On Tuesday 07 November 2006 06:38, Faraz Shahbazker wrote: > Put the writer back in, disable all DMA and see if system remains > stable. Infact, stress-test with this config if possible. > > I had a similar lock-up issue after adding an NVidia AGP card - found > that my SMPS was not able to cope with all that load. But system > would run stable by either: > 1) disabling DMA > 2) underclocking the CPU (lowered FSB) > > I eventually went for a branded PowerSafe PSU.
Will try that tomorrow. Right now I am trying to determine whether the system is stable without it. If it is then the drive definitely has something to do with my system locking up. But I still am clueless about my second problem. Umm...and won't disabling DMA severely impact the system's performance? I already have enabled the cpuspeed daemon so my system is already underclocked. I also dont think power is the issue because I used to run a DVD-ROM, CD writer along with the current config and never had any issues. My PSU is rated 300W. I think that should be sufficient. -- Dinesh A. Joshi -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
