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Re: DMA TEST FAIL !!! WHat is this?

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From: The Mu-Meister
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 15:00
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David Longley (David@longley.demon.co.uk) spoke thusly:
: After  many  weeks  of configuring a  small  network,  everything 
: seemed to be in place until Friday. ** DMA TEST FAIL !! ***

: Next, when the system. just before the drives are identified,  we 
: got the message  ** DMA TEST FAIL !! ***

This is a BIOS error message, >likely< because the 8253 (or whatever the hell 
the number was) emulating glue logic on the mother is...

bad. It would appear, imho, that your motherboard is toast. Go get a new one. 

:(
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