Very slow DVD Burner...
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Name: seed007
Date: July 30, 2005 at 03:50:06 Pacific
Subject: Very slow DVD Burner...OS: Windows XP SP2CPU/Ram: 3.06ghz P4/1GB PC1066 Rdr |
Comment: Hey guys, I have a very weird problem...
I have a Plextor 708A 4xDVD-R, 8xDVD+R dvd burner. I was doing a backup today for my format when I noticed the discs were going very slowly. I was using Memorex 16x DVD+R media for the backup. It took 44 minutes at 8x for the burn to be completed. Next I tried my old Memorex 4x DVD-R...again...around 45 minutes. I noticed that my buffer level on nero drops from 84%+ down to >20%...could that be the problem? Please help me out guys! I can't wait almost an hour for each disc! Thanks in advance!
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Response Number 1
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Name: jam
Date: July 30, 2005 at 05:52:08 Pacific
Subject: Very slow DVD Burner... |
Reply: (edit)Is the burner on the same cable/channel as the HDD? If so, it will take much longer because only one device can use the channel at a time...there will be "wait-states". Make sure the burner is one the opposite channel of the device it's copying from. This is generally the best configuration: Primary Master = HDD w/OS
Primary Slave = optical reader
2ndary Master = optical writer
2ndary Slave = 2nd HDD (if you have one) ASUS A7N8X-X
Athlon XP 1800+
8.5 x 200MHz
1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP1
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Response Number 2
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Name: seed007
Date: July 30, 2005 at 08:06:54 Pacific
Subject: Very slow DVD Burner... |
Reply: (edit)That's my configureation right there, HDD and CDroms are not being used on the same channel. What else could be the problem?
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Response Number 3
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Name: ludedude25
Date: July 30, 2005 at 15:37:31 Pacific
Subject: Very slow DVD Burner... |
Reply: (edit)Does the hard drive need defragmented? Did you do test the hard drive speed using nero? Are any programs eating up your ram? Like Jam says usually if the hard drive is running slow then dvd burning will be slow and putting dvd burner and hard drive on same channel is just one possible reason hard drive run slow. Check for anything that could possibly be slowing down disc access speed. ASUS A7V8X
Athlon XP 2700+ @ 2.17ghz
768MB DDR 2700
nVidia 128mb FX 5200
WD 80gb SE
NEC ND-3500AG DVD R/RW
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