DMA issue

[SDR]

I have XP Pro, ATI AIW 9800 pro and am using the latest drivers and
MMC from ATI site.

When I start the TV, I get the message that the DMA is not on and the
digital TV performance will be degraded. I cannot seem to find the DMA
activation in the device drivers section.

How do I activate this please?

 

[ftran999]

I have XP Pro, ATI AIW 9800 pro and am using the latest drivers and
MMC from ATI site.

When I start the TV, I get the message that the DMA is not on and the
digital TV performance will be degraded. I cannot seem to find the DMA
activation in the device drivers section.

How do I activate this please?

I have a Hauppauge card rather than an ATI, but my response should still
apply. DMA is a setting for your hard drive. Depending on your OS and type
of HD you will have to go into device manager and figure out how to enable
DMA.
Hope this helps

 

[Rick S.]

I have a Hauppauge card rather than an ATI, but my response should still
apply. DMA is a setting for your hard drive. Depending on your OS and type
of HD you will have to go into device manager and figure out how to enable
DMA.
Hope this helps

The option is under the primary/secondary channels for your
IDE controller(s) in Device Manager.

 

[Piers James]

and in XP Pro it should be enabled by default if your HD supports it.

 

[SDR]

and in XP Pro it should be enabled by default if your HD supports it.

My drives do support it as per their weebsites. So why should ATI
complain?

 

[T Shadow]

My drives do support it as per their weebsites. So why should ATI
complain?

I've had the Configuration program complain when their was no problem(older
versions) and when installing a video editing program had turned it off. If
you don't know what state it's in, you don't know.
Programs like Intel Application Accelerator removes the DMA settings from
Device Manager so you have to check the settings with it or better yet
uninstall the program.

 

[Rusty]

My drives do support it as per their weebsites. So why should ATI
complain?

I have the same probelm with my nForce3 based motherboard

I think it has something to do with the the IDE controller driver, MMC
may not be detecting it properly. You can probably safely ignore it,
but make sure you double check.

With 2000/XP the DMA settings should be found in the device manager
under IDE/ATAPI controller area. Chances are that the DMA is already
working, though I have had a time where a bad memory stick and constant
crashing forced it to PIO3 mode which was painfully slow.

98 the DMA setting is under the individual drives in the Device manage