ASUS E612 DVD-ROM

by Jason Wong
 		 






The Test System

 

MY PC
CPU Intel Celeron 300A
- Overclocked to 504Mhz using 112Mhz Bus speed
RAM 256MB Hyundai CAS 2 PC133
Motherboard ABIT BE6 II
Video Card 16MB Creative nVidia RIVA TNT
Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster 16
Primary Hard Drive



Secondary		 30.7 GB Maxtor DiamondMAX VL30
- Ultra-ATA 100
- 7200 RPM Spindle speed
- Silent Store enabled
6.4 GB Quantum
- Ultra-ATA 33
- 5400 RPM Spindle speed
Network Compex RL100ATX PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
DVD-ROM 12X Asus E612 DVD-ROM
40X MultiRead CD-ROM
CD-RW HP 4x4x6x External USB 8200 CD-RW
Monitor 17" Sony CPD E200
- 16.0" Viewable
- FD Trinitron Tube Technology
- 0.24 dpi
- 1152 x 768 at 85Hz
Modem 3Com USR 56K Message Modem
Printer HP Deskjet 950C USB
- HP PhotoRet 3 Imaging System
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) PK Blackout Buster
- 20 Minutes Backup Battery
- Automatic Voltage Regulator
- Surge Protector
- Internet Line Protection
Others Microsoft PS/2 Natural Keyboard
Genius PS/2 Mouse
Microphone cum Headphone set
Operating System Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- 382MB Swap file in Secondary Hard Drive
Sound System Panasonic Mini-Compo

Well, my system is nothing to boast about but it sure serves well as a complete multimedia system. Okay, let's cut the crap and see how well the DVD-ROM performs with real-world applications.

Although E612 supports ATA66, it won't work with my system's ATA66 controller. So, I had to connect it to my IDE port.

 

  
 

 

  
     
   

 

  
   

 
     
 

                   

 
   

 

  
 
Last Updated 21-12-2000

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