On Monday 23 June 2003 12:55 am, FemmeFatale wrote:
> Up to a PIII Processor this is relevant. This is no longer the case with
> improved drives & the technology that goes into them these days. Very few
> mobos these days will suffer like that anymore.
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> FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt
Well, I've had odd luck with IDE stuff. I had this first:
hda: maxtor 80 gig
hdb: zip drive
hdc: Plextor CDRW
hdd: Toshiba DVD
and all I got when I tried to dupe from CD to CD was coasters.
last time:
hda: maxtor 80 gig
hdb: Toshiba DVD
hdc: Plextor CDRW
hdd: zip drive
Even like this I could not dupe from CD to CD without adjusting fifo cache
(IIRC) to the maxium recommended amount, and even then, cpu use was about 100
percent, and the mouse was even jerky, but it did work.
DMA was turned on on all drives.
So I switched back to my former setup, SCSI. With an Adaptec SCSI card and
both my DVD and CDRW drives in the SCSI format, I can dupe with ease and cpu
usage is very, very, low.
Just my mileage.... :-)
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