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"Here we are on a planet moving and spinning though space at 500 miles per
second...and look...my beer stays right there in the glass! Ain't that just
the neatest thing?" - Bill 'Spaceman' Lee interviewed by*** Schaap (quote
approximate)
My current setup is a SCSI CD-ROM drive and IDE burner which sounds like it
does not match your specs, but you should be fine dependant on your mobo
capabilities and amount of IDE devices already present.
You won't have a problem, just install cd burner as master and cdrom drive
as slave.
> > I am thinking of replacing my "regular" CD Rom drive with a burner. I
> seem to
> > remember past post's about problems with having 2 drives. The question
> > is--should I just add a burner (I have room..)..or replace the current
> drive
> > with a burner. I am not much of a "hardware guy" so any help
appreciated.
> TIA
> You won't have a problem, just install cd burner as master and cdrom drive
> as slave.
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"don hodgdon"
There should be a digital output on the newer drives, that can produce
sound for one while you pipe analog out of the older cable on the other
drive.
FWIW, ms media player, uses a wav sound for my cd music when I play it
there and the music cable is NOT connected. Sounds bad, pauses when the
computer is busy, but works...check your wave volume slider and see if it's
muted. Then see if your second drive has the digital out...and your
soundcard has a digital input..
good luck
dave henrie
Dave is right, I have one of my drives (CD-RW, Plextor IDE) using the old
analog sound to soundcard cable and the other (my CDROM, Plextor UltraPlex
SCSI) using the digital out to the digital in on my soundcard (SB Audigy).
Works great. Most newer drives and sound cards I have found to have these
digital I/Os. May even be the old SPDIF connections, dunno.
You have one connected to auxiliary and the other to cd connectors on the
sound card? Maybe you have auxiliary turned off in the mixer properties.
You have DMA turned on for all IDE devices? Pausing sound and video is
usualy caused by not having DMA on.
My Santa Cruz has that feature under WinXP only. I can set it to play back
through the PCI bus (digital) or through the analog cables. Under Win98
though there is no such option and it plays through the analog cables.
Why would it sound bad Dave? It's pure digital after all.....
I use digital for both my cd's, sounds a dam sight better than the poxy old
analog cable I used to use.
Scott A.
check your wave volume slider and see if it's
-Larry
> > > I am thinking of replacing my "regular" CD Rom drive with a burner. I
> > seem to
> > > remember past post's about problems with having 2 drives. The
question
> > > is--should I just add a burner (I have room..)..or replace the current
> > drive
> > > with a burner. I am not much of a "hardware guy" so any help
> appreciated.
> > TIA
> > You won't have a problem, just install cd burner as master and cdrom
drive
> > as slave.
> Same setup here, CDRW as master and CDROM as slave. No problems except I
> can't get sound from the CDROM...and yes, the sound cable is connected :-)
> --
> don
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Make SURE you enable the DMA option in your hardware settings or you may run
into trouble doing cd-to-burner copies without first caching the whole thing
to disk.
-Larry
If you have Digital Satellite TV, remember what happens to the picture when
a big thundercloud blocks your sat dish? The picture gets all blocky,
jerky, and the sound can screech bad enough to scare the cat.
-Larry
> > "don hodgdon"
> > > Same setup here, CDRW as master and CDROM as slave. No problems except
I
> > > can't get sound from the CDROM...and yes, the sound cable is connected
> :-)
> > > --
> > > don
> > There should be a digital output on the newer drives, that can produce
> > sound for one while you pipe analog out of the older cable on the other
> > drive.
> > FWIW, ms media player, uses a wav sound for my cd music when I play it
> > there and the music cable is NOT connected. Sounds bad, pauses when
the
> > computer is busy, but works...
> Why would it sound bad Dave? It's pure digital after all.....
> I use digital for both my cd's, sounds a dam sight better than the poxy
old
> analog cable I used to use.
> Scott A.
> check your wave volume slider and see if it's
> > muted. Then see if your second drive has the digital out...and your
> > soundcard has a digital input..
> > good luck
> > dave henrie
I'm not asking for me, cuz I know, but could you explain to other users
where and how to check the dma settings for your soundcard?
Say an Asus motherboard, with an Audigy <wink wink>
dave henrie
It's set under each individual IDE controller port.
I'd post a picture, but I'd be run out of town if I did....
1. Open the Device Manager.
2. Expand the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers section.
3. Double-Click on the Secondary IDE Channel.
4. Click on the Advanced Settings Tab.
5. Set both ports to Auto Detection and DMA if available.
6. Repeat for the Secondary IDE Channel.
7. Restart.
8. Go back into the device manager, and see what you ended up with.
Most devices today handle DMA just fine. However, they may show different
_modes_ of DMA.
-Larry
> > I have a Pioneer DVD-106s slot-loading DVD as the Primary, and a TDK
> 321040
> > Burner as the secondary. Works fine.
> > Make SURE you enable the DMA option in your hardware settings or you may
> run
> > into trouble doing cd-to-burner copies without first caching the whole
> thing
> > to disk.
> > -Larry
> I'm not asking for me, cuz I know, but could you explain to other users
> where and how to check the dma settings for your soundcard?
> Say an Asus motherboard, with an Audigy <wink wink>
> dave henrie
