bios

[matthew]

I cann't get my cd burn to write I was told to check the
DMA box in my bios How do I access it in XP

thanks

[The Stare]

"matthew" > wrote in message
...
> I cann't get my cd burn to write I was told to check the
> DMA box in my bios How do I access it in XP

system properties >> hardware >> device manager

I believe a normal install allows the DMA enable box to be accessed at the
IDE controller level instead of at the drive level.

[Robbo]

Matthew

Once you turn on computer, during initial startup press F2 to enter bios

"matthew" > wrote in message
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> I cann't get my cd burn to write I was told to check the
> DMA box in my bios How do I access it in XP
>
> thanks
>

[Perdita X. Nitt]

Robbo wrote:
> Matthew
>
> Once you turn on computer, during initial startup press F2 to enter
> bios
>
> "matthew" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I cann't get my cd burn to write I was told to check the
>> DMA box in my bios How do I access it in XP
>>
>> thanks

How do you know he has to press F2? AFAIK only Dells use F2 (I could be
wrong about that though) - do you know he has a Dell? Just because that's
the key *you* use to enter the BIOS on *your* system, doesn't mean to say it
will be the same for everyone else, because it won't. It's more likely to be
[DEL], though I've had systems that have used F11, F12, Home, Insert and
End.

Please don't generalise - you're giving the guy false information.


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