K7T Turbo2 keeps switching DMA to PIO

OK, I have a K7T Turbo2, and its pretty stable but I have a big problem. Every couple of days (Actually it happened 3 times today for some reason), it switches my Secondary IDE channel from DMA to PIO Mode 4. When I try to install games under PIO mode, the installer freezes randomly and my system becomes unstable. Also when I try to burn CDRs and DVDRs, my system gets slow and unstable under PIO mode, but it works perfectly under DMA mode. I have to uninstall the secondary ide channel and reboot to get it to switch to DMA, and its a major pain in the butt. Please can someone help me with this, its starting to drive me crazy.

try another ide lead

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