how to disable DMA support for DVD writer in WinXP

[harshagarwal]

I want to disable DMA support for my DVD writer in WinXp so that i can upgrade the firmware of the writer.

documentation of upgrade says that i shld disable the DMA support first.

Please help and thanx in advance.

 

[drvarunmehta]

Right click on 'My Computer'
Go to Hardware tab > Device Manager
Go to IDE/ATA ATAPI controllers
Right click the one on which your DVD writer is present and choose properties
Go to Advanced Settings tab
Change the Transfer mode from DMA to PIO

 

[AlienTech]

You dont need to disable DMA to upgrade firmware.