Asus SCB-1608-D user manual FlextraLink Technology Solution

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 transfer
Conventional		slows down
Recording		Buffer
		Memory
		Write Data
		Write process
Data		continues
	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 slower than write process

Buffer

Memory

Empty

Bad disc results

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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