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Buffer Level Jumping ... External DVD Writer
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scoober14
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31. August 2005 @ 18:08 |
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The media is totally different and it worked before this whole problem started for a year plus ... one is a cd and the other is a dvd ... i'm stumped ... donm't know what elses to do
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scoober14
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1. September 2005 @ 20:47 |
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I JUST FORMATTED MY WHOLE HARD DRIVE ... REINSTALLED EVERYTHING AGAIN FROM TEH BEGINNING AND THE DAMN BUFFER IS STILL FUC$#FNG JUMPING
SOOOOOO STRESSED OUT BY THIS
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1. September 2005 @ 21:03 |
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are you getting anymore errors? maybe your RAM or somesort of hardware on your system
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scoober14
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1. September 2005 @ 21:08 |
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no errors come up ... just very painfully slow ... do u think it's the writer???
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1. September 2005 @ 21:21 |
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no errors come up ... just very painfully slow ... do u think it's the writer???
Have you updated your dvd writer's firmware to the latest version? How many RAM of Memory do you have? When you said; "just very painfully slow..." How slow/how long does it take to successfully completed a burn? Are you using the net, have any other programs/softwares running while burning? What are your computer specs?
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2. September 2005 @ 03:06 |
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hi
have you defragged your hd lately? how big is the HD? what brand name is it?
Nothing here to see, move along folks.
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scoober14
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2. September 2005 @ 06:15 |
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thanks for the interest in helping guys.
firmware is up to date
512 Ram
Painfully slow takes anywhere from 2 - 4 hours depending how lucky i am, and this is when i close all the programs that i can.
I have a pentium 4, 2.4 ghz laptop
my hardrive is 40 gb and i defragged it not too long ago, but i also just formatted it yesterday
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2. September 2005 @ 06:53 |
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I just went back to the start of this thread looking to see if this had been asked before and I don't see it. Have you checked to see if your USB port is USB1 or USB2. If for some reason it is running on USB1 it will take forever to backup a dvd if it even works at all and probably will cause the buffer problem you have. Just another suggestion.
Jerry
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scoober14
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2. September 2005 @ 07:01 |
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all of my ports on the computer are usb 2.0 ports hi-speed ... that's one of the first things i checked but i've never posted it before
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2. September 2005 @ 07:57 |
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thanks for the interest in helping guys.
firmware is up to date
512 Ram
Painfully slow takes anywhere from 2 - 4 hours depending how lucky i am, and this is when i close all the programs that i can.
I have a pentium 4, 2.4 ghz laptop
my hardrive is 40 gb and i defragged it not too long ago, but i also just formatted it yesterday
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all of my ports on the computer are usb 2.0 ports hi-speed ... that's one of the first things i checked but i've never posted it before
Seriously, everything looks ok to me, and it shouldn't never take you 2 - 4 hours just to back up and have a successful burned. Especially, you've just reformatted your hard drive <-- this should be free of virus, trojans, etc.
I think you have some DMA issues, perhaps, it has turned into PIO or Off instead of DMA is On/Available. Other than that, I'm as clueless as you are now at this point.
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scoober14
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2. September 2005 @ 08:11 |
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the last thing i can think of is this.
whenever i check my dma's both of them are on ... but neither of them is for my external dvd-writer, one of them is for my hard drive and the other my laptop cd burner.
now whenever i check where my dvd burner is it's under the Intel (R) 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CB.
now when i go to properties under that there is no advance settings tab for the DMA settings.
this is all just very weird considering it worked fine 3 weeks ago
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2. September 2005 @ 08:39 |
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Here is another way you can check your DMA to see if it's On beside going to Hardware and Device Manager. If you have Nero Tool Kit, check to see the following:
** Open up "Nero ToolKit"
** click on "Nero Info Tool" (this will retrieve all drivers)
** then click on "Configuration" (this will show you all of your Drivers and its specifications)
** now check to make sure all of their DMA is on.
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2. September 2005 @ 09:16 |
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Hi guys,
Not trying to barge in by any means but DMA only applies to IDE or SATA configured drives. DMA doesn't apply to external drives that are configured through USB or firewire.
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2. September 2005 @ 10:22 |
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There isn't too much left to try. Possibly defective ram or the drive itself. If possible, try the external drive on a friends computer and see how it works there.
Jerry
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2. September 2005 @ 10:29 |
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check connections
Nothing here to see, move along folks.
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2. September 2005 @ 10:33 |
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As Jerry746 suggest try it on another computer and see if it works, or if it has a firewire connection try that.
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2. September 2005 @ 16:07 |
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Hi guys,
Not trying to barge in by any means but DMA only applies to IDE or SATA configured drives. DMA doesn't apply to external drives that are configured through USB or firewire.
Yes..... you are correct. However, I just want to check his other drives DMA settings that's basically.
Seriously, I don't know what else to suggest if he's already reformatted the hard drive. He's got fairly decent processor (P4), 2.4GHz with 512 RAM. With the specs he stated, it should never took him 2 - 4 hours to do a burning using Nero. I suspect there is a possibility that there's a hardware issue going on or the USB cable is loose somewhere, possibly a bad USB cable.
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scoober14
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4. September 2005 @ 12:32 |
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SOOO ... HERE'S THE UPDATE ...
i was fed up with my dvd burner going slow so i went out and bought another one. I bought the Sony DRU-800A, this is also taking forever and the buffer is jumping like crazy for this one too ... so confused ... i also bought another cable and it still does the same.
help
tom
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4. September 2005 @ 17:17 |
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That kind of takes us back to a possible problem with the computer itself. Possibly the ram is acting up as I stated before. If you can find out what motherboard is in the laptop, check to see if there are any updates for it. You already formated the HD and reinstalled the system so that should be good. Although USB ports are pretty basic see if there is any type update for the ports. Not much left.
Jerry
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5. September 2005 @ 00:30 |
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hi
have we checked aspi layer? maybe a motherboard upgrade on the chipset? like via 4in1 or intel chip drivers, go to website and update them!
i had the same buffer probs but my drive is internal and it was my hard drive that needed wiping and fresh format / defragging
Nothing here to see, move along folks.
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