Nero 5.5.9.0 and Intel Application Accelerator

Wedge

Wedge

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I had a problem that I solved and thought I would share this info. I had Nero Express and Intel's Application Accelerator (IAA) installed. Many times I was unable to choose the burn speed for Nero. It would lock in at 4x (the drop-down box grayed out), even though my drive is capable of burning at 48x and my media is capable of as much. It didn't always occur, but most of the time. To "unlock" the drop-down box so that I could choose the burn speed I would close Nero, eject and reinsert the media, then restart Nero again. Presto! My burn speed options are back, but then again, why the hell was it doing this in the first place?

It turns out that uninstalling IAA cured this problem. I'm not educated enough on this matter to provide a technical explanation. It just seems apparent that there is a conflict in having the 2 applications installed together (IAA replaces the native IDE drivers, correct?). I'm not sure if I would call this a Nero bug or an Intel bug. Maybe it's neither or both, depending on how you look at it. Either way, it's a good example of how mysterious "bugs" appear. I'm not going to complain because I've got it working again. In this case, I can live without IAA.
 
roadworker

roadworker

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TNX for the feedback Wedge.......yep,I knew ......and not only the IAA drivers are causing problems,also the Via 4in1 can cause problems....it seems that programs that affect the busmaster drivers of a system,are very sensitive for burning programs...:D
 
Wedge

Wedge

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Yeah roadworker, this makes me wonder how many others out there have IAA installed and complain of a "bug" in Nero or some other burning app. The typical user probably hasn't a clue that IAA could be causing a problem. As long as their chipset is supported by IAA they may not even consider it as possibly being a source of any issue at all.
I got lucky. For some reason I had a suspicion about it, and when I did a restore point on my C drive, it was removed, and that's when I confirmed IAA was the problem.
 
Wedge

Wedge

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another example

Here's another post, found at CDRLabs, that's related:

==Quote by lppnet==

"I also encountered a problem with IAA. Although IAA shows that my cdrw drive is set to UDMA mode but the burn time is very slow. I'm able to choose 52x in Nero but it takes me around 5 minutes to burn a cdr. 5 minutes for 52x? So I tried to uninstall the IAA after seeing some post regarding the IAA problems. Then the problem is solved."
 
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scarecrow

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This is what it should be described as just another annoying Nero bug, or not? IAA is a very common busmastering application.
I do have an intel mobo, I do use IAA, and I dont have the slightesst problem burning at fullspeed with any of my applications. (Nero is not included).
So why uninstall IAA? Uninstalling Nero sounds much more sensible.
 
Wedge

Wedge

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That's cool that you aren't having any problems with it scarecrow. As long as it causes you no trouble then I would keep it installed as well.

I'm not ready to conclude it is a Nero bug or an Intel bug until I read more information on the matter. It's conceivable that both are to blame seeing how neither program has been customized to work with the other, even though they should in theory. We already know that Nero has a continuing bug list. Intel has a Known Compatibilty Issue list as well. This is why I do not conclude that Nero is to blame, nor is Intel. It's just an issue I have experienced. For the time being, I get more benefit from having Nero installed than having IAA.
 
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