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On 17 Dec 98 at 15:44, Lindstrom, Rick wrote:
> The mobo(Aopen AX59PRO) I used to build my new machine came with
> bus mastering drivers, which I installed. Nothing went up in smoke,
> and in fact, the machine seems to run faster.
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> Up until now, I've never paid much attention to the issue of bus
> mastering drivers, but I seem to recall that they've gotten a lot
> of bad press in general. Now that I have them, I'm wondering why.
> What's the problem?
>
> I realize this has probably been beaten to death on the list, so
> please respond directly to me.
I have a couple of machines with NEC 4-slot CD changers, which
don't seem to like bus-mastering drivers. It's possible that there
are other older drives with similar problems.
David G
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