spirittoo

Well I do a lot of things on line like posting on forums and downloading and listening to internet radio while surfing the web. I have a dvd burner that I use a lot. Would there be a difference in that? Thanks

Thanks! Will I see a noticeable speed increase if I update from 1.4 to 2.0Ghz? Thank you for your time.

I was checking out pricewatch to see how much a cpu upgrade would run. I have the Intel D845HV mobo and have 1.4 Ghz pcu. According to the manual (page 21) I can upgrade to a 2.0 400Mhz 256K Cache .... the problem is I can't find a mPGA 478pin 2.0Ghz 400Mhz 256K cpu the most I could find was the cpu with a 512K cache. Can my mobo handle that? Thank you for your time.

I did as sony suggested with the controller (there are no dma/pio for the burners)and the drive still would not work. They confirmed it was DOA ..... now I'm senting it back to newegg. I'm going to take a chance and try for a replacement since most of the reviews for the drive were good. If that one doesn't work I'm going to get a refund.

What do I look for in the bios? What section do I go to? I looked before and I saw nothing that gave information about either drive I have.

they have still exchanged them if they came DOA. I do not think they will give you any problem. From what I remember, I did have to get a RMA number from a live person. The automated system would not dispatch me one. I'm sure they won't get me a problem with an exchange, but what concerns me ...... is this model a lemon? I read the reviews and most were good. I just hope it will work. I think I should have a choice though. I wonder why they won't give a refund? Anyway I talked with sony tech support this morning and was told the drive is defective. Then I got this email from another tech

I see you provide a link to newegg. That's were I got this drive. When I went to the site to get a RMA I was told I couldn't get an on line RMA for this product. I don't understand that. I can't call them until Monday. Have you done business with them before? Are they going to give me a hard time about a refund? Can anyone tell me their experience with newegg? From the product page on Newegg.com: ** This item is warranted through the product manufacturer only. Oh oh ..... I guess that means no refund. I find that hard to accept since the product is defective. I should have a choice.

I see you provide a link to newegg. That's were I got this drive. When I went to the site to get a RMA I was told I couldn't get an on line RMA for this product. I don't understand that. I can't call them until Monday. Have you done business with them before? Are they going to give me a hard time about a refund? Can anyone tell me their experience with newegg?

Any particular model you would recommend? Or just any model Lite-O? I was looking at the NEC 3550A ..... the review are good and the price is good too.

Okay there are DMA setting for the IDE controller and it's set for DMA. That's what's in the link you provide. So that's not the problem. Update: I ran the drive test .... it didn't make it pass the start point .... You are suppose to insert a blank disc to run the test, when I do I get this message .... "Please verify that you have a blank disc in the "Sony DVD RW DRU-810A(1d)" drive, then re-run the test by selecting "<Back". Sounds like this drive is indeed defective.

When I right clicked on each drive I get a General tap, a Properties tab, a Advance Setting tab, and a driver tab. There is nothing in the Advance Setting tab except for the Region code in the property there is nothing but the cd audio controls and settings. There is nothing about a DMA ..... nothing at all. Sony has a drive test site, but they say not to use it unless the tech person tell you to ..... I don't see why do you .... Here is the site I even tried to disconnect my other drive to see it this one would work because sony tech support said they didn't recommend using two burners. Stil

I'll try the cable select, but there is nothing about DMA mode when I right click on the drives in the device manager. Is it suppose to have this. I don't see it with either drive.

The only software that came with it was the Nero 6. It was already installed because I have a sony DRU-800a as well. I don't have any problems with it. I will look over the support site ..... hopefully it will give me a clue. Update ... I checked the link. That is for XP .... I'm running W2K will there be a difference?

Hi all, I just installed a Sony DRU-810A DVD burner. I did the firmware update from 1a to 1d. I checked the device manager and it states the unit is working properly. I checked the driver to make sure it was current. It will not see any disc I insert. CD or DVD. When I click on the drive I get "please insert disc". Anyone know what is happening?

I am thinking of buying a Sony DW-Q30A-B2 DVD burner. I see it's for a good price and the reviews aren't bad. You only get the drive. But when I googled the model I didn't see any manual or firmware information. I can get along without a manual, but since I don't see any firmware info on the model does that mean its firmware doesn't have to be updated? Thank you for your time.

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Would there be any kind of conflict if I had two of the same model dvd burner? I have a burner but my dvd rom keeps giving me reading errors when ever I copy a disc to another, so I figure it's time for a new dvd rom, but I thought why not get another burner, so if something happens to one, I'll have the other to fall back on. So can I have two burners? Thank you for your time.

I did update all my drivers and still it rebooted ..... I also checked the event viewer and the only warning was for a unrelated drive. Only when I stop using bit tornado and switched to utorrent did the problem stop. I've downloaded another file with utorrent and I had no problems so changing the torrent client solved my problem. It's obvious bit tornado and win2000 pro do not get along. Anyway I just want you all to know the problem is solved! No more rebooting!

Well I changed bit torrent clients and so far I haven't had the rebooting problem. I'm not downloading anything though, just seeding. I don't know for sure until I have something to download, but for now the rebooting problem is solved. Thanks

why... get a bootable linux cd like knoppix.. when you get to the first prompt type memtest86 mem test in progress.. no floppy needed. Is it free software? If so were do I get it? Thanks It's really looking like this is the bit torrent causing problems. I'm going to have to do more research on the issue. \ hi spirittoo try going to safe mode and see if it reboots in safe mode if it dosent then it is most likely an application problem [bit torrent] or a driver problem good like marty It doesn't reboot in safe mode ...... it doesn't reboot when the bit torrent is not running only when t

why... get a bootable linux cd like knoppix.. when you get to the first prompt type memtest86 mem test in progress.. no floppy needed. Is it free software? If so were do I get it? Thanks It's really looking like this is the bit torrent causing problems. I'm going to have to do more research on the issue.

It can't be the power supply because I replaced it with a new one and it still does it. I can't test the memory until I get a new floppy drive. The corrupt drive sound likely but how to I find and correct it? I could not find a driver for the modem and when I did the msinfo and there wasn't a IRQ#2 there was a #1 and #3 but no #2. IRQ#1 was the keyboard so I got the software and installed the driver on it.

I have a cable modem. I don't believe it is a USB modem. I believe I checked the driver, but I will check again. I'll try it and get back to you. I'll give it a shot .... I am running 785MB of ram. Thanks

hi spirittoo does it reboot in safe mode? marty Hi Marty .... I'm not sure I understand. Do you mean when it reboots at ramdom it goes into safe mode? If so no. If you are asking if I can reboot it into safe mode ... I haven't tried that yet. I did uncheck the auto reboot so windows would tell me what is wrong. I got a blue screen after 57 minutes downloading using the bittorrent. This is the message I got ... ***STOP: 0X0000000D1, (0 X 00000009, 0 X 00000002, 0 X 00000000, 0 X 000000009) DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Beginning dump or physical memory. Physical memory dump complete. C

Good morning techies ..... last night before I crashed out I check the drives as suggested ..... two were given updates by windows updates. It was the video card and the monitor. When I when out this morning I left the machine on and it did not reboot ..... it's been almost two hours and it reboots before then ..... so it may have been the drivers. I'm going uninstall and reinstall the bit torrent and see what happens. I will let you guys know. Thanks to all those that took the time to post. I really appreciate that. Update Well I ran the bit torrent and after about 40 mintues the machin