[Imc-tech] advice on Win2K and audio?

Clint Popetz clint at ucimc.org
Wed Jan 22 13:16:02 CST 2003


On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 01:10:09PM -0600, Joe Futrelle wrote:
 >
> >If you don't see any, next try disabling DMA usage, or if DMA *is* 
> >disabled,
> >try enabling it.
> 
> What's DMA?

Direct Memory Access.  It allows PCI devices to blit data to/from
memory without having the main processor be an intermediary.  When it
works, it's a godsend.  When it doesn't, you gotta turn it off.

				-Clint




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