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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I know that the via chipset problem with a sb live card was installed</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>was corrected with a BIOS change.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>My understanding was that the 2.4 kernal was shipped with options set</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>such that dma was disabled when the via chipset was detected. Did you</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>change this option back to enable dma?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>My question has to do with whether anyone checked that the sound blaster</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>bug was the same bug as they were seeing with 2.4 kernal or is there still</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>another bug that no one understands?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Regards,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Steven Gorwood</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Nicholas Perez [<A HREF="mailto:Nicholas_Perez@excite.com">mailto:Nicholas_Perez@excite.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 9:32 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: discuss@ntlug.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Via Chipset</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>AFAIK, they identified the bug and corrected it in 2.4.3. because that is my</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>exact setup kt133 with an SBLIVE and i have seen no corruption </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On Fri, 11 May 2001 05:51:05 -0500, discuss@ntlug.org wrote:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> A couple months ago there was a lot of traffic about how the 2.4 kernal</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>had</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> data corruption problems on systems using the VIA chipset. Eventually,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>they</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> found that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> by disabling DMA they could avoid the problem at the cost of speed. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Recently, it was announced that a bug had been identified with the VIA</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>KT133</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> chipset when used with a Soundblaster Live sound card installed that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>caused</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> data corruption problems with large file transfers. What I have NOT</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>heard</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> is anyone confirming that fixing this newly discovered bug also fixes all</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the corruption problems under the 2.4 kernal.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Is it safe to turn DMA back on now that I have a fixed bios? </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Regards,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Steven Gorwood</FONT>
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