About 5 weeks ago bought the above & fitted it in a 667mhz machine with 256 mb ram, thought it was burning a bit slow so changed to a Pentium 4 machine with 1.6 ghz and still only 256mb ram of PC 133 rating. I have upgraded the firmware program from Samsung site but it still only wants to burn at a speed of about 2x instead of 16x as it is rated, that is no problem however if I can get it to burn at 4x or above I would be happy. Is it just more ram required or is there something I need to know ? Regards, Willyum
Check out ScubaPetes site here http://www.dvdplusvideo.com/tutorial007.html He's written a very informative piece, on setting up a PC for burning; I'd pay very close attention to the DMA part, if I were you. Just could; be one reason for your problems? good luck and happy buring gringle [edit informative..fer imformative...??lolol]
Merci Mon Brave, Had a ganders and my DMA settings vary slightly on secondary from what Scuba Pete has ie. on secondary both mine read Ultra DMA mode 2 & and on primary mine reads Ultra Dma Mode 4. His was on secondary -Ultra Dma mode 2 on device 0 & Ultra DMA mode 4 on device 1, the on Primary Ultra Dma mode 5. Now that is where I got stumped because I couldn't seem to make any changes when I tried. What do I do next ? Willyum
Well firstly; thanks, its seems, if it is; as you say, a DMA problem. Secondly; I ain't to sure about this Merci Mon Brave, stuff.... I ain't never been near Brighton in me life. {brit joke} Thirdly: I think; if, [yer forgit about that French cooking, stuff] and you doo a GOOGLE search..? you may well find an answer???? No4 A guide; is a guide, no more than that... 'Tis up to folk to find their/there own way.. regards gringle. aka.....lol
