Stuck in PIO Mode

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I have a Gigabyte GA-7VM motherboard with a Maxtor DiamondMax 4320 UDMA/33 hard drive, running Windows 2000. For some reason, I am stuck in PIO mode and cannot get W2K to stick with UDMA mode when I try to switch it. I've tried the following things:

1. Different IDE cable (I was using an 80 ping Ultra ATA/66 cable, which is recommended by Maxtor). I am now using a normal 40 pin cable.

2. Installed the latest via 4 in 1 drivers (4.31 I believe).

3. Checked BIOS settings for anything out of the ordinary. I did not notice anything. My IDE controllers are set to AUTO detect settings.

I have to re build my PC every few months, because I use an eval copy of W2K. What's weird is that on all previous installations, I have had no problems with this.

Has anyone ran into this problem, and could maybe offer a solution?

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Support for ATA 100 (Mode 5 ) in Windows 2000

<A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q269/5/55.ASP" TARGET=_blank>
Device Manager Lists ATA-100 Device Incorrectly as Using PIO Instead of UDMA</A>