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prerunner
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_ 		7. October 2004 @ 20:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I just upgraded my dvd burner from the pioneer a05 to the 108 and for some reason they both will only burn at 1x. They both say that they are burning at 4x but to burn a dvd it takes 1 hour.
My system
Dell
2.8 gig with HT
40 gig hard drive 7200 rm
256 ram Dual Channel


I'm using ritek dvd-r up to 4x
I'm burning with about 50% used read buffer.
Updated to the 1.14 firmware also
Do i need more ram?
Thanks

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prerunner
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_ 		7. October 2004 @ 20:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
And i'm using Nero 6.3.1.25

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Nephilim
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_ 		7. October 2004 @ 23:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Wrong forum. Thread moved.

Have you checked your DMA settings?
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prerunner
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_ 		8. October 2004 @ 09:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
OK look's like i'm running in PIO mode not DMA. how can i fix that?
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prerunner
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_ 		8. October 2004 @ 09:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I tried to switch them to DMA mode but after restart they go back to pio.
I have two hard drives and i think that they are both on DMA becuase it says that device 0 is dma ultra but device 1 is PIO?


Both of my dvd rom's are using the same IDE cable. Should i change the cables?

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baabaa
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_ 		8. October 2004 @ 10:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
A common issue..........eh Nephilim....

Maybe your cable, better to use an 80 way rather than a 40 way one.

OR More commonly.........

2 possibilities:

1. Either uninstall the drive, reboot and let windows re-install it.
2. Or uninstall the IDE Controller of your suspect burner, reboot and let windows re-install it.(this one usually does the trick).

This regularly happens during the read of a dvd, if windows encounters several read problems, then it adjusts itself down to PIO Mode in order to obtain the data, the drawback is that it retains the PIO mode unless you manually uninstall the conroller OR the drive itself.......
I think it is 6 attempts then reverts to PIO Mode (maybe wrong though)..........
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...............PIO is no go, DMA all the way...............
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prerunner
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_ 		10. October 2004 @ 20:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well i took the drive out and ran the computer. I realized that one of my hard drives was running in PIO mode. SO i got that to run in DMA and then re-installed the DVD burner and it set to DMA. I can burn at 4x. I installed the other dvd drive and it was running in DMA also. The computer seems faster and the dvd-burner is work perfect.

THANKS to all that helped me solve my problems.
Thanks to the forums also!
-Prerunner
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baabaa
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_ 		10. October 2004 @ 22:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
A big smile from Nephilim and baabaa...........Glad we could help..........

And Welcome to Afterdawn
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...............PIO is no go, DMA all the way...............
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Nephilim
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_ 		10. October 2004 @ 22:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
And don't be stranger either! :D
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