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DMA Access
I have recently installed a 40Gig Western Digital Hard drive as a slave to
my 6g HDD on my W98 machine. I have transferred the virtual memory to this faster slave. I have tried to enable DMA via the systems/device manager/properties DMA tick box but it will not stick. On rebooting the DMA tick box is unticked. I notice there is a device called 'Direct memory access controller' which I think is something to do with this. It asks me a couple of questions which I dont know the answer to. What do I do? |
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DMA Check Box Does Not Remain Checked:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=159560 *What* is asking you questions, and what are the questions? Do you have UDMA enabled (or set to Auto) for the Primary IDE Controller, in the BIOS? Having an older drive (which may not support the use of DMA) as the master on that channel may be the reason for the problem. Try the new drive a master on the Secondary channel, rather than putting it on the same channel/cable as the older 6GB drive. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Terry James" wrote in message ... I have recently installed a 40Gig Western Digital Hard drive as a slave to my 6g HDD on my W98 machine. I have transferred the virtual memory to this faster slave. I have tried to enable DMA via the systems/device manager/properties DMA tick box but it will not stick. On rebooting the DMA tick box is unticked. I notice there is a device called 'Direct memory access controller' which I think is something to do with this. It asks me a couple of questions which I dont know the answer to. What do I do? |
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The question being asked is in Device Manager/System Devices/Direct Memory
Address Controller/Properties/Settings. There are two boxes, both unticked: Reserve DMA Buffer? & Address Restrictions? The Primary IDE Controller is set to Auto in the BIOS. The original HDD did support DMA and box was ticked. It has now become unticked and will not remain ticked. There is also a reference to DMA on the starting screen. It says ' DMA is at TDMA' or similar. Thanks your help. ----- Original Message ----- From: "glee" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win98.apps Sent: 08 January 2005 01:45 Subject: DMA Access DMA Check Box Does Not Remain Checked: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=159560 *What* is asking you questions, and what are the questions? Do you have UDMA enabled (or set to Auto) for the Primary IDE Controller, in the BIOS? Having an older drive (which may not support the use of DMA) as the master on that channel may be the reason for the problem. Try the new drive a master on the Secondary channel, rather than putting it on the same channel/cable as the older 6GB drive. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "glee" wrote in message ... DMA Check Box Does Not Remain Checked: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=159560 *What* is asking you questions, and what are the questions? Do you have UDMA enabled (or set to Auto) for the Primary IDE Controller, in the BIOS? Having an older drive (which may not support the use of DMA) as the master on that channel may be the reason for the problem. Try the new drive a master on the Secondary channel, rather than putting it on the same channel/cable as the older 6GB drive. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Terry James" wrote in message ... I have recently installed a 40Gig Western Digital Hard drive as a slave to my 6g HDD on my W98 machine. I have transferred the virtual memory to this faster slave. I have tried to enable DMA via the systems/device manager/properties DMA tick box but it will not stick. On rebooting the DMA tick box is unticked. I notice there is a device called 'Direct memory access controller' which I think is something to do with this. It asks me a couple of questions which I dont know the answer to. What do I do? |
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You should not need to tick either of those boxes in DMA Controller's settings.
Try the new drive a master on the Secondary channel, rather than putting it on the same channel/cable as the older 6GB drive. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Terry James" wrote in message ... The question being asked is in Device Manager/System Devices/Direct Memory Address Controller/Properties/Settings. There are two boxes, both unticked: Reserve DMA Buffer? & Address Restrictions? The Primary IDE Controller is set to Auto in the BIOS. The original HDD did support DMA and box was ticked. It has now become unticked and will not remain ticked. There is also a reference to DMA on the starting screen. It says ' DMA is at TDMA' or similar. Thanks your help. ----- Original Message ----- From: "glee" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win98.apps Sent: 08 January 2005 01:45 Subject: DMA Access DMA Check Box Does Not Remain Checked: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=159560 *What* is asking you questions, and what are the questions? Do you have UDMA enabled (or set to Auto) for the Primary IDE Controller, in the BIOS? Having an older drive (which may not support the use of DMA) as the master on that channel may be the reason for the problem. Try the new drive a master on the Secondary channel, rather than putting it on the same channel/cable as the older 6GB drive. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "glee" wrote in message ... DMA Check Box Does Not Remain Checked: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=159560 *What* is asking you questions, and what are the questions? Do you have UDMA enabled (or set to Auto) for the Primary IDE Controller, in the BIOS? Having an older drive (which may not support the use of DMA) as the master on that channel may be the reason for the problem. Try the new drive a master on the Secondary channel, rather than putting it on the same channel/cable as the older 6GB drive. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Terry James" wrote in message ... I have recently installed a 40Gig Western Digital Hard drive as a slave to my 6g HDD on my W98 machine. I have transferred the virtual memory to this faster slave. I have tried to enable DMA via the systems/device manager/properties DMA tick box but it will not stick. On rebooting the DMA tick box is unticked. I notice there is a device called 'Direct memory access controller' which I think is something to do with this. It asks me a couple of questions which I dont know the answer to. What do I do? |
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Thanks for help.
How do I carry out such operation? I am wondering whether I put the wrong end of the new Data Cable on the second drive. In re-reading the instruction manual it says the end plug should go on the primary and middle plug goes on the secondary drive. I am not 100% sure I did this. If I have done this could this cause the problem? "glee" wrote in message ... You should not need to tick either of those boxes in DMA Controller's settings. Try the new drive a master on the Secondary channel, rather than putting it on the same channel/cable as the older 6GB drive. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Terry James" wrote in message ... The question being asked is in Device Manager/System Devices/Direct Memory Address Controller/Properties/Settings. There are two boxes, both unticked: Reserve DMA Buffer? & Address Restrictions? The Primary IDE Controller is set to Auto in the BIOS. The original HDD did support DMA and box was ticked. It has now become unticked and will not remain ticked. There is also a reference to DMA on the starting screen. It says ' DMA is at TDMA' or similar. Thanks your help. ----- Original Message ----- From: "glee" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win98.apps Sent: 08 January 2005 01:45 Subject: DMA Access DMA Check Box Does Not Remain Checked: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=159560 *What* is asking you questions, and what are the questions? Do you have UDMA enabled (or set to Auto) for the Primary IDE Controller, in the BIOS? Having an older drive (which may not support the use of DMA) as the master on that channel may be the reason for the problem. Try the new drive a master on the Secondary channel, rather than putting it on the same channel/cable as the older 6GB drive. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "glee" wrote in message ... DMA Check Box Does Not Remain Checked: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=159560 *What* is asking you questions, and what are the questions? Do you have UDMA enabled (or set to Auto) for the Primary IDE Controller, in the BIOS? Having an older drive (which may not support the use of DMA) as the master on that channel may be the reason for the problem. Try the new drive a master on the Secondary channel, rather than putting it on the same channel/cable as the older 6GB drive. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Terry James" wrote in message ... I have recently installed a 40Gig Western Digital Hard drive as a slave to my 6g HDD on my W98 machine. I have transferred the virtual memory to this faster slave. I have tried to enable DMA via the systems/device manager/properties DMA tick box but it will not stick. On rebooting the DMA tick box is unticked. I notice there is a device called 'Direct memory access controller' which I think is something to do with this. It asks me a couple of questions which I dont know the answer to. What do I do? |
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So sorry....I somehow lost track of this thread and am just now discovering your
reply. Yes, I hope by now you have opened the case and checked that you have the cable installed correctly. I assume you are using a 40-pin, 80-wire cable with different color connectors for the motherboard, master, and slave connections. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Terry James" wrote in message ... Thanks for help. How do I carry out such operation? I am wondering whether I put the wrong end of the new Data Cable on the second drive. In re-reading the instruction manual it says the end plug should go on the primary and middle plug goes on the secondary drive. I am not 100% sure I did this. If I have done this could this cause the problem? "glee" wrote in message ... You should not need to tick either of those boxes in DMA Controller's settings. Try the new drive a master on the Secondary channel, rather than putting it on the same channel/cable as the older 6GB drive. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Terry James" wrote in message ... The question being asked is in Device Manager/System Devices/Direct Memory Address Controller/Properties/Settings. There are two boxes, both unticked: Reserve DMA Buffer? & Address Restrictions? The Primary IDE Controller is set to Auto in the BIOS. The original HDD did support DMA and box was ticked. It has now become unticked and will not remain ticked. There is also a reference to DMA on the starting screen. It says ' DMA is at TDMA' or similar. Thanks your help. ----- Original Message ----- From: "glee" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win98.apps Sent: 08 January 2005 01:45 Subject: DMA Access DMA Check Box Does Not Remain Checked: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=159560 *What* is asking you questions, and what are the questions? Do you have UDMA enabled (or set to Auto) for the Primary IDE Controller, in the BIOS? Having an older drive (which may not support the use of DMA) as the master on that channel may be the reason for the problem. Try the new drive a master on the Secondary channel, rather than putting it on the same channel/cable as the older 6GB drive. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "glee" wrote in message ... DMA Check Box Does Not Remain Checked: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=159560 *What* is asking you questions, and what are the questions? Do you have UDMA enabled (or set to Auto) for the Primary IDE Controller, in the BIOS? Having an older drive (which may not support the use of DMA) as the master on that channel may be the reason for the problem. Try the new drive a master on the Secondary channel, rather than putting it on the same channel/cable as the older 6GB drive. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Terry James" wrote in message ... I have recently installed a 40Gig Western Digital Hard drive as a slave to my 6g HDD on my W98 machine. I have transferred the virtual memory to this faster slave. I have tried to enable DMA via the systems/device manager/properties DMA tick box but it will not stick. On rebooting the DMA tick box is unticked. I notice there is a device called 'Direct memory access controller' which I think is something to do with this. It asks me a couple of questions which I dont know the answer to. What do I do? |
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