Re: 24 speed -- aint that fast

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From: Michael Thomas
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 18:42

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Enable DMA on your burner.  The reason it's going from red to orange
is because buffer underrun protection is activating.  Hi-speed burners
need to run in DMA mode to burn at full speed.

If you don't know how to activate DMA within your OS, post back which
version of Windoze your running and we can help.

MT

On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 01:21:52 +1100, Jimmy Cricket <x@x.com> wrote:

>>Welcome to the real world.
>>
>>Soon you'll get over the shock of discovering that numbers made up
>>by marketing types cannot begin to accurately describe the CD burning
>>process.  You may wish to read some published reviews of CD-RW drives,
>>where their actual performance in a typical computer system is
>>measured and compared.
>
>what if a got a lemon burner?
>
>i'm getting paranoid now. arghh!!!
>
>I don't know what's going on. Every second the light alternates
>between orange and red. Is this normal?
>
>Also, does the "Recorder Buffer Level / State" (if you have Nero) keep
>going up and down in percentage fast on yours? 
>
>i also burnt from both an ata66 and ata100 hard drive and it didn't
>make a difference. 
>
>What speeds should I expect?

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