CDRW freezes after BIOS update, suggestions?

ajcb15 wrote on 1/10/2002, 9:19 PM

Hello,

Flashed in the latest BIOS for my "version c" T-Bird to version 3.2. The remaining spec's are listed below. CDA and NTI CD-Maker both recognize my Memorex CRW-1622 drive, yet freeze when they go to write. Each burned fine the day prior to the BIOS update. I also updated my VIA chipset to the latest 4x1 drivers.

Any suggestions would be great. Is there a list of adjustments noted on any website/article? How about a primer for BIOS adjustments for a DAW or possibly specific's regarding AMD processor's and T-bird mobo's? Any Win98se adjustments?

Appreciate your help,

JB

CWPA 9.03 & Sonar 1.3 on Win982nd Ed,
> an Athalon 1 Gghrz prcsr,
> K7T (MS-6330 ver 3.0, 3.2 BIOS) motherboard,
> a Matrox Mil. G-450 Dualhead Vid card,
> 1 Yamaha DS2416, two Yamaha AX44's,
> utilize two Seagate 7200 RPM IDE drives on separate busses for OS and
data,
> Memorex CRW-1622, a generic 48x CD-ROM,
> a D-Link Ethernet card,
> 786 Mg PC133 RAM,
> a SB Live card,
> Midisport 2x2,
> a StudioMix,
> and edit w/SF5.0, burn w/CDArch
>
>

Comments

kryten wrote on 1/11/2002, 12:22 AM

I would re-flash your BIOS back to the version you were using, as well as going back to the previous 4-in-1 drivers and see if you still have the problem. When it comes to this kind of system updating, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

I had installed the latest 4-in-1 drivers in WinME, and it hung during the installation 4 times. I had to use system restore to get it working properly again.

ajcb15 wrote on 1/14/2002, 2:04 PM

Thanks Kryten. Actually, I figured it out. The DMA setting's were all enabled upon setting the new BIOS. So the DMA setting for my CDRW drive caused it to freeze up. Would you happen to know why that's the case? I have the DMA setting enabled for my hard drive's, yet disabled for my CD-ROM drives.

Just Curious,

JB

kryten wrote on 1/14/2002, 9:42 PM

Good that you found out the problem. Some CD drives don't properly support DMA. Did you have it enabled for your CD drive before you did the BIOS/driver change? Just curious. The 4-in-1 drivers will enable this by default during installation (unless you uncheck the box). Normally, if the device doesn't support it, Windows will uncheck DMA upon reboot. If it was enabled before the changes, and then the problem arose after the updates, I suspect there is some setting in your BIOS that should be changed in regards to DMA. Most BIOS updaters suggest that you kill power to the PC for 30 seconds after flashing. Then they usually suggest that you go into the BIOS and select "setup default" and reboot. If you did this, there may be a change or two that you will need to make.

ajcb15 wrote on 1/19/2002, 7:14 AM

Thanks Kryten. You were right on. It was in the BIOS and has been adjusted.

JBrown