Bad IDE cables will cause DMA errors. Folding IDE cables causes bad cables. From my personal experience, I was having problems with a drive that would stop working with DMA after extensive use. A replacement cable solved the problem.
In my experience, you really don't have to worry about heat problems or heat flow unless you are overclocking (my computer is currently underclocked). Spencer Ogden wrote: > Thought I would mention a little glitch I just ran into. > > I have been concerned with the heat in my case for a while, so last time I > had it open I did some rearraging. Having seen a few articles online about > 'rounding' you ide cable I did a less extreme version. I folded my ribbons > and taped them up. This opened a lot of room in the case and I'm sure help > air flow. > > However when I tried to boot off of a linux CD, it would boot, but init > would fail to run, spewing DMA errors. This was only a few disks, > mandrake's cds didn't have a problem. Incredulousy I unboung the ribbons > and everthing was fine. > > This was suprising to me, although some might tell me I'm stupid. > > Spencer > _______________________________________________ > Siglinux mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux > -- Wei-shi Tsai e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MoonieCode(1.12.05) SM:6-[8]m+ F:sMe++[+]>Mo+>:vNe+>Bl+<:aLu+[+]>Ry<:pR+>Cl< D:s:Ma<:vJa--<Wi---+ X:***[*]:a30s+[+]|80d+[+] O:d+:s+:o?:x?:a--:h- P:a++:s6::w150:f?:eBr|Bkg:hBkm:t-:cAs:bO+:*Aq:y--:r+|- "The moonlight carries the message of love." -Serena/Sailor Moon "I just caught up on my reading. I'm now ten chapters ahead." -Amy/Sailor Mercury _______________________________________________ Siglinux mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux
