Problem: KT3 Ultra2 and DMA mode

hi there,
everytime i wanna make an image of a CD with nero or some other CDR progs, it takes years to finish it. i got only a tranfer rate of 800kb/s - 1.400 kb/s (btw: there is no copy protection...this happens even on normal data cds)
i got my HDD and CDRom on IDE1 and my CDR and DVDRom on IDE2
in winXP it tells me:
IDE1:
0: UltraDMA Mode 5 (Hdd)
1: PIO
IDE2:
0: UDAM Mode 2 (DVDRom)
1: MultiwordDMA Mode 2 (burner)
CD Rom Teac CD-540E Firmware 3.0A (IDE1 Slave)
Burner Benq CD-R/RW 24x10x40 Firmware P.QJ (IDE2 Slave)
DVD Rom Pioneer 104 Firmware 2.06 (IDE2 Master)
i tried to reinstall the latest via drivers but nothing worked.
sometimes winXp tells me
that IDE1 device 0 is running in udma 2 mode...but than on the next reboot it's again on pio mode.
i checked the ide cables and changed the CDrom with the CDr and it show me UDMA2 now...but it didn't speed up the transfer rate...it still runs only with ~1.400kb/s :(
maybe the ide cables are corrupt???
apart from that i tried the latest bios drivers for my Mainboard but they didn't seem to solve that prob.
are there any options to check and enable the DMA mode on both IDE channels?
hope someone can help me
TIA
System:
AMD XP 1800+
MSI KT3 Ulrta 2 latest bios (5.6)
512 DDR Ram
Teac CD-540E
Benq CD-R/RW 24x10x40
Pioneer 104 DVD Rom
latest via 4in1 driver
WinXP

Hi,
Try switching your CDRW Drive to Master setting. Sometimes it doesnt like slave.

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