KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR

I got a bluescreen a few times on my computer (a Compaq Presario V2665US) with the message "KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR". I still don't know why it happened. Can be several reasons. But after a few times that happened, the Windows XP operating system began to be very slow. It was specially slow when accessing the hard disk drive. So I figured out that DMA was disabled. DMA is a feature that makes data between hard disk drive and computer's RAM to be exchanged without having to pass by the CPU.

In order to put DMA to work again you have to uninstall the primary IDE controller. This is how you do it:

Right click on "My Computer". Select "Properties". Select tab "Hardware". Hit the button "Device Manager". Expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers. Right click "Primary IDE Channel" and hit "Uninstall". Reboot the Windows XP operating system and you're done. If you want to be sure DMA is enabled, right click "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties. Then, select "Advanced Settings" tab. If "Current Transfer Mode" shows something about PIO, DMA is disabled.

News:

The laptop is fixed. Had to do multiple things to had it working properly: completely clean it; replace hard disk; replace one of the memory sticks.

Let´s make the world better

All,

Let´s make this world better. A few things I would like to ask everybody to do:

• Be an honest person;
• Don't be too lazy;
• Take good care of nature;
• Let´s make this chain: give your children a better life than the life your parents were able to give you. If you can´t give´em that, don´t have children!

To do these things people have got to be not so selfish. But what a world would it be, right? Let´s pratice all these and teach other people to do it too.

Deep Purple back in Curitiba

If you missed Deep Purple last time they came to Curitiba, don´t miss it now. They´re coming in February 23th this year, 2008!

Best Wii Games

I will keep this post updated with my choice of the top games for Nintendo Wii. The ones I think you should try and will probably like. Of course I haven´t played all Wii games available, so I might be missing some great titles. The list is not ordered.

• Super Mario Galaxy
• Wii Sports Resort
• Grand Slam Tennis
• Tiger Woods 2010
  
• Mario Strikers Charged
• Resident Evil 4
• Super Paper Mario
• Zack and Wiki Quest for Barbaros Treasure
• Mario Kart Wii
  
• Metroid Prime 3 - Corruption
• Wii Sports
• Wario Ware Smooth Moves
• Wii Fit
  
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl
  
• Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn
• No More Heroes
• Shaun White Snowboarding
• Big Brain Academy
  

You can find at this link the best Wii games taken in consideration the scores given by the greatest videogame magazines and websites. You should be fine if you stick to the green scored ones on that link's list. But go on and check other titles if you're interested. There are some not-green that I like very much like Big Brain Academy and Samba de Amigo.

List last updated on September 10, 2009.