I have a Yamaha 16/10/40 IDE CDRW, and while I haven't
gotten to use it under Linux yet, I also haven't had much
luck w/ it under Win98 either. I have it installed in a
Dell OptiPlex GX1 P3-500 w/ 384MB RAM, a 10GB IDE HD, a 52X
IDE CDROM drive, and an IDE ZIP-100 drive. The problem is,
when the CDRW spins up, it a) sounds like a jet engine
coming up to speed, and b) it sucks so much CPU, or
something, that the whole system literally grinds to a halt
until it gets done. Even just on simple stuff like feeding
an application CD into the drive, it does this. I don't
know if the fault is w/ the drive or my system
configuration, but it is damn annoying!!
Monte
--- Warren Melnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to buy a new CD burner, 16/10/40. I have narrowed
> it down to the
> Plextor and the Yamaha. They seem to have the same
> specs, and for all I
> know may even be the same physical drive. They both have
> a big buffer,
> ATAPI-4, 40x DAE and burn-proof. They are within $6 of
> each other in price.
> Any ideas, preferences, hazards?
>
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> Warren Melnick
> Director of Research and Development
> Astata Corporation
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