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- From: georged@sequent.com (George Dolbier)
- Subject: Re: Adaptec Probs...
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.185347.8168@sequent.com>
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- References: <1992Aug21.083258.24383@rose.com> <1992Aug21.143619.6738@honte.uleth.ca>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 18:53:47 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug21.143619.6738@honte.uleth.ca> buchignani@hg.uleth.ca writes:
- >Does your adaptec controller actually use DMA under dos? Many
- >SCSI controllers don't; they don't use an interrupt either.
- >Thus switching the DMA options on the controller (meant for
- >other operating systems) has no effect. Could you have
- >a memory conflict between the SCSI memory address and that of
- >your Paradise video card? This is a common problem.
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- BINGO!!
- Try telling your backup software to NOT use dma. It may slow down the backup
- but at least it will work.
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