Two related(?) problems: slow dvd write & no enable dma checkbox.

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electron

1) When writing to CDRs or DVDRs Nero writes more slowly than the
maximum
speed allowed by the media in question complaining that it cannot read
the data from the hard drive fast enough to write at a higher speed.
For example, in the case of DVDRs it will fire up at 4X (5520KB/s) but
drop back to 2X. A SiSoftware Sandra speed test on the hard drive
indicates that it can transfer data at 46MB/s. The "hard drive" is a
set of two Maxtor Diamond, 7,200 rpm, 80gig drives in a Raid 0
configuration.

Well, it seems to me that if the hard drive can transfer data at
46MB/s and the burner at 4X would be writing at 5.52MB/s the hard
drive speed should not be an issue.

Anybody have any ideas about speeding up the burning process?

2) When I presented this problem in the .cdr group, someone suggested
that dma might not be turned on for the dvd drive channel. So, I went
into device manager and looked at the primary and secondary channels
in ATA/ATAPI controllers. These windows each have only three tabs:
general, driver, and resources. My understanding is that there should
be five tabs, one of which (advanced, if memory serves) should have
the "use dma if available" checkbox.

If anyone has ideas about either or both of these issues ....

Some system data which may or may not be helpful is shown below:
SiSoftware Sandra

Processor
Model : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.26GHz
Speed : 2.27GHz
Performance Rating : PR2499 (estimated)
Type : Standard
L2 On-board Cache : 512kB ECC Synchronous, ATC, 8-way set, 64 byte
line size, 2 lines per sector

Mainboard
Bus(es) : AGP PCI IMB USB i2c/SMBus
MP Support : 1 CPU(s)
MP APIC : Yes
System BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T
Mainboard : Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 8IHXP
Total Memory : 1GB RDRAM

Chipset 1
Model : Intel Corporation 82850/E Host-Hub Interface Bridge Device
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 134MHz (536MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 1GB RDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 536MHz (1072MHz data rate)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : Default Monitor
Adapter : ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON 8500

Physical Storage Devices
Removable Drive : Floppy disk drive
Hard Disk : Disk drive
Hard Disk : Promise 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 SCSI Disk Device (149GB)
Hard Disk : Winbond Memory Stick Drive
CD-ROM/DVD : DVDRW IDE1008 (CD 40X Rd, 40X Wr) (DVD 5X Rd, 5X Wr)
CD-ROM/DVD : PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W4824A (CD 40X Rd, 48X Wr)
CD-ROM/DVD : _NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A (CD 40X Rd, 16X Wr) (DVD 5X Rd, 2X
Wr)

Logical Storage Devices
1.44MB 3.5" (A:) : N/A
Raid_c (C:) : 15GB (4.3GB, 29% Free Space) (NTFS)
Raid_d (D:) : 15GB (3.7GB, 25% Free Space) (NTFS)
Raid_e (E:) : 120GB (8.2GB, 7% Free Space) (NTFS)
CD-ROM/DVD (F:) : N/A
CD-ROM/DVD (G:) : N/A
CD-ROM/DVD (H:) : N/A
Removable Drive (I:) : N/A

Peripherals
Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 2 COM / 1 LPT
USB Controller/Hub : NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : Gigabyte USB Enhanced Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host
Controller - 24C2
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host
Controller - 24C4
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host
Controller - 24C7
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(r) 82801DB/DBM USB 2.0 Enhanced Host
Controller - 24CD
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Printing Support
Smart Card Device : Winbond Smartcard Reader
Keyboard : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse : Microsoft PS/2 Mouse

MultiMedia Device(s)
Device : Game Port for Creative
Device : Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 (WDM)

Printers and Faxes
Model : Canon i850
Model : Acrobat Distiller

Power Management
AC Line Status : On-Line

Operating System(s)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Professional (Win32 x86)
5.01.2600 (Service Pack 1)

Network Services
Adapter : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC

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K

Karl Too

the hard disk may not support DMA


1) When writing to CDRs or DVDRs Nero writes more slowly than the
maximum
speed allowed by the media in question complaining that it cannot read
the data from the hard drive fast enough to write at a higher speed.
For example, in the case of DVDRs it will fire up at 4X (5520KB/s) but
drop back to 2X. A SiSoftware Sandra speed test on the hard drive
indicates that it can transfer data at 46MB/s. The "hard drive" is a
set of two Maxtor Diamond, 7,200 rpm, 80gig drives in a Raid 0
configuration.

Well, it seems to me that if the hard drive can transfer data at
46MB/s and the burner at 4X would be writing at 5.52MB/s the hard
drive speed should not be an issue.

Anybody have any ideas about speeding up the burning process?

2) When I presented this problem in the .cdr group, someone suggested
that dma might not be turned on for the dvd drive channel. So, I went
into device manager and looked at the primary and secondary channels
in ATA/ATAPI controllers. These windows each have only three tabs:
general, driver, and resources. My understanding is that there should
be five tabs, one of which (advanced, if memory serves) should have
the "use dma if available" checkbox.

If anyone has ideas about either or both of these issues ....

Some system data which may or may not be helpful is shown below:
SiSoftware Sandra

Processor
Model : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.26GHz
Speed : 2.27GHz
Performance Rating : PR2499 (estimated)
Type : Standard
L2 On-board Cache : 512kB ECC Synchronous, ATC, 8-way set, 64 byte
line size, 2 lines per sector

Mainboard
Bus(es) : AGP PCI IMB USB i2c/SMBus
MP Support : 1 CPU(s)
MP APIC : Yes
System BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T
Mainboard : Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 8IHXP
Total Memory : 1GB RDRAM

Chipset 1
Model : Intel Corporation 82850/E Host-Hub Interface Bridge Device
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 134MHz (536MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 1GB RDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 536MHz (1072MHz data rate)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : Default Monitor
Adapter : ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON 8500

Physical Storage Devices
Removable Drive : Floppy disk drive
Hard Disk : Disk drive
Hard Disk : Promise 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 SCSI Disk Device (149GB)
Hard Disk : Winbond Memory Stick Drive
CD-ROM/DVD : DVDRW IDE1008 (CD 40X Rd, 40X Wr) (DVD 5X Rd, 5X Wr)
CD-ROM/DVD : PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W4824A (CD 40X Rd, 48X Wr)
CD-ROM/DVD : _NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A (CD 40X Rd, 16X Wr) (DVD 5X Rd, 2X
Wr)

Logical Storage Devices
1.44MB 3.5" (A:) : N/A
Raid_c (C:) : 15GB (4.3GB, 29% Free Space) (NTFS)
Raid_d (D:) : 15GB (3.7GB, 25% Free Space) (NTFS)
Raid_e (E:) : 120GB (8.2GB, 7% Free Space) (NTFS)
CD-ROM/DVD (F:) : N/A
CD-ROM/DVD (G:) : N/A
CD-ROM/DVD (H:) : N/A
Removable Drive (I:) : N/A

Peripherals
Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 2 COM / 1 LPT
USB Controller/Hub : NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : Gigabyte USB Enhanced Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host
Controller - 24C2
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host
Controller - 24C4
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host
Controller - 24C7
USB Controller/Hub : Intel(r) 82801DB/DBM USB 2.0 Enhanced Host
Controller - 24CD
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Printing Support
Smart Card Device : Winbond Smartcard Reader
Keyboard : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse : Microsoft PS/2 Mouse

MultiMedia Device(s)
Device : Game Port for Creative
Device : Creative Sound Blaster PCI128 (WDM)

Printers and Faxes
Model : Canon i850
Model : Acrobat Distiller

Power Management
AC Line Status : On-Line

Operating System(s)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Professional (Win32 x86)
5.01.2600 (Service Pack 1)

Network Services
Adapter : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC

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electron

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:53:36 -0500, "Karl Too"

Thanks, but the Promise Raid reporting utility reports that they are
operating on UDMA Mode 6.
 
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electron

I think I've figured out what's going on with regard to #2. The
computer has Intel Application Accelerator software installed and it
controls the primary and secondary IDE channels. That software
reports that the DVD drive is operating at UDMA Mode 2, which is 33.3
MB/s. But that still leaves #1 -- why is the burner slow.
Incidently, the NEC burner I was using previously also had the same
problem.

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R

Raymond J. Johnson Jr.

I think I've figured out what's going on with regard to #2. The
computer has Intel Application Accelerator software installed and it
controls the primary and secondary IDE channels. That software
reports that the DVD drive is operating at UDMA Mode 2, which is 33.3
MB/s. But that still leaves #1 -- why is the burner slow.
Incidently, the NEC burner I was using previously also had the same
problem.

electron
Click to expand...

Check this information on the Intel website: http://tinyurl.com/4vjzt

My initial feeling is that Application Accelerator is the culprit. I
would uninstall it and see if the problem goes away.
 
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electron

Check this information on the Intel website: http://tinyurl.com/4vjzt

My initial feeling is that Application Accelerator is the culprit. I
would uninstall it and see if the problem goes away.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the pointer. It sounds promising. I'll try it out next
time I'm going to burn a dvd or cd.

electron
 

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