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Plextor PX-708A DVD burner speed problems
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AyaJones
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24. September 2004 @ 15:36 |
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I have no problem burning DVD's with this thing other than the fact that it takes 1 hour and 20 minutes to burn a DVD !!!
I have been unable to get it to burn faster than .8x - 1x . I have an AMD athlon cpu 1100Mhz , 512Mb DDR Ram , OS= XP professional and a 120 Gb HD . I'm using B's Gold and DVD Decrypter to burn and copy DVD's . The DVD-r media that I'm using is Memorex . I'd appreciate hearing from you all about any suggestions you might have .
Thanks ,
Aya Jones
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24. September 2004 @ 18:26 |
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Wow ... that's way to long for a burn :)
Have you check to see if DMA is enabled? Is your burner's firmware up to date?
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I have been unable to get it to burn faster than .8x - 1x . I have an AMD athlon cpu 1100Mhz , 512Mb DDR Ram , OS= XP professional and a 120 Gb HD .
Are the files your using on an internal HD or an external HD?
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AyaJones
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25. September 2004 @ 18:04 |
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Cannot find in device manager where to toggle for DMA enable . The firmware is up to date and am very leery of using 2nd party firmware as it voids my warranty .
The files I'm using are from the internal HD .
ie:DVD image copied to HD via plextor , then burnt to DVD using plextor. i'm reading about burn times for other people and it's a lot faster for them but there computer specs are also a lot higher ....
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25. September 2004 @ 18:09 |
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Cannot find in device manager where to toggle for DMA enable
Control panel -> system -> Hardware -> Device manager -> IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers -> right click your primary IDE controller, then properties -> Advanced, make sure it's set to DMA. Do the same for your secondary IDE channel
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AyaJones
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25. September 2004 @ 18:33 |
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Thanks !!! primary ide had DMA enabled but secondary did not !! ( does now ) ; what about the Nvidia nforce
MCP2 IDE controller ? Was this an XP driver or Plextor's ? My apologies for being a total noob :()
no toggle for dma enabling here only driver and resource info .
Thanks again flip218 and sorry about the double posting . Etiquette faux pas is part of my noobism .
Jones
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25. September 2004 @ 18:55 |
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what about the Nvidia nforce
MCP2 IDE controller ?
If your still having problems, you could try uninstalling it. Hopefully enabling DMA will fix it.
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AyaJones
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3. October 2004 @ 16:01 |
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Sorry it took so long to reply but I'm now burning a full DVD from DVD Decrypter , DVD Xcopy or DVD Shrink in 18 Mins !! 1 whole hour faster !! A game goes onto CD in under 3 mins !!
Thanks a million !
I can't help wondering , why aren't those DMA settings defaulted for maximum performance .
A Jones
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