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Thread: Memorex burner |
    
New member Username: Sexyboy559
Post Number: 1
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 04:07 pm: |
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i just got this new memorex dvd burner because the one that came with my computer was burning them at 1x. i connected the new one and says its burning at 16x but its taking forever like if it is burning at 1x. can any one help? |
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Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 3332
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2007 - 12:48 pm: |
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Go into device manager and make sure your hard drives are set to DMA and not PIO. |
New member Username: Sexyboy559
Post Number: 2
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2007 - 01:38 pm: |
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whats the difference? i called a local shop and they said my processor is to slow and that i would need to buy a whole new system because i cant change parts out since it is a sony? is this true. thanks |
Silver Member Username: Stefanom
Vienna,
VA
United States
Post Number: 422
Registered: Apr-06
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| Posted on Monday, March 05, 2007 - 08:54 am: |
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DMA allows faster transfer rates.
What kind of machine/processor do you have? |
New member Username: Sexyboy559
Post Number: 3
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Monday, March 05, 2007 - 09:48 am: |
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its a sony pcv-rx752, and has a pentium 4 processor.i cant even find the device manager? |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 3335
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Monday, March 05, 2007 - 11:14 am: |
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Click control panel
performance and maintence
system
hardware
device manager
double click IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
right click the HDs and click properties
click advanced settings and make sure it's set to DMA.
Complete garbage you need a new PC. |
Silver Member Username: Stefanom
Vienna,
VA
United States
Post Number: 424
Registered: Apr-06
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| Posted on Monday, March 05, 2007 - 11:19 am: |
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"Complete garbage you need a new PC."
Yup.
If the DMA thing doesn't pan out, I'd suggest digging into the burning software's settings to see if there is something restricting it. |
New member Username: Soundmairman
Post Number: 2
Registered: Mar-07
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| Posted on Monday, March 05, 2007 - 11:44 am: |
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What dvd+/-r disks do you use? I don't think that Pentium 4 is a old processor, as for the shop they would say anything to you just to buy something else from them. |
New member Username: Sexyboy559
Post Number: 4
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Monday, March 05, 2007 - 03:07 pm: |
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it is set to dma i just checked. for the disk it only lets me burn them onto dvd-r.so i just need a new comp? |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 3339
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Monday, March 05, 2007 - 07:11 pm: |
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You don't need a new PC. How many CD/DVD drives do you have? Make sure the burner is DMA too. Some burners will burn poor quality media slow. What brand and speed are the discs? |
New member Username: Sexyboy559
Post Number: 5
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Monday, March 05, 2007 - 08:46 pm: |
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i have 1 cd drive that just reads the cd and then the one on the top burns the cd/dvds. how do i no if these burner is dma it doesn't say? they are memerox the same as the burner. i already tried 3 differnt types. |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 3340
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Monday, March 05, 2007 - 08:55 pm: |
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Some PCs only allow DMA on the master drive. The burner should be set to master. You can check in device manager.
Double click DVD/CD-ROM drives and right click the burner
click properties
if the location is 0, it's master, if the location is 1, it's slave. |
