Creative Sound Blaster User Manual page 44

In Windows 2000, Service Pack 3
may be necessary for full and
correct functionality. In Windows
XP, Service Pack 1 may be
necessary for full and correct
functionality.
4. Double-click the Disk drives icon.
Your computer drives will appear.
5. Double-click the hard disk drive icon.
6. In the box that appears, click the Settings tab.
7. Click the DMA (Direct Memory Access) check box to select it.
An alert message box appears.
8. Click the OK button.
9. Click the OK button in the next box.
10. Click the Close button on the System Properties dialog box.
11. When prompted to restart your computer, click the Yes button.
12. Repeat steps 4-11 if you have other drives, for example, other hard disk drives, CD-ROM, CD-RW, and
DVD-ROM drives. In step 4, double-click the respective drive icon.
For Windows 2000 and Windows XP users:
1. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel.
2. In the Control Panel dialog box, double-click the System icon.
3. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Hardware tab.
4. Click the Device Manager button.
5. Double-click the ATA/ATAPI IDE Controllers icon.
Your IDE channels will appear.
6. If your storage device is connected to the primary IDE channel, right-click the Primary IDE Channel
icon.
If your storage device is connected to the secondary IDE channel, right-click the Secondary IDE
Channel icon.
7. Click Properties.
8. In the Properties dialog box, click the Advanced Settings tab.
9. Click the Use DMA if available check box, to select it.
10. Click the OK button.
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