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    How good are IDE controller PCI cards for optical drives?

    Thanks for the answers guys. Someone said that Nero is a system RAM hog when burning. It would make sense then that I can't achieve solid burns at 16x (they finish with no errors but like I said, it's always teetering on the brink of becoming an unusable disc). I'm only using a 700 MHz...
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    How good are IDE controller PCI cards for optical drives?

    Yes, I use Nero Burning ROM. So can I get a recommendation to buy or to avoid out of lack of necessity?
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    How good are IDE controller PCI cards for optical drives?

    I have them on separate channels both as the master drive
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    How good are IDE controller PCI cards for optical drives?

    I had another thread in which I was requesting advice on whether or not I needed one of these. I'm not quite sure if I need one still but I think a better question and in essence a deal breaker as well, is if they can work well with optical drives? I currently use Windows XP Pro SP2. I have...
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    Question about using PCI ATA133 cards

    I tried that but found out that the problem was actually because of a video card that I returned, but forgot to uninstall. I guess whenever it went to use the extra memory it wasn't there, thus the STOP error. From the answers that are totally unrelated to the card but rather my error, I...
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    Question about using PCI ATA133 cards

    Well I did what you suggested but I got the error again. I guess there's something else wrong or I do need that card. I want to wait and see what your opinion is though.
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    Question about using PCI ATA133 cards

    Now is that advice for when I get this card or do you think my computer already has this capability and I need to follow your steps to enable smooth operation?
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    Question about using PCI ATA133 cards

    I use an HP proprietary board made by ASUS so unfortunately you couldn't find it much information about it. DMA was enabled in the BIOS and Device Manager, however I disabled it on the second channel to stop the problems I was having. I use Windows XP Pro SP2.
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    Question about using PCI ATA133 cards

    I found out that I need to purchase one of these if I want to enable DMA on both channels on my computer. Right now I'm trying to run a 200 GB hard drive on one cable and an 18X DVD burner on the other. I've had minimal success with them both working at once. My computer gave me the blue screen...
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    Unsure of what system would fit me better

    Thanks for all the help :)
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    Unsure of what system would fit me better

    I've never overclocked so atleast for the immediate future it isn't a concern. Thanks for the suggestions. My last question would be about doing two "heavy" applications at once. I know they both have dual processors but would editing video at the same time as burning something cause a...
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    Unsure of what system would fit me better

    My apologies sir. They both have a GeForce 7300LE video card.
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    Unsure of what system would fit me better

    I'm considering some budget PCs from HP and I'm not sure which would fit me better so I thought I'd ask the experts for some help. Here are the main specs: #1 - $1000 Athlon 64 X2 4400+ AM2 Socket GeForce 6150 LE Chipset Asus A8M2N-LA Board 2GB DDR2 (4 GB Max) 320 GB SATA 3G or...