Asus CRW-3212A User Manual - Page 3

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 Conventional Recording Data Data Data transfer slows down Write Data Buffer Memory Write process continues Data Data transfer slower than write process Buffer Memory Empty Bad disc results Write Data Buffer Memory Recording with FlextraLink™ Technology Data Data transfer slows down Write Data Buffer Memory Write process stops; waits until there is enough data for writing Data Write Data Data transfer continues and fills buffer with sufficient data for writing Buffer Memory Write process continues until writing is complete ASUS CRW-3212A User's Manual 11