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    DMA Checkbox???

    I have two Quantum drives (13GB 5400rpm; 20.5GB 7200rpm) that are connected using UDMA66 ---- and they seem to be functioning quite nicely. HD Tach scores both at about 58MB/sec Burst; Sustained rates are approx 15MB/sec and 27MB/sec respectively.
    However, the question I have is the DMA checkbox in Device Manager. I don't have this option even listed. Is this normal? Is it because of the HPT366 controller?
    I ask because in video editing, I get momentary freezes during export to my camcorder. Some recommendations were to make sure DMA was checked....thus my question.
    I have not updated my mobo bios (nor HPT366 drivers) since buying it 9 months ago -- do I need to? I'm a little hesitant of the Bios Flash procedure.

    System:
    ABIT BE6 mobo
    256 MB Ram
    PIII 450
    G400 32MB
    ADS Pyro 1394 card
    SBLive
    Win 98 SE
    Ulead VideoStudio 4

    My rig: P4 3.0GHz; Asus P4C800E; 1GB DDR 3200; AIW Radeon 9800 Pro; WD 120GB SATA; Plextor DVD burner; Liteon DVD reader; Audigy 2ZS; Logitech Z560 4.1; NEC FE991SB

    Kid's rig: AMD XP 1600+; 512MB ram; GF4 Ti4600; Maxtor 60GB; Plextor CD burner; Sony DVD reader; SB Live; Cambridge 4.1 speakers; NEC FE991SB

    Other kid's rig: Athlon 2700+; ASUS A7N8X mobo; 512MB PC3200 ram; GF4 Ti4600; Maxtor 80GB; SB Live; Cambridge 2.1; NEC FE991SB; Liteon DVD-ROM
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  • #2
    An option would be to look if the UDMA66 controller in Device Manager has those DMA check-boxes.

    AAnother option would be to flash the UDMA66 controller's bios, although I don't think that's your problem. You have both drives connected through the UDMA66 controller, not through the motherboard's controllers?

    Jord.
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    • #3
      In windows 2000 it is the controller settings you need to change, and despite that you can choose each device seperately.

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      • #4
        The UDMA 66 controller is built into the Abit motherboard, so to flashing the mobo bios would also include the High Point UDMA66 controller. There's 4 cable slots in to mobo 2 for standard 33 and 2 for 66. Mine are connected to the udma66 (using appropriate cable, of course).

        Under Device Manager/Disk Drives/each Quantum Drive is listed and neither has the DMA option listed under "properties". There's also a Device Manager listing for my HPT366 controller, but I don't recall seeing DMA checkbox there either -- I have to check when I get home.
        My CD ROM drive has it available, but that's it.
        My rig: P4 3.0GHz; Asus P4C800E; 1GB DDR 3200; AIW Radeon 9800 Pro; WD 120GB SATA; Plextor DVD burner; Liteon DVD reader; Audigy 2ZS; Logitech Z560 4.1; NEC FE991SB

        Kid's rig: AMD XP 1600+; 512MB ram; GF4 Ti4600; Maxtor 60GB; Plextor CD burner; Sony DVD reader; SB Live; Cambridge 4.1 speakers; NEC FE991SB

        Other kid's rig: Athlon 2700+; ASUS A7N8X mobo; 512MB PC3200 ram; GF4 Ti4600; Maxtor 80GB; SB Live; Cambridge 2.1; NEC FE991SB; Liteon DVD-ROM

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        • #5
          I'm using a Promise Ultra66 and there's no option to enable UDMA66 in device manager either. I always assumed it was enabled by default.

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          • #6
            Yes, according to promise...

            "The entire purpose of this controller is to provide DMA performance, so why would we provide a means to disable this?"

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            • #7
              Thanks for the info guys --- that makes me feel much better. Like I said earlier, the drives seem to be functioning OK except for that video editing problem, but that problem could very well be due to something else -- I've just to figure out what.
              My rig: P4 3.0GHz; Asus P4C800E; 1GB DDR 3200; AIW Radeon 9800 Pro; WD 120GB SATA; Plextor DVD burner; Liteon DVD reader; Audigy 2ZS; Logitech Z560 4.1; NEC FE991SB

              Kid's rig: AMD XP 1600+; 512MB ram; GF4 Ti4600; Maxtor 60GB; Plextor CD burner; Sony DVD reader; SB Live; Cambridge 4.1 speakers; NEC FE991SB

              Other kid's rig: Athlon 2700+; ASUS A7N8X mobo; 512MB PC3200 ram; GF4 Ti4600; Maxtor 80GB; SB Live; Cambridge 2.1; NEC FE991SB; Liteon DVD-ROM

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              • #8
                With the promise card it tells that is using bus mastering on startup. I don't know about the high point though.
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                • #9
                  Beezer, couldn't it be that your video-editing problems lie in the fact that the camcorder can't record those video-images as fast as they're supplied? I think the cable and port are slower than your diskdrive's feed.

                  Ask in Desktop Video if they can help you.

                  Jord.

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                  • #10
                    the hpt controller is set automatically for dma, there is no checkbox because the controller is treated by win 98 as a virtual scsi controller and it sees the hard drives connected to it as scsi.

                    the transfer mode that is used can be set in the highpoints bios by pressing ctrl-h at startup

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                    • #11
                      Yes, it only requires installing the HPT366 driver and UDMA66 is enabled automatically.

                      Same on Intel 8x0-based chipsets after installing Intel's UltraATA package.
                      No DMA checkbox either, although they provide a companion software with which you can set to use a lower speed or disable DMA altogether.

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                      • #12
                        afterall, what would be the point of an ultra dma 66 controller if DMA was disabled?

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