Pastor,
Need more inf to help you such as what OS you have, how much hard drive
space and how much ram, etc....
You might want to go to your DVD tech support site on the web and d/l the
latest firmware version/drivers.
READ THE FAQ and any README.TXT files before performing a firmware upgrade!

Barry Clark
MCSE/CCNA
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Burton" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 1:16 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Desperation!


> I'll paste the original problem below... do you think this
> could be due to a motherboard problem?  I noticed that my DVD
> is operating under PIO instead of DMA.  I've pretty much
> decided it's not a hard drive issue, and probably not a video
> card issue... any help would be great!  I don't want to be
> humbled by taking it to the repair shop.
>
> Problem-
> My ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon worked BEAUTIFULLY until last
> week.  All of a sudden, when trying to record (capture) I am
> having severe problems.  When I record, the countdown timer
> that lets me know how much time is left on the hard drive
> doesn't move at all.  Then, when I click to stop capturing and
> the video screen freezes.  The audio continues.  I have to 'end
> task' to get out of it.  It doesn't appear to be able to
> communicate and save to the hard drive.  It's definately not a
> driver/software issue.  I've formatted the drive twice and have
> tried the card on Win98, Win2000 and WinXP.  (All on the same
> computer).  My next thought was that it may be the hard drive,
> but Western Digital said if files save normally in other
> applications, it's not a hard drive issue.  Then, I thought it
> may be the video card itself.  I'm not convinced, though.  I do
> get a warning when installing the 7.1 multimedia software that
> one of my drives (one associated with my Zip drive actually) is
> operating under PIO instead of DMA.  Sound like a motherboard?
> Any ideas??
> Pastor John & Amy Burton
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> www.revolutionchurch.net
> (719) 201-1028
>
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