Steve,
Where would I find this option on my computer? Also a PII 400 win98. Thanks
                                            Tim
  > I have a Maxtor 91020D6 10 GIG hard drive in a Pentium II 400
  > system.  While looking thru System Properties in Win98 I saw that there is
  > a "DMA" box there that is not checked.
  > I know my HD has Ultra DMA.  Should I check this box?
  >
  > --

  If you check the DMA box, and re-start, you should see a performance
  increase. This option will then use the mainboards chipset, BX I would guess
  in your case, to perform I/O for the UDMA drive. This also takes the load off
  the CPU for additional performance. The only Main board chipsets, that have
  caused problems with this to my knowledge are the early VIA MVP3 chipsets. In
  which case you would just leave the dma box unchecked!!

  Steve Wolfe

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