Hello, Charles.  I've been listening about - -
-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 ->> I finally got fed up with the burner I have now and went
 ->> out and bought one of those 'double layer' DVD RW burners
 ->> that also does CDRs and CDRWs.

 ->> Won't work here. Either it's my BIOS (Award) or my boot
 ->> manager but something gives me a "DMI pooling data" message
 ->> and the boot process stops before ever accessing the
 ->> bootmanager's files on the hard drive. :-\

 CA> When I returned the DVD burner the man at the counter told me
 CA> he had bought one too and had to return it as incompatible with
 CA> his system. :-\ 

What brand and model was the drive?  If I find one of that brand for a
good price, I'll be extra careful before making the plunge myself.

Also wondering -

Did the documentation give a "Help Line" phone number, and did you call
that about the 'DMI pooling data' message?

Did you check for your system's meeting the drive mfgr's stated 'system
requirements?'

I checked Plextor website for specs for their double layer 16X drive
Model PX-716A, and it calls for burst R/W of 66MB/sec Ultra DMA Mode 4.
(I see this is a jump up from their previous Model Px-712A single layer
12X model, which only called for burst R/W of 33 MB/sec.) Also, for some
reason unknown to me, their sheet for PX-716A calls for "Pentium 4
1.4GHz or equivalent (minimum)."

I suspect this info is on the trail to the problem you had.

- - -  JimH.

... "Bother!" said Pooh, as he realized his entire 'puter system
is obsolete.
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