CDR Newbiw Question

[Guest]

Hi,
I'm in thee market for a Cd-r/rw drive and was looking at the Sony CRX145s SCSI (32R10W4RW) Hs anybody encounteresd this one and also is it important to get a sCSI when using the higher speed drives?
Thenks for any help.
R.Sobyra

 

[Guest]

Well SCSI doesn't hurt, at least thats what most people say... I've got a TEAC 512E 32X12x10 IDE, and have no trouble with it, when using in UDMA-2 mode...

 

[Guest]

SCSI is better, but not always faster. By having the CD-Burner on a separate channel by itself (IDE secondary Master, with no slave present, or SCSI) you reduce the chance of bad cd writes.

Yes you do need a SCSI card for a SCSI cd-burner, an Adaptec 2906 is sufficient for up to 10MB/sec(Fast SCSI) of transfer (that's equal to about 64X cd speed), anything faster and you need a more expensive card.


--Kisai
"Hmm, I wonder how many pieces this will end up as when it hits the ground?"

 

[Guest]

To help prevent coasters, a good rule to remember is dont mix SCSI & IDE. Is your CD-ROM and HDD also SCSI? If your current system is all IDE, drop the SCSI burner idea and purchase a good Plex IDE burner. They are top of the line SCSI burners with the SCSI controller removed. Also, be careful when purchasing a Sony CD-R. Do you plan on making "backups" of current games? Sony does not fully support all of the burn modes that may be neccessary to get past the latest copy protections. I love Sony products, but buyer beware! There is tons of info on the web concerning CD-R limitations, but I would suggest trying <A HREF="http:// www.gamecopyworld.com " target="_new">http:// www.gamecopyworld.com </A>

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[Guest]

go with the plextor 12 or 8, both do everything / burn modes except for that practice burn thing, not sure about that one. Had a URL, at work, that listed all the recommended drives. Gamecopyworld should have a good list.

Take care.

 

[Guest]

SCSI Recorders used to be the only form of reliable copying a few years ago. If you've no experience with SCSI then don't worry about it.

Go for a recommended IDE copier such as one from Plextor. When you fit the drive its always a good idea to make it Master on the secondary IDE channel.

When using IDE only one device on a channel can comminicate at once and the master always takes priority over the slave device so it's more reliable for burners to be dominant otherwise you run the risk of the drive being interruped.

 

[Hobbit]

Just purchased 2 Teac w512EB burners with burn proof and with bios 2.0B they both fully support clone CD which one ups plextor because no plextor drive supports write simulation not that you need it. Paid 320 for both. They are replacing plextor 8/20 scsi models I have and after testing I am very impressed. Turns out with burn proof they are more stable than my plextor drives ever were although they worked great. It was just that I never could surf the net or play a game or do any multitasking while burning because 9 times out of ten that would create a coaster. Very pleased.

Balls, said the Queen if I had them I would be king!

 

[LordKaos]

You should buy the Plextor 121032A(IDE) it has Burn-proof , which avoids coaster!
If you really want a SCSi RW go for the Plextor 121032S!
There´s no way around this !
Plextor´s RW are the best!

Better burn in Hell with some company than freeze in Heaven all alone

 

[Guest]

I don't agree that mixing SCSI and IDE is necessarily bad. I do it and I still make quality burns. I do agree that not all drives are created equal, however, when it comes to back ups. Clone CD has a good listing of drives and their burn modes supported : http://www.elby.de/CloneCD/english/hardware.htm.



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[Guest]

I'll put in my plug for the Teac 12x10. I just got one of these, and after all the troubles I had with my first burner, a smart and friendly, this thing is like a godsend! Granted, I do have a new, much faster system, where each of my drives has it's own ide port, but I can burn at 12x with this thing, while Seti@home is running, while I'm downloading and uploading on napster, playing mp3's, and surfing the net, and the buffer never drops below 98% Unbelieveable!

 

[Hobbit]

Fantastic drive! Maybe you saw one of my posts and went for it? I have been keeping my eye open for some colaboration on what I am telling people about Teac 512EB. It is the best burner I ever purchased for the money bar none and I was a plextor scsi burner owner. The plextor model is nice but about 60 bucks more expensive and cant do write simulation with CloneCD, only has a 2mb buffer while the Teac has a 4mb buffer and the Teac Overburns which the plextor cannot do! The teac also has the burnproof technology as you mentioned. I own two and might buy another one for my second system so I can make two copies of the same original at the same time with Sony burning software I have. I want to try it out.

Balls, said the Queen if I had them I would be king!