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"Cynthia G" <cynthiag31DONTREAD@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net> wrote in message
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>> "Trementina" <ooo@ooo.ooo> wrote in message
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>>>I have installed a DVD writer (LG on slave eide) on my Dimension 9100
>>>with
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>> BIOS and change the drive from OFF to AUTO. In OFF, it works, but in PIO
>> mode. You need AUTO to run in DMA mode.
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>> Tom
> Can the Device manager in Windows shows Ultra DMA 2 and Auto Detect on the
> drive in the IDE list and have it be OFF in the Bios?
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> This is because I recently moved my Dell NEC 1100A from a Dim4550 P4 2.8
> 1GB to a Dim2350 P4 2.8 512MB and it is molasses slow burning - slows
> everything down a lot. It is exactly as if running PIO, but the device
> manager shows as DMA.
1. OK, apologies the Dim2350 is P4 2.0 (but the 4550 is probably the same,
too)
> I knew it would be slower burning (I don't care how long each disc takes,
> I just prefer 3 DVDs over 12 CDs) but the slowing of the entire system
> bugs me somewhat.
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> I run Always: Eudora e-mail, NIS 2004, Winfax Pro, Occasionally:
> WordPerfect or IE or Firefox or OE
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> Every key stroke/ mouse click is delayed slightly. Not a big deal, but
> annoying none the less.
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> On the Dim 4550 (both machines are same generation - bought about a month
> apart) I can run all of the above at the same time as burning a disc - no
> problems. This even when it had the original 512MB.
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> I've tried Easy CD Creator 5 (whichever came with the Dell) and and using
> Nero 6.6
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> Any theories on what may be done appreciated. I'll look in the BIOS when
> the discs currently burning finish.
The BIOS shows the NEC 1100 as #1 Drive , Secondary IDE. Since I moved this
from one Dell to another - it is severely unlikely that the jumper is
anything other than CS.
> Thanks Cynthia
Again. Cynthia