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November 30th, 2007 16:00

Correct drive speed

I have a perfect running Dimension 4500 with 512 MB ram/
My dvd reader just died and I replaced it with a Sony 20x DVD-RW.
Instalation went great and I set the jumper pins to Cable select. I installed the Nero 7 that
came with it and no problems.
Ok first time use I chose to make a DATA DVD with all kinds of files and folders. This was about 2 GB of stuff. It made a perfect dvd.
My question is this...It took about 1 hour to made the dvd with a 16x blank. Is this speed normal.
This is my first experiance with this kind of burner.
 
Thanks
 
Bill
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    Skybird

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    Posted November 30th, 2007 16:00

    Check that your drive is in DMA mode and not PIO mode here .......

    Start | Control Panel | System in classic view | Hardware tab | Device Manager

    Click on the (+) next to IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers.  Right-click the channel
    the DVD drive is on and select Properties.  Click the Advanced Settings tab.

    The Transfer Mode box should be DMA if available and the below that the
    Current Transfer Mode box should be Ultra DMA Mode 2
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    Motman

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    Posted November 30th, 2007 18:00

    Yes DMA available and mode 2, those are set the way you asked.
     
    Did not mention I have Windows XP Service pack 2 and all current updates.
    My computer runs very well, I was just curios about the record time.
     
    Bill
     
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    osprey4

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    Posted November 30th, 2007 23:00

    Bill:

    Does your burning program tell you at what speed it's burning? Are you using Nero or something else?

    When replacing a drive, sometimes it's worth reinstalling the burning program.
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    Motman

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    Posted December 1st, 2007 01:00

    Osprey!
     
    The drive came with Nero Essential and I used a 16X blank DVD and the program says recording at 16X.
    Do you think this is to slow?
     
    Bill
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    osprey4

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    Posted December 1st, 2007 11:00

    Yes, way too slow. A full 4.5GB disc at 16x should take about 5 minutes.
     
    What media?
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    Motman

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    Posted December 1st, 2007 17:00

    Well I have tried 4 different disks, Sony, Staples, Kodak and last a Verbatun I just borred from a neighbor.
    I defraged the computer, got rid of all temp files, and emptied the temp internet files.
    Rebooted the machine. turned off the screen saver and closed every thing in system try including Antivirus and Firewall (Zone Alarm Free Edition)
    It makes a perfect data disk but still taking about 55 to 60 minutes for 2 GB of data. 
    Honestly! I'm lost!
     
    Bill
     
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    Motman

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    Posted December 1st, 2007 21:00

    I'm still playing with this thing...This is what I found so far.
    Yes my DVD rom was set to DMA
    However after some further investagation I checked the Primary channel and my Hard Drive was in PIO mode. I selected to use DMA when available and rebooted. It stayed in PIO mode.
    I then deleted the Primary channel and it asked to reboot. When windows started it asked to reboot for the second time. Upon checking it this time my hard drive was indeed set to DMA.
    I started Nero 7 up and made a DATA disk of about 3 GB of stuff from C:/program files just to test it.
    The result was a perfect disk in 9 minutes. This is a major improvement!
    Not sure what caused this to happen but will continue to monitor it.
     
    Skybird & Osprey, Thank you for all your help and suggestions, It led me in the right direction.
     
    Bill
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    Posted December 2nd, 2007 11:00

    Excellent. Good job sticking to it! :)

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