WHAT IS PIO

[CompNerd]

DURNING STARTUP IN MY BIOS IT SAYS MY ZIP DRIVE IS AT PIO 3 AND MY CD BURNER IS AT PIO4

 

[ziggie]

It Means:
"Short for Programmed Input/Output, a method of transferring data between two devices that uses the computer's main processor as part of the data path. ATA uses PIO and defines the speed of the data transfer in terms of the PIO mode implemented."

CU8er

 

[CompNerd]

OK SO IS IT A GOOD THING TO HAVE ENABLED OR DO I HAVE A CHOICE

 

[LordQria]

The BIOS is reporting the capability of each device. Its still a good idea to have DMA enabled in the device manager for any drive that will support it.

 

[johneetrash]

IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY?

yea dma good

 

[flood]

PIO is the sound the TMP makes in cs

 

[Joony]

TMP POWER!

 

[Looney]

For somebody that calls themselves CompNerd, you're pretty ignorant of the fact that typing in all caps is a big nono.