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  • berdman
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Apr 2006
    • 36

    Adding a 2nd DVD Burner problems

    Been using a SONY 830-A ,DVD Burner for a year now ( Great Burner )and decided to replace my read only drive with a new SONY 840-A ....they both worked fine until I tried to burn 2 different DVD's with different burning programs at the same time ( DVD DECRYPTER AND IMG BURN ) that's when they both slow to a crawl until I aborted one of them and then the another one finished just fine. I installed the 2nd burner in the same bay as was my old read only and made it the slave. Any Idea's ??? Thanks here is my OS

    OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
    Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
    OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
    System Name YOUR-PD3MH0ABGS
    System Manufacturer System Manufacturer
    System Model Product Name
    System Type X86-based PC
    Processor x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~2171 Mhz
    BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD TCB418G, 8/8/2003
    SMBIOS Version 2.3
    Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
    System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
    Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
    Locale United States
    Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
    User Name YOUR-PD3MH0ABGS\Owner
    Time Zone Central Daylight Time
    Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
    Available Physical Memory 131.11 MB
    Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
    Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
    Page File Space 1.03 GB
    Page File C:\pagefile.sys
  • NightTran
    King of Digital Video
    King of Digital Video
    • Aug 2005
    • 4224

    #2
    if you have them from two dif HD and the cable are separate
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    • berdman
      Junior Member
      Junior Member
      • Apr 2006
      • 36

      #3
      I have them on the same cable.....master/slave ( secondary IDE ) my primary IDE has 2 HDs one for OS and one for storage ........What would be the correct set-up???

      Thanks

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      • NightTran
        King of Digital Video
        King of Digital Video
        • Aug 2005
        • 4224

        #4
        you can burn one at one time with that set up, if you want to burn two at one time got to have two dif cable, and the sources are from two dif HD
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        • berdman
          Junior Member
          Junior Member
          • Apr 2006
          • 36

          #5
          OK, Let's see if I'm following this correctly.....in order to burn at same time & with diff HD's....I need to change my cable set-up to connect one of my HD's to a Primary & one to a Secondary connector and connect a burner to each one of those ( which is master or slave ??) or is there another way???

          Thanks

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          • NightTran
            King of Digital Video
            King of Digital Video
            • Aug 2005
            • 4224

            #6
            Both burner have to be masters, that is why you have two diff cable to each burner, I have like that too just burn one after another
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            • berdman
              Junior Member
              Junior Member
              • Apr 2006
              • 36

              #7
              Thanks for your help NightTran

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              • Chewy
                Super Moderator
                • Nov 2003
                • 18971

                #8
                you will also need 2 sets of files to burn from seperate hard drives on seperate cables

                that's the whole concept behind standalone masters

                one of the reasons everything is going to sata

                burning programs and windows require that the same set of files be read twice when doing 2 burns at the same time

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                • berdman
                  Junior Member
                  Junior Member
                  • Apr 2006
                  • 36

                  #9
                  Thanks Chewy, I'm going to try this set-up but I'll probably just be burning diff files from diff Hd's with different programs (DVD Decypt and Img Burn.) I hope it works

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                  • Chewy
                    Super Moderator
                    • Nov 2003
                    • 18971

                    #10
                    imgburn will open 2 instances with no problem

                    getting a screenshot with 4 windows evenly spaced for proof was the hardest part

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                    • berdman
                      Junior Member
                      Junior Member
                      • Apr 2006
                      • 36

                      #11
                      Added a ULTRA ATA IDE CONTROLLER CARD to computer and connected it to new ( 2nd) burner ....works like a charm with no slow down.....Thanks to all for help with this problem.

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                      • ed klein
                        Banned
                        • Mar 2004
                        • 880

                        #12
                        If you are going to be doing any hi def burning in the future like on blu-ray disks you need to be looking into readers/burners that have ONLY SATA connections and capable of burning a BD-R at 6X.

                        The newer computers of today, like the latest one I have has 6 SATA connections and ZERO IDE master/slave 40 pin 80 lead cables.

                        The motherboard has ONE connection for a 40 pin 80 lead cable but is vacant with no IDE cable.

                        Also, upgrade to SP 3 on your operating system and see if you gain any speed or resources.

                        The master connection is at the end of the IDE cable and the slave connection is in the middle of the IDE cable. Use only master if possible.
                        Last edited by ed klein; 26 Jul 2008, 10:10 PM.

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