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dvd writing speed is very slow...

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gsmsikar
gsmsikar Original post #1
Oct 5, 2008 at 12:54 PM
i have a problem when i write DVD's in my system,
it takes more then 40 minutes to write a full data DVD @ 16x speed with NERO ,
why does this happens ?

please reply..

thanks
NucleusKore
Oct 5, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Do you have IDE or SATA?
If you have IDE check to see if the cable is shared between the hard disk and DVD drive. Many assemblers cheat in this manner and swallow the extra cable that comes with your motherboard or DVD drive; they sell it to another customer. Both DVD writer and hard disk should be set as MASTER and not SLAVE.
ayush_chh
Oct 5, 2008 at 2:21 PM
how much RAM do you have?
*ask-leo.com/c005941.html
mad_max
mad_max #4
Oct 5, 2008 at 3:12 PM
woah thats long man:S anyways probable cause is windows has reverted back to PIO mode of data transfer because of too many crc errors.Go to device manager and take a look at the properties of all your IDE channels,you'll get a 4 tab window and what matters here is advanced settings tab,look at current transfer mode to see any of those are on PIO mode.If thats the case simply uninstall the driver and restart:)
gsmsikar
Oct 5, 2008 at 5:23 PM
this is the state of the ide channels

*img221.imageshack.us/img221/9237/primaryir9.jpg
*img221.imageshack.us/img221/primaryir9.jpg/1/w409.png


*img379.imageshack.us/img379/5811/secondaryrd3.jpg
*img379.imageshack.us/img379/secondaryrd3.jpg/1/w401.png
C
Oct 5, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Set the transfer mode to DMA. If it keeps reverting back to PIO mode, then reinstall the drivers as mad_max said.
mad_max
mad_max #7
Oct 5, 2008 at 5:59 PM
sadly though you have to uninstall the drivers:S windows is a bit stubborn when it comes to this,go to the drivers tab and hit uninstall and restart.Windows will install the drivers upon restart so no worrys:) been there done that lol
and it only takes 5 crc errors for windows to do this so use something like alcohol when you want to copy a bad disk:)
dheeraj_kumar
Oct 7, 2008 at 8:22 AM
@OP

use this:

*svp.co.uk/helpdesk/index.php?_m=downloads&_a=viewdownload&downloaditemid=15

run it and restart comp, it should reset to DMA.
gsmsikar
Oct 8, 2008 at 11:31 AM
how to run this VBS file ?