CDFreaks presents ADS LL5-DLX-185 Dual Link Drive Kit review - Club CDFreaks

*Wesociety* · 29-01-2005

The review is posted here:
http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/175

Comments, questions and additional tests can be requested in this thread.
Thanks!

*Kenshin* · 29-01-2005

Hm. The case is exxtremely DVD-unfriendly.

*Bob* · 29-01-2005

That is sad...
The main negative points: The ADS Dual Link Drive Kit had some serious issues with our optical drives. It could not support full speed 16x DVD reading via Firewire. It had even more trouble attempting full speed 16x DVD reading via USB 2.0. It could not support a stable DVDR writing process at faster than 8x speed, via Firewire connection. We were also very disappointed to see that USB 2.0 DVDR writing speed topped out at a measly 4x! The ADS Dual Link Drive Kit does not come anywhere near the advertised 35 MB/s sustained data transfer rates with an optical CD/DVD drive installed inside of it.

*drpino* · 29-01-2005

they advertise 35MB/s SUSTAINED data rates? LOL...that's funny.

erdoke · 29-01-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenshin

Hm. The case is exxtremely DVD-unfriendly.

In fact most of the 5,25" external enclosures behave the same when a high speed optical drive inserted. Manufacturers should choose a chipset more carefully keeping DVD burners in mind as well. It's sad that they don't care or stick to the cheaper chipset anyway.

*beach-hobo* · 29-01-2005

It's taken me 6-9 months to iron out external cases.

It appears that the Oxford 911 (used in both the ADS and Belkin units I tested) can't support UMDA-2. It appears they only support multi-word DMA under WinXP/SP2.

The only cases I have gotten to work are equipped with a Prolific PL-3507 ChipSet.

Tech Support from both ADS and Belkin were of no help. I think they know about the problem !!!!!

*rdgrimes* · 29-01-2005

I have 2 Bytecc dual-link cases. One is Oxford and the other is Prolific. The Oxford will do 16x burns and reads on Firewire, and 12x on USB2. I haven't really tested the Prolific with optical, maybe I'll do that.

Here they are, daisy-chained. The oxford has a Seagate HD in it, which benchmarks at around 30MB/sec sustained on Firewire, 20MB/sec on USB2.

erdoke · 29-01-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by beach-hobo

It appears that the Oxford 911 (used in both the ADS and Belkin units I tested) can't support UMDA-2. It appears they only support multi-word DMA under WinXP/SP2.

Sounds interesting, because they work fine with a HD (30-32 MB/s). I guess that speed needs UDMA.

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Kenshin CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near Seoul, South Korea Posts: 12,379	Re: CDFreaks presents ADS LL5-DLX-185 Dual Link Drive Kit review Hm. The case is exxtremely DVD-unfriendly. __________________ Kill Confucius

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Bob I donated to the Tsunami fund and all I got was this lousy title Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Looking for my zigzags ~ I come from the no place and i go to the no where Posts: 16,048	Re: CDFreaks presents ADS LL5-DLX-185 Dual Link Drive Kit review That is sad... The main negative points: The ADS Dual Link Drive Kit had some serious issues with our optical drives. It could not support full speed 16x DVD reading via Firewire. It had even more trouble attempting full speed 16x DVD reading via USB 2.0. It could not support a stable DVDR writing process at faster than 8x speed, via Firewire connection. We were also very disappointed to see that USB 2.0 DVDR writing speed topped out at a measly 4x! The ADS Dual Link Drive Kit does not come anywhere near the advertised 35 MB/s sustained data transfer rates with an optical CD/DVD drive installed inside of it. __________________ "You've got a hole in your soul if you don't dig the Blues" .....My New Build is Finished. Click HERE to join CDFreaks.com Keith Richards ~ "If You Want The Last Laugh........Join The Rolling Stones"

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beach-hobo CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 977	Re: CDFreaks presents ADS LL5-DLX-185 Dual Link Drive Kit review It's taken me 6-9 months to iron out external cases. It appears that the Oxford 911 (used in both the ADS and Belkin units I tested) can't support UMDA-2. It appears they only support multi-word DMA under WinXP/SP2. The only cases I have gotten to work are equipped with a Prolific PL-3507 ChipSet. Tech Support from both ADS and Belkin were of no help. I think they know about the problem !!!!!

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