMA mode.

[VTI]

I am having trouble installing W2K Pro on the Pavilion 6350. The setup locks up part way through device discovery. I have the latest BIOS (v1.10). I'm trying different BIOS settings to see if there's a W2K incompatibility.

Since you've apparently done this, any suggestions?

[TripleRLtd]

I am having trouble installing W2K Pro on the Pavilion 6350. The setup locks up part way through device discovery. I have the latest BIOS (v1.10). I'm trying different BIOS settings to see if there's a W2K incompatibility.

Since you've apparently done this, any suggestions?

Welcome to WD VTI, but you should note that this thread is five years old. Try starting a new thread with the problem you're having. Give us some more details as well, such as why you're intstalling 2kpro (reinstall, etc). IOW: is this a repair/install, and if so, why did you have to do it? What happened. If not, is this an upgrade to 2kpro, a fresh install, or what.