R61 Second HDD Bay DMA mode

Hello,
I'm using R61 to which I've replaced the DVD drive with an UltraBay adapter and a Western Digital 320GB HDD to expand my data storage. Everything is OK but the second HDD runs in Multi-Word DMA mode 2.
I've done with both the latest Intel Chipset patch and Lenovo Max Storage patch on Windows Vista 32-bit. After those patches some SATA device drivers have changed to new ones, but ATA channel 0 controller runs still in Multi-Word DMA mode 2, which is a setting for ODD.
I know that the controller for the UltraBay is PATA controller, so the SATA HDD in my UltraBay is converted to PATA mode by converting chip in the UltraBay adapter. But what I'm curious about is why it doesn't run in ATA DMA mode 4 or 5 set for HDD.
After replacing ODD with a HDD in UltraBay, the ATA driver doesn't change the DMA mode from Multi-Word DMA mode 2 to ATA mode 4 or 5.
Anybody has the same problem or a solution to this?

I know this is an old thread, but did you ever find the solution for this? I have the same problem with my T61. I can't get my WD Black SATA drive to transfer at anything above Multi-Word DMA 2 (16MB/sec). It's incredibly annoying, and I can't seem to find much online about it.

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