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JWK   03-21-2003 at 08:33:16 AM

Hi,

I recently bought a Plexwriter 40/12/40A.

When I copy CD's, Cd's full of data, about 650Mbytes, it takes about 10 to 12 minutes to copy.

Is this really right as I thought they were meant to be a lot faster.

I use Nero 5.5 & copy on the fly at max speed using 700Mbyte, 40 speed CD-Rs.

Thanks for any help,

JWK

PC Spec:

Gigabyte GA-7DXR (F9 Bios)
AMD 1.4 266 Thunderbird
512 PC2100 DDr
Seagate 60g Barracuda 4
Creative GeForce 2 GTS (4.1.0.9 Nvidia Drivers)
Creative Audigy DE
Plextor 40x12x40 CDR
Toshiba DVD/CD
LS120 Drive
Motorola 4100 Cable modem (V2.1 Drivers)
Network card (disabled)
Win XP Home

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elzt   03-22-2003 at 05:01:52 AM
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10 to 12 minutes is kind of slow for a 40/12/40 burner. You didn't mention how fast the source drive for the on-the-fly copy is. If it is slower than your burner, then you have this slow burning problem. Also, did you connect the optical drives on the same IDE channel? Have you enabled DMA and quit all other running programs before you do the burning?

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JWK   03-23-2003 at 09:25:42 AM
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Well, I am rather stupid aren't I.

So, my other drive is a 24X drive. I could only find DMA mentioned in Device manger under IDE controllers, there is a pick under Properties, Advanced Settings where you can select Transfer mode: DMA if available. I couldn't find anywhere in the Bios to change a DMA setting. Have I done all I need to do for DMA?

The drives are on the same IDE channel. On the other one I have my HDD & LS120 floppy drive. Is this correct?

Maybe I need to try a burn from HDD to see the real speed. What do all you good people think?

Thanks for your help,

JWK

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lhgpoobaa   03-24-2003 at 02:47:26 AM
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well you ARE limited by the slowest drive in that setup. if the enable DMA box it ticked then DMA is good. You shouldnt experience any noticable slowdowns having both drives on the same cable.

burns from the hard drive do tend to be more reliable... and quicker.

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JWK   03-24-2003 at 11:23:24 AM
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Ok, thanks for your help all.

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VelocityPimp   03-30-2003 at 12:10:34 AM
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from my own experience, burning on the fly, with both drives on the same cable is considerably slower. Both my drives are on seperate cables, but i still run an image to my hard drive and use my burner as the source (they read better then standard cdroms) for the best possible burns.

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