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Old November 16th 03, 06:02 PM
Mike Walsh
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The child device is a device e.g. a DVD drive that the PC does not access directly, but instead accesses through another device i.e. an IDE port. The message probably indicates that the DVD rom won't work with 32 bit protected mode drives but another device on the same IDE port will. You need to get this fixed. The DVDROM should work with 32 bit drivers with DMA enabled.

Rick wrote:

Installed a new Lite On XJ-HD166S DVD Rom.

Received the following message on boot:

Your Multi-function devices (Standard Dual PCI IDE controller) has
some childs devices using 32 bit drivers and others using
combatibility-mode drivers. This configuration is not supported, so
your computer has been halted to prevent corruption.
After you restart your computer, windows will use combatibility-mode
drivers for each child device attached to this multi-function device.
If you want to use 32 bit drivers, you may be able to obtain an
updated driver for the device that caused the problem by contacting
your hardware manufacturer or you can disable the device.

Never heard of childs devices--can anyone explain this?
Thanks
Rick


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