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VIA drivers + CDRW ???
A while ago I had big troubles with my HP-8100 CD-writer: I was not able anymore to successfully use the CD-at-once option, and my CDRW was not recognised in Nero. Also lots of burning processes failed. I spent hours on the telephone with the HP-support people, without much help. Recently I re-installed my system (I bought a new HD and a Marvel-G400), and all CDRW problems were gone. Later on suddenly the same old problems were back, but luckily I remembered having installed the VIA busmasterdrivers. After un-installing these, my CDRW was back healthy again.
Apparently this is a VIA problem which is also mentioned in their FAQ: http://www.viatech.com/support/faq.htm#ide
They suggest to use the microsoft busmaster drivers instead of the VIA's. Unfortunately the MS-drivers benchmark ±50% lower compared to VIA's !!!
So my question is if somebody knows a work-around for this problem, either:
- using the MS busmaster drivers without performance loss
- using the VIA drivers without CDRW troubles
Thanks.
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AMD-K6-2-300, EPOX-58MVP3C-M,
Marvel G400, 64MB+64MB(PC100+PC133), Maxtor DM40PLUS 30GB,
W98 (no SE), currently no overclocking (FSB=100)
Apparently this is a VIA problem which is also mentioned in their FAQ: http://www.viatech.com/support/faq.htm#ide
They suggest to use the microsoft busmaster drivers instead of the VIA's. Unfortunately the MS-drivers benchmark ±50% lower compared to VIA's !!!
So my question is if somebody knows a work-around for this problem, either:
- using the MS busmaster drivers without performance loss
- using the VIA drivers without CDRW troubles
Thanks.
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AMD-K6-2-300, EPOX-58MVP3C-M,
Marvel G400, 64MB+64MB(PC100+PC133), Maxtor DM40PLUS 30GB,
W98 (no SE), currently no overclocking (FSB=100)
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