KT7A restarts during CD-ROM access

[dowxp]

Hi,

I have a KT7A and I am having a small problem with it. I installed Win98SE on it and everything works fine except when I enable DMA on my CD-ROM. Whenever I enable DMA on it, the system will either hang or reboot while copying off a CD to the hard drive. I have tried 4 in 1's 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28. I've also tried installing the beta IDE busmaster driver in miniport and VxD mode. If I install the miniport mode, the system wont hang or restart anymore, it will corrupt some of the files that are copied however. I have tried 3 different cd-roms and switching channels. I get the same result no matter what I do. Even with nothing in the system except video it will do this. Does anyone have any suggestions or have any idea what's going on?

-KT7A restarts during CD-ROM access
- ive tried both cables (60\80)
SPECS:
1.2 thunderbird, creative 52x, kenwood 72x, pioneer 10x dvd, creative geforce DDR, SBLive! platinum, bios WW and WZ, mushkin rev2, maxtor 20.4 GB ata100 HD

email -Arbolon@aol.com
AIM sn - Arbolon

 

[dowxp]

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[dowxp]

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[audscott]

I assume the CD is a slave to the burner. Maybe you could change the slave channel of the problem CD & check it is jumpered as a slave.

 

[TeMpT]

Same problem here...Plextor 12/10/32A (Master) and Acer DVD (Slave). Every time I burn CD, BSOD/reboot. Only way is to disable DMA on the Burner. Performance will have to go...

Unless someone has a solution

 

[ErikP]

Ok, try this: remove your SB Live! (and drivers) and see if you still have the crashes.

On another forum I read that it seems that an SB Live! in combination with a 686B southbridge can lead to PCI noise problems when transfering data from IDE1 to IDE2...

 

[TeMpT]

That is EXACTLY it. The Stupid SBLive drivers are killing me. I did a fresh install and burned 3 CD's no prob. Then I installed the SBLive Drivers. BSOD/reboot. So is there a solution to this? Or is it a CDburner or SB Live decision?

 

[ErikP]

I read that Abit and Creative are working on a solution, but I don't know when (or if!) that solution will be available.

Maybe you have some old soundcard lying around?

 

[invasivedoc]

Hey is this a Abit problem or a KT-133a problem?

 

[ErikP]

If the problem is non-Abit specific, then it's a 686B problem, not a KT133A problem. Anyway, I don't know if the problem is Abit specific, or if it's a general problem.

 

[Insane3D]

Another reason I am glad I dumped my SB Live 5.1 for the Philips Acoustic Edge...

 

[quirionz]

Keep the Live, just uninstall Liveware and use the plain drivers for the Live. Also, disable SB16 emulation in device manager. It takes up 2 DMA channels.

 

[TeMpT]

I've done it with ONLY live's driver and still no go .

Other things and advices I have tried:

Move SBLive!Value from Slot 4 to Slot 5
Set BIOS's IRQ 5 to Legacy
Disable Com Ports
Disable SB16 Emulation

Seems like disabling the DMA is the only way I can get this mofo to work...wondering if I should trade in for a diff mb.

 

[billyjak]

Check to see if the jumper is enabled on thr burner for UDMA

 

[TeMpT]

Before I enable my burner for UDMA (by jumping the two horizontal pins near the digital out), I have found ANOTHER solution to this SoundBlaster/DVD/CDRom/DMA crap problem...instead of repeating the whole damn thing...here is the link the solution that works for me...

linky linky

hope this helps someone.