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Captain Satellite
Space Cowboy
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Location: The Twilight Zone
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The title pretty much says it all. Is it only a matter of unplugging the Sony and plugging in the Pioneer? I've done video cards, ram, hard drives,etc.
Am I OK? The Sony is still working fine by the way...
Last edited by Captain Satellite on Mar 01, 2008 15:12, edited 1 time in total
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samijubal
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Joined: 25 Jul 2004
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With XP it is. I don't know about other operating systems. I swap my second drive all the time since I use 2 different drives as the second drive and don't have room for a third.
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Captain Satellite
Space Cowboy
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Location: The Twilight Zone
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I am running XP. Thanks! 
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ricoman
Member
Joined: 25 Jun 2004
Location: CT, USA
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No problemo. Go for it. The Pioneer is a great drive, don't think twice about it.
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I love children, girl children... about 16-40
W.C. Fields
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Captain Satellite
Space Cowboy
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Location: The Twilight Zone
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Thanks, guys. Should I stick with 8x media? I'm in no hurry and have read that 16x can sometimes be troublesome.
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samijubal
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Joined: 25 Jul 2004
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I've had no problems with TY or Verbatim 16x discs. I burn them at 8x.
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budz
IGA Ninja
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
Location: In the shadows.....
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make sure you use a 80 wire ide cable and set the jumper switch to either master or slave. 
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Captain Satellite
Space Cowboy
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Location: The Twilight Zone
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budz, Would my six year old Sony PC have the 40 wire?
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ricoman
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Joined: 25 Jun 2004
Location: CT, USA
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I use TY02 (8x media) and 16x +R Verbs and burn them both at 12x. I get 99 QS with less than 200 PIF regularly with these. My last burn (Gone Baby Gone) with the Verbs was 99 with 95 PIF. You really can't get better than that. The 115d is the best burner that I have ever used, and I have a BenQ 1640, LG 4167 and NEC 3500. All legendary burners in their day.
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I love children, girl children... about 16-40
W.C. Fields
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budz
IGA Ninja
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
Location: In the shadows.....
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| Captain Satellite wrote: |
| budz, Would my six year old Sony PC have the 40 wire? |
That's quite possible. Newer dvd burners especially the Pioneer drives recommend using a 80 wire ide cable which is inexpensive. You can get one from any local computer store. Preferably get a flat 80 wire ide cable for your new Pioneer 115D. If you use a 40 wire ide cable on the drive it will not work correctly. Some have experienced their computers freezing up and having to do a hard reboot. I had the same problem when I bought my Pioneer 111 drives but once I used a flat 80 wire ide cable the drive was recognized correctly and no other pc problems.
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oldandinthe way
Dissenter
Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Location: With the other crabapples
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Your 6 year old SONY would defintiely have a 40 wire cable. Listen to Budz, buy a cable.
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Captain Satellite
Space Cowboy
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Location: The Twilight Zone
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I really appreciate you guys taking the time out to give your advice.
I usually buy TY02 so I'll stick with that. I'll definitely buy the 80 wire cable - thanks!
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[_chef_]
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Joined: 13 Nov 2002
Location: Germany
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| budz wrote: |
| make sure you use a 80 wire ide cable and set the jumper switch to either master or slave. |
Yup, that counts first.
Once installed and Running in UDMA4 mode, you can start flashing/patching.
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Captain Satellite
Space Cowboy
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Location: The Twilight Zone
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Thanks to everybody for the advice, I made the swap and only wish I had done it sooner. 
chef, What is 'UDMA4 mode'? The burner is up and running fine, do I need to set something else? Thanks!
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budz
IGA Ninja
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
Location: In the shadows.....
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Captain Satellite
Space Cowboy
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Location: The Twilight Zone
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Thanks for the reply, budz - got it!
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