Asus CRW-5224A-U FlextraLink™ Technology Solution, FlextraLink™ Technology, The diagram below shows the advantage of the FlextraLink™ recording technology, Technology

FlextraLink™ Technology

The ASUS FlextraLink™ technology provides a seamless combination of flexibility and ultra-reliable recording quality.

FlextraLink™ incorporates a flexible strategy that prevents buffer underrun problems caused by an empty data buffer. This CD-RW drive technology allows continuous monitoring of the data buffer status during the write process. Once the available data drops to approximately 1% of the total buffer capacity, the drive stops recording and marks the last write position. When new data is received from the host, it is loaded to the data buffer, and the laser is repositioned to link the new data with the data already written. FlextraLink™ uses minimal system resources so that your PC remains fully operational throughout the writing process, and available for other applications.

The diagram below shows the advantage of the FlextraLink™ recording technology.

FlextraLink™ Technology Solution

Data

Data

Conventional Recording

Data transfer slows down

Buffer

Memory

Data transfer slower than write process

Buffer

Memory

Empty

Write Data

Data

Write process continues

Bad disc results

	Buffer
Write Data	Memory

Data

	Data transfer
	slows down
	Buffer
	Memory
Recording with	Write Data
	Write process stops;
FlextraLink™
	waits until there is
Technology	enough data for writing

Data

Data transfer continues and fills buffer with sufficient data for writing

Buffer

Memory

Write Data

Write process continues until writing is complete

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