PsychoSword

Oh damn, I'm still getting a hi CPU utilization when my CD-ROM is transfering files. Is there a utility that will tell me if DMA is working correctly on my system?

Ok, thanks.

I have an Asus A7V motherboard with the extra Promise ATA/100 controller and their doesn't seem to be a way to set DMA for that. I was able to set it for my VIA hard disk controllers though.

The problem is related to VIA chipsets. VIA's AGP support still to this day sucks ass. I know that my A7V will have problems with certain Geforce2 cards especially Leadtek's version. The Asus version of the Geforce card seem to always run well in any Asus motherboard based system. That's something to considering if your running an A7V or K7V.