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    Hl-dt-st Dvdram Gsa-4084n

    Discussion in 'HP' started by beachesandmusic, Oct 31, 2006.

  1. beachesandmusic

    beachesandmusic Notebook Consultant

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    Does anyone else have this drive? If you do, can you tell me just what kind of speeds you're getting with this drive?

    I'm testing it out right now and it seems to be incredibly slow. Reading at only 2.4x (TDK DVD-R) where my old drive would have read the same disc at closer to 3.5x at the same spot.

    DMA is on.
     
    beachesandmusic, Oct 31, 2006
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Maybe try some different discs.
     
    ZaZ, Nov 1, 2006
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  3. beachesandmusic

    beachesandmusic Notebook Consultant

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    It's fine with data DVDs, reaching 8x pretty quickly. But with DVD Video discs it's slow. It reads them just fine, but a little slow.
     
    beachesandmusic, Nov 1, 2006
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