how to test DMA

[Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>]

Hi,

this might be a bit offtopic but I appreciate any help.

I have quite a new Plextor 48/24/48a CD recorder which hangs with Linux
when DMA is used. It might be that there is a hardware problem w.r.t.
my motherboard with a VIA chipset (3 years old)

To verify that it is a hardware (and not a Linux kernel) problem
I would like to test the drive under Win2k.
Does anybody know how to check if the drive is using DMA under Win2k ?

Many thanks for a hint,

Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany