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;

FlextraLinkô

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

ASUS SCB-2424A-U external slim combo drive

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