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• Sudden unstable buffer levels and way too slow burn
Question by Modesty, Saturday 2nd of August 2008 19:59
Hello, I ask for your help for something strange that happening to my burner, it's LG H22N was working fine till today, just burned 2 CD's with the speed of 12 - should take about 7 minutes but it doesnt it takes up to 50 minutes the device buffer level jumps from 30% to 90% and my computer is laggy that i cant even press on th start button, i remind you that yestrday i was burning and everything was ok, ANY help??? please
Answer by Arachne, Saturday 2nd of August 2008 20:00
Welcome to the forum

Check the link in my sig ("How to check/enable DMA"), to make sure UDMA Mode is enabled for your drive
Answer by Modesty, Saturday 2nd of August 2008 20:16
Well i entred to the primary ide channel and it shows 2 devices one of them shows, DMA if avaliable and in it's current transfer mode UltraDMA mode 5 in the second box of device 1 it shows transfer mode dma if available but in the current transfer mode it shows PIO mode and i dont have an option to change it. what do i do now?

Thanks for the fast reply
Answer by Arachne, Saturday 2nd of August 2008 20:23
Download and run the "resetdma.vbs" file in this post, and if it finds a channel to reset to DMA Mode, it'll do so, then ask for a reboot.

Try that, then check again to make sure nothing shows PIO Mode.

(I've used the file before myself with no ill-effects).
Answer by Modesty, Saturday 2nd of August 2008 20:45
Well i have tried the file and did what you said, and YES!!! it works Great just like good old times.
Thanks for the fast replys and the fast help.

I got only one last quastion just from curiosity, why did it changed to PIO mode without me doing anything? i mean how did it suddenly happen?

Thanks again.
Answer by Arachne, Saturday 2nd of August 2008 20:50
A lot of the time, when Windows encounters x amount of disc read errors, it'll drop that drive (in this case, your LG) into PIO Mode.

Silly, but one of Windows' strange quirks

And you're welcome, happy burning!
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• GSA-H10N or GSA-H22N?
Question by AlexRuiz, Friday 18th of July 2008 17:17
No, I am not asking which one should I buy, I already got them both
Here is the situation:

The GSA-H10n is my parent's machine. For most of the time, the burner is on vacation, meaning they use it only as a reader. However, when I visit them I use it heavily, like 100 DVD burned in a week. We visit them twice a year. So, as you can see, the usage pattern of this one is inconsistent.

The GSA-H22N in my wife's machine. It is used more consistently, as I make backups of the pictures every 3 weeks (her machine holds the pictures) However, when in a hurry, I don't backup to DVD, I just slap the eSATA hard drive and copy them to the external HD. I burn the pictures later in my machine (Samsung SH-S203B, Pioneer DVD-215D, Lite-ON 160P6S and a few more.... enough burners to start my own pirate shop in that one )

Now, because neither of the burners in discussion is my main one, I don't know them really well. Both firmwares have riplock, so they are fast rippers. My observations as of now is that neither one is spectacular. The 10N has burned a few coasters on MCC004, and the 22N has made a few of its own on Prodisc F02 that the rest of the burners like. So I am not impressed with either. But as you can see, my parents machine, because it is the only burner they have, MUST get the better of the both LGs.

So, which one for that machine? Or should I take one of the other burners I got and give it to them? They are great rippers once the firmware has been patched.


Alex
Answer by Dalen Quaice, Friday 18th of July 2008 22:00
That is a bit of a loaded question because your H10N and H22N are unique... every drive tends to have it's own bias and may not burn to factory specs. That said, I would say the H22N is the better for me if given a choice.
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