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Posted by smh on 12/22/05 06:52
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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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http://tinyurl.com/6eldj
(No Mikey S-Lickers have been able to prove ANY of the above is a LIBEL)
( -- despite Mikey claimed to have proof of misquotes !! )
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Bill Vermillion wrote:
> smh wrote:
> >"come_mon_come_mon!" wrote:
> >> smh 寫éï¼
> >>
> >> > > > Go into the BIOS, and check the drives are recognized and set to
> >> > > > something like Auto or Enable.
> >> > >
> >> > > I found no similar setting, every time I insert a H/W component into
> >> > > the IDE bus, BIOS will automatically display it's configuration (e.g.
> >> > > LG GSA-4167B...) as PC started up.
> >> >
> >> > What do you have in the BIOS setup if not AUTO or Enable?
> >>
> >> If you talked about IDE master slave setup, I could tell you that the
> >> BIOS automatically displayed what it detected, that's it. I couldn't
> >> press key to change the setting shown.
> >>
> >> >
> > > > > > Then check the drives are on DMA:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Control Panel, Sytem, Hardware, Device Manager, Ide Ata/Atapi
> > > > > > Controllers, Primary or Secondary IDE channel, Advanced tab
> > > > >
> > > > > Checked, it's DMA mode 2.
> > > >
> > > > What's the DMA mode of Sony?
> > >
> > > Also DMA mode 2
>
> >Was thinking maybe you misread. The graph you posted shows high cpu
> >usage giving indication that the drive is on PIO. Yet it's on DMA. Can
> >you check the cpu usage for hard disk operation?
>
> It could indicate DMA in the BIOS but the OS could be running PIO
> mode. If you get some slowness on a drive that is normally fast -
> and the slowness could be any temporary hiccup in the OS - then
> the OS can set the drivers to PIO even though the BIOS shows DMA.
>
> You have to delete the device, and then reboot, and the OS will say
> it finds new hardware, will set the DMA mode, and then you reboot
> to use it. A real PITA.
See above. Both drives are in DMA according to winxp. That's the weird
part.
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