re: How to enable DMA
Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 7:28 am
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Posted by DanTheMan
(140 messages posted)
so if i do a windows me reinstall over the top of it all my programs will be there
still and all my things like the icons i changed will still be wont they and if
i reinstall windows me over the top of it do u think it will fix the dma thing
On Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 10:52 am, C K wrote:
>You may have a corrupted install if you have other errors too. Have you tried to
>reinstall the system?
>
>The Intel application/drivers for the chipset are here,
>
>http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/
>
>but it shouldn't be needed for Win 9X. Can't promise that it will work on your
board.
> It was mainly for Intel branded boards but should work for your chipset. Just
make
>sure to read everything that is important to make sure.. Intel's drivers may not
>be exactly right for your board. Otherwise, you have to download drivers from Gigabyte,
>if they have them. You would need the actual model number of the board though,
which
>isn't in the info that you posted (only the chipset number is there). Many times
>those utilities won't/can't determine the actual model of the board. You would
have
>to try and find it printed on the board somewhere, or have the actual owners manual
>that lists the model number.
>
>If it were mine, I would take a spare HDD and do a clean test install of Windows,
>to see if the HDD DMA/PIO check box appeared under the drive listing. If it does,
>then you have your answer. The old install of Windows is damaged and may not be
>repairable, other than a repair install, or a clean install if that fails.
>
>Can't help more than that without actually being able to get my hands on it to test
>it myself.. Good Luck!!
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