****Should i enable DMA or not?****

[MassMhz]

There is no reference to this in my manuals for the ROM or Burner,so what should determine my choice.I see no effects enabled or disabled.

 

[KotchY]

I enabled this for my burner and harddrive and it stayed selected after i rebooted, so i assume my hardware supports it, i have not noticed any increase in proformence though.

 

[MustangSVT]

Tell us more info, (is it hard drive or cd rom? or else? what brand and spec is it?)

Usually Dma means that the information will go directly to memory or requested source, using the controller chipset on itself or on MB, bypassing the CPU. So, it is faster (much faster for hard drives) and usues less cpu load during its operation.

(this is my understanding so if anyone sees mistake plz correct me ill appreciate it )

And most modern HD or CD or DVD or CDRW (from last 3 years) support DMA. so turn it on and see if they function correctly, if they dont then u can always goto safe mode to change the settings back, good luck.

 

[MassMhz]

I was asking about the CD-ROM and Burner Creative 52x and Sony CRX 140E,click on the link to MY Rig for more.

 

[KotchY]

BuMpish movement

 

[KotchY]

BuMpish movement

 

[KotchY]

BuMpish movement

 

[pdiddy]

what does dma stand for, anyway

 

[Slikkster]

DMA Defined