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How a DMA setup is built.
What the hardware does, how it is wired, what each setting means, and what to check when something does not come up. Written for the setup, not for a product.
basicsWhat is a DMA cheat?A card in the game PC, a second computer that does the thinking, and a mouse device that carries the aim back. Nothing is installed on the machine that runs the game - that is the whole idea, and everything else follows from it.setupHow to set up a DMA cardFrom the card in the PCIe slot of the game PC to a loader that reads the game: the cable, the drivers, the memory map, and the two mistakes that account for most "my card is not detected" posts.setupThe DMA memory map, explainedHalf the advice online is about generating an mmap file by hand. Here is what it is for, when it matters, and why you do not have to make one here.troubleshootingDMA card not detected: what to check, in orderAlmost every "my card is not found" comes down to six things. They are listed here in the order that costs the least time, from the cable to the firmware.hardwareWhat second PC do you need for DMA?The second machine does all the work, which makes people buy far more of it than they need. Here is what actually costs something, and what does not.aim deviceKMBox Net setupThe KMBox Net takes its orders over the network and types them into the game PC as a real USB mouse. Here is how it is wired, what the three settings mean, and how to tell a wiring problem from a network one.aim deviceMAKCU setupThe MAKCU is a serial box: it shows up as a COM port on the second PC and as a mouse on the game PC. Two cables, one baud rate, and it is done.aim deviceFerrum setupFerrum is a serial aim device: it is wired like a MAKCU and configured in the same place. Two cables, a COM port, a baud rate.hardwareKMBox Net vs MAKCU vs FerrumThree ways to put the aim of the second PC into the game PC. They do the same job; what differs is the link they take their orders on, and that is what should decide.
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