[mrdaveyk]

ive been told by amd that the stutter i oftern have with vista may be fixed if i update my chipset drivers. is a chipset my processor? lol dont wanna sound stupid but i dont hear chipset oftern.

[Dave Hybrid]

Chipset drivers means motherboard chipset.

Get them from the manufacturers website.

[mrdaveyk]

cheers dave, i disbaled the onboard audio just thinking maybe thats the problem as i have a card in but its still stuttering

i have a winfast 6100m2ma but there are three versions as you see in the link

http://www.foxconnchannel.com/searcher.aspx?key=6100

how do i find out which one is mine, if i check my msinfo its just says 6100m2ma ....hhmmm

also below my motherboard type on msinfo it says x86-basedpc but i cant find anything on searching that

[Dave Hybrid]

I doubt it's chipset drivers, that's a brush off.

Stuttering can be caused by wrong hard drive DMA mode.

Open device manager and go-to IDE controllers, then ATA 0, on the advanced tab it should say what DMA mode the hard drive is on.

Vista also has some big issues with display drivers so try updating them.

Finally, how much RAM do you have?

[mrdaveyk]

hhhmmmm i cant see any reference to what you said to look for, DMA?

[mrdaveyk]

i have 2gb, i did have 3gb but i took it out to 2gb and see no difference, plus apparently it works better in pairs, ill check the display drivers now but im sure they are up to date

[mrdaveyk]

aye my graphics card driver is up to date, unless the display drivers are serperate from the gfx card?

[Dave Hybrid]

Originally Posted by mrdaveyk hhhmmmm i cant see any reference to what you said to look for, DMA?

You need to open ATA channel 0 then go-to the advanced tab.

[mrdaveyk]

i had a quick install of the drivers from my winfast cd, installed some drivers for the IDE controllers and network controllers etc, seems to have worked so far but i did have to disbale to driver for the network controller as it wouldnt work with vista, i had that trouble when i first installed the pc so not worried, everythings working so far and i havent had a stutter, maybe the driver has fixed it......... ill let ya know, cheers Dave!

[Dave Hybrid]

Nice one.