On 22 Nov 2004 04:16:51 GMT, LASERandDVDfan wrote:
If you're using Windows, make sure DMA mode is enabled for the DVD-R
drive. It's usually set to PIO only by default. This will result in
HEAVY CPU usage and buffer under runs.

Don't forget, use an 80 conductor UDMA cable instead of a standard 40 conductor
IDE cable, especially if the drive is expected to run higher than UDMA33 (and
even then, you'd still want a UDMA cable). - Reinhart

udma33 requires the same 40 conductor cable and drives that are faster than that
are rare. 80 conductor cables are only required for udma5 or udma 6 (100, 133)