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why enable dma? what is it?

PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:03 pm
by b_atkinson
I have seen a couple of posts on this and would like to know what dma is and what I need to look out for in win home xp. Thoughts?
Thanks
Brad

Re: why enable dma? what is it?

PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:42 pm
by bill
b_atkinson wrote:I have seen a couple of posts on this and would like to know what dma is and what I need to look out for in win home xp. Thoughts?
Thanks
Brad


Hello Brad,


DMA = direct memory access. The ability to pass data from a hardware device to memory without using the cpu. It's quicker than going through the cpu.

You can use Dodecahedron's instructions to see if it is enabled on your computer.

Take care

PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 9:24 pm
by dodecahedron
read this FAQ:
What are DMA and UDMA ?

please start a new topic for questions such as this, don't use FAQs for asking questions.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:35 am
by bill
dodecahedron wrote:read this FAQ:
What are DMA and UDMA ?

please start a new topic for questions such as this, don't use FAQs for asking questions.


Thanks for cleaning up the FAQs

PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:57 am
by dodecahedron
BigMonkey wrote:Thanks for cleaning up the FAQs

that's my job! :wink:
FAQ moderator was my second assignment here at CDRLabs :D