Hard Drive DMA??? ... Quote:Originally Posted by LonegnrYea, I figured that out a few days ago, but i still ca ...

Lonegnr · 11-28-2004, 09:28 PM

I'm trying to use my external ATI USB 2.0 TV Tuner on my 9860 but the tv tuner won't load. When I scan for compatibility I get a warning saying that DMA isn't enabled for all hard drives, even though the Primary IDE Channel has DMA enabled. I'm assuming this is a problem caused from using 2 hard drives as 1 under RAID 0. Any ideas?

YellowC4S · 11-28-2004, 10:43 PM

is dma enabled for your optical drives. I would get this error on my all-in-wonder card sometimes. After re-installing the drivers for the tv tuner, I'd eventuall be able to get it going.

Lonegnr · 11-28-2004, 11:17 PM

Where exactly would I be able to enable DMA for the optical drive? I don't have the option when I go to its Properties window.

matzman · 12-07-2004, 06:49 AM

You do not choose it from the CD/DVD properties. You have to check at the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers section of the device manager. In your case it should be under Primary IDE channel>Advanced Properties.

Lonegnr · 12-07-2004, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matzman

You do not choose it from the CD/DVD properties. You have to check at the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers section of the device manager. In your case it should be under Primary IDE channel>Advanced Properties.

Yea, I figured that out a few days ago, but i still can't get the tv tuner to work on this notebook

I got rid of all the DMA warnings except the one for the Promise 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 SCSI Disk Device. I'm guessing I'll have to try using it without RAID installed on the system some day.

Lonegnr · 12-07-2004, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lonegnr

Yea, I figured that out a few days ago, but i still can't get the tv tuner to work on this notebook

I got rid of all the DMA warnings except the one for the Promise 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 SCSI Disk Device. I'm guessing I'll have to try using it without RAID installed on the system some day.

Forgot to mention that the other DMA warnings where a result of the Card Reader, the moment i disabled it from BIOS the warnings stopped showing up. Don't really understand why ATI has to check those drives for DMA though

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Lonegnr Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 79 Credits: -325	Hard Drive DMA??? I'm trying to use my external ATI USB 2.0 TV Tuner on my 9860 but the tv tuner won't load. When I scan for compatibility I get a warning saying that DMA isn't enabled for all hard drives, even though the Primary IDE Channel has DMA enabled. I'm assuming this is a problem caused from using 2 hard drives as 1 under RAID 0. Any ideas? __________________ Because sometimes your team just sucks.

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YellowC4S Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 480 Credits: -175	is dma enabled for your optical drives. I would get this error on my all-in-wonder card sometimes. After re-installing the drivers for the tv tuner, I'd eventuall be able to get it going. __________________ Satisfy my mind...I can take care of the rest. If you can't satisfy my mind, at least stimulate it a little... PC Torque 9860 3.6Ghz 2gigs ram 80gig hdd x 2 RAID striped External 300GB Hdd DVD/CDRW DL DVD burner TV Tuner XP Pro Sasem USB HDTV tuner Audigy 2ZS pcmcia card Klipsch 5.1 Pro Media Ultra Klipshe DD-5.1 Dolby Digital/DTS preamp Sennheiser PXC250 Headphones Bluetooth Logitech MX900 WiFi module

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Lonegnr Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 79 Credits: -325	Where exactly would I be able to enable DMA for the optical drive? I don't have the option when I go to its Properties window. __________________ Because sometimes your team just sucks.

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12-07-2004, 06:49 AM	#4
matzman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5 Credits: -348	You do not choose it from the CD/DVD properties. You have to check at the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers section of the device manager. In your case it should be under Primary IDE channel>Advanced Properties.