A7V133 and problem getting DMA to work

runequest2 · 23rd July 2001, 4:26 PM

I have a A7V133 motherboard and I am using the promise controller to run my Maxtor 30 GB hard drive .this is dual booted with win 2k and win 98se( it is not working in win 98se. I havenet even tried to get it to work on win 2k yet) . I am not able to get the HP 9100i or my BTC 8x dvdrom drive to use DMA. they are installed on the primary and secondary IDE channels as master with no slave drives attached. The BTC dvdrom drive is new however the HP 9100i did work with DMA enabled on my now second computer on a P3V4X.
I downloaded the newest 4 in 1 drivers and that did nothing.

any suggestions?

By the way I am glad to see the forums back. I missed them. too bad the ole P3V4X is gone. everyone helped me a bunch in that forum

I hope this is the right one for this. I think it is a via problem not just a troubleshooting problem.

specs:
A7V133
1.2 Ghz athlon overclocked to 1.33 Ghz
512 MB crucial cas 2 sdram
Maxtor HD 30 GB 7200 rpm
SB Live MP3 5.1
BTC Dvdrom drive 8x
HP 9100 i CDRW
Antec sx830 case
300 watt antec power supply
us robotics pci winmodem

Whisper · 23rd July 2001, 5:43 PM

Bios version?

I think there is a BIOS release that addresses this very issue.

http://www.a7vtroubleshooting.com

Good Luck

lucee · 24th July 2001, 3:28 AM

The reason I just joined this forum was because of the trouble I've had with this A7V I recently bought. Thought I might be able to find out what's going on with it. Never so seen so many blue screens in all my life! even the Bios froze up on it a couple of times! I've updated every driver on the board and Bios but its still as buggy as hell, won't run a CD burner, Zip disc only appears every now and then and freezes as soon as I try to use it, it comes of standby minus the mouse and locks up at least a couple of times a day. I'm starting to wonder if ASUS has been contracting its mobo construction out to Pc Chips!

runequest2 · 24th July 2001, 2:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Whisper
Bios version?

I think there is a BIOS release that addresses this very issue.

http://www.a7vtroubleshooting.com

Good Luck

bios 1005
turned out the site you referred me to solved my problem. it seems that the SB 16 emulation takes resources that are needed to enable DMA on the via ide controller. so every time you enable DMA it reboots and can not enable it due to the SB16 emulation. I had to disable SB emulation in the control panel. then I reinstalled the 4 in 1 4.32 drivers. enabled DMA and it stayed and worked

thanks!!

Whisper · 24th July 2001, 5:53 PM

No Problems

jcleong · 25th July 2001, 3:28 AM

i got the similar problem with my abit KT7A mobo. Can anione help?

runequest2 · 25th July 2001, 4:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jcleong
i got the similar problem with my abit KT7A mobo. Can anione help?

do you have a sb audio card? if so try what i did and see if it solves your DMA problem. it solved mine.

if not give us more info and i will see if i find anything at that site whisper suggested

Whisper · 25th July 2001, 7:33 AM

This is all he will need

http://www.viahardware.com/faq/kt7/kt7faq.htm

I know for a fact that quiet a number of sound card issues are addressed in this FAQ as it where I found out about my MX300 stuff!

Hope that helps

Cheers

lucee · 26th July 2001, 1:08 AM

I think I've worked out most of my prob with the board. I had updated the utility for temp etc and it didn't overwrite the old program and both were running on the system at the same time. I also installed the K6 patch even though I've got a Duron. ITs a lot more stable now, although no where near as stable as the Abit I had before.

lucee · 26th July 2001, 1:15 AM

Another thing I did was toss the 7.2 watt fan and put a 2.8 watt on it, seemed to get more stable after that, perhaps the power drawn from the 250 watt supply was too much?

Ghost of Lauda · 30th July 2001, 6:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by runequest2

do you have a sb audio card? if so try what i did and see if it solves your DMA problem. it solved mine.

if not give us more info and i will see if i find anything at that site whisper suggested

Please forgive my ignorance, but when you talk about getting the DMA(Direct Memory Access) to work, are you referring to having the system use DMA as a method of communicating between your drives and system???

If that is the case, what happens when you don't have DMA running??

I have two friends, each with ASUS A7V133 MB's and their CD_ROM data transfer rates(with a Athlon 1200) are much slower than my PII 400, when it comes to installing games. Is it likely they do not have DMA working with their CD-Roms???

Thanks in Advance

Whisper · 30th July 2001, 6:53 PM

Look in device manager and see if the DMA option is ticked or not.

I have a Sony 50X CD-ROM drive connected to the ATA100 connectors, and it frigging flies.

I am able to do a full Office 97 installation in 5 minutes flat!

23rd July 2001, 4:26 PM	#1
runequest2 Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Sacramento,CA Posts: 17	A7V133 and problem getting DMA to work I have a A7V133 motherboard and I am using the promise controller to run my Maxtor 30 GB hard drive .this is dual booted with win 2k and win 98se( it is not working in win 98se. I havenet even tried to get it to work on win 2k yet) . I am not able to get the HP 9100i or my BTC 8x dvdrom drive to use DMA. they are installed on the primary and secondary IDE channels as master with no slave drives attached. The BTC dvdrom drive is new however the HP 9100i did work with DMA enabled on my now second computer on a P3V4X. I downloaded the newest 4 in 1 drivers and that did nothing. any suggestions? By the way I am glad to see the forums back. I missed them. too bad the ole P3V4X is gone. everyone helped me a bunch in that forum I hope this is the right one for this. I think it is a via problem not just a troubleshooting problem. specs: A7V133 1.2 Ghz athlon overclocked to 1.33 Ghz 512 MB crucial cas 2 sdram Maxtor HD 30 GB 7200 rpm SB Live MP3 5.1 BTC Dvdrom drive 8x HP 9100 i CDRW Antec sx830 case 300 watt antec power supply us robotics pci winmodem Last edited by runequest2; 23rd July 2001 at 4:36 PM.

24th July 2001, 3:28 AM	#3
lucee Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 3	A7V The reason I just joined this forum was because of the trouble I've had with this A7V I recently bought. Thought I might be able to find out what's going on with it. Never so seen so many blue screens in all my life! even the Bios froze up on it a couple of times! I've updated every driver on the board and Bios but its still as buggy as hell, won't run a CD burner, Zip disc only appears every now and then and freezes as soon as I try to use it, it comes of standby minus the mouse and locks up at least a couple of times a day. I'm starting to wonder if ASUS has been contracting its mobo construction out to Pc Chips!

25th July 2001, 3:28 AM	#6
jcleong Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 53	i got the similar problem with my abit KT7A mobo. Can anione help?

26th July 2001, 1:08 AM	#9
lucee Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 3	I think I've worked out most of my prob with the board. I had updated the utility for temp etc and it didn't overwrite the old program and both were running on the system at the same time. I also installed the K6 patch even though I've got a Duron. ITs a lot more stable now, although no where near as stable as the Abit I had before.

26th July 2001, 1:15 AM	#10
lucee Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 3	Another thing I did was toss the 7.2 watt fan and put a 2.8 watt on it, seemed to get more stable after that, perhaps the power drawn from the 250 watt supply was too much?