Thank-you for your post on DMA.
The article your URL points to seems to thoroughly discuss the matter, and its URLs point to point to good explanations as well, but one could get a little bogged in the details if they are new to this stuff.
The quick answer is to just check the box and re-boot. If all is well, the box stays checked -- end of story. If not, it's time to dig into the URLs you provided.
As usual, a backup beats a repair.
Cheers, PW.
P.S. When I got my system, DMA was disabled. I don't know why, when Windows checks hardware so thoroughly, this gets overlooked, but it does, adding to the list of Windows' mysteries for me.
P.P.S. I didn't notice any performance improvement, but I do very simple stuff on a lightly loaded machine. Your mileage may vary. |
