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Postby imanh on Wed Apr 07, 2004 8:03 am

Hello
One of my friends has put tick toward DMA in Windows CDROM properties(Despite Windows Alert).After Restarting Computer,The CDROM went in problems.When he puts CD in CDROM,The CDROM begin to work slowly,and after a moment The Blue Screen of Death appeares.and says Insert the CDROM XXX.What is the problem?What should he do?
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Postby wicked1 on Wed Apr 07, 2004 8:25 pm

might try unticking DMA as it isnt always supported.
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Postby imanh on Wed Apr 07, 2004 10:33 pm

Can it make problem for my CDROM?(Ticking DMA while it isn't supported)
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Postby wicked1 on Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:09 pm

yeah it can cause lockups and erratic behavior or just a complete failure to boot. If its a PIO mode cdrom only then checking DMA wont increase performance but only cause problems.
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Postby pranav81 on Thu Apr 08, 2004 1:54 am

wicked1 is right.If the computer is more than 3 years old then it probably wont support DMA.And enabling DMA wony cause any hardware problems,only software ones.


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Postby imanh on Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:51 am

Thanks for your help!
But now ,what should he do?How can he correct the problem?His CDROM doesn't read anything!
He has changed his OS(Windows ME) and but he didnt succeed.
And he uses ASUS 52X.
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Postby pranav81 on Fri Apr 09, 2004 1:18 am

You can try unchecking the tick mark in front of DMA.I think that it wont be enabled by default if he has changed the OS.You may check though.If it doesnt work then you will have to check the CD-ROM on some other computer.


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Postby imanh on Fri Apr 09, 2004 1:54 am

Thanks
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Postby pranav81 on Fri Apr 09, 2004 9:31 am

pranav81 wrote:wicked1 is right.If the computer is more than 3 years old then it probably wont support DMA.And enabling DMA wont cause any hardware problems,only software ones.


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