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"Dave" <dave2972@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> I've just built this AMD rig one week ago, got XP Pro installed, and all
>> the drivers (I think) in and working. device manager says all hardware
>> is ok.
>> PowerDVD5 was giving me some problems running at first. It runs fine
>> now, problem isn't PDVD. I get the problem with anything that will play
>> a DVD movie. In device manager after trying to use the drive to watch a
>> movie, I find that either the driver or XP has changed the setting to PIO
>> mode.
>> The drive is a fairly new Lite-On DVDRW SOHW-1673S successfully flashed
>> to JS0C, drive is set to Region 1. This drive worked flawlessly in my
>> old rig, a P4 3.0E, GA-8IPE1000-G with DMA enabled, 80 conductor cable.
>> I burned CD's, DVD's, watched DVD movies in PowerDVD5 all the time on
>> this same drive in Win XP Pro.
>> Is it a problem with the nforce3ultra chipset?
>> TIA,
>> McG.
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> Not to cast dispersions, but check cabling. That is unplug and re-plug
> the drive cables after re-jumpering the master/slave jumper to the correct
> setting.
>
> On opticals, do not use cable select as they are usually only ATA33
> devices even when using 80 conductor cables.
>
> Replace cables. I have used some 80 conductor cables that did not have a
> strain-relief so when unplugging the cables, the ribbon is pulled away
> from the metal connectors in the back of the plug and from then on they
> cause no end of problems. 40 conductor cables are fine for CD/DVD drives.
>
> Beyond that, I have an Abit NF7-S v2 and have used both the Windows and
> the latest nVidia IDE disk drivers with my nForce 2 Ultra 400 chipset
> without problems. For my set-up, the nForce ones are slightly faster.
>
> Other weird things to consider, with recent drivers updates, I have found
> it necessary to boot-up into safe mode and remove both the nVidia chipset
> drivers and the nVidia video drivers for my FX5700 ViVo when I want to
> update either when using XP Pro SP2.
>
> Dave
>
UPDATE:
Your advice is good basic common sense stuff (if one is a little bit
hardware savvy). I tried everything I could think of.
Two different brands of dual layer DvDRW drives.
Updating the firmware on the Lite-On drive (NEC drive is already latest)
Ensure drive is jumpered for Master and in Master position on cable.
Check, recheck, check sys BIOS for any and everything "drive" related,
enabled ALL "drive" functions, install latest nVidia nforce drivers and SATA
drivers. My device manager is really happy with everything there.
Tried every IDE cable I own, from a batch of old 40 and 80 conductor to some
brand new unopened ones. I have a very nice 80 on there and carefully
folded and tucked out of the airflow.
Tried putting drive on its own IDE power connector cable. Not a bad idea
since I have a bunch.
OK, upped my system BIOS from F7 to F8.
No change until I did something that I normally never have to do on an Intel
based system. I've downloaded ALL the nForce 3 package versions from
nVidia. I know we often have problems with our vid drivers, so will try a
new release and have problems, uninstall and install an older set.
I'd noted you can select which section of drivers to install in the nForce
installer
Good. I tried the next oldest from the 5.10 for XP. That's
the 4.27 set and has the IDE driver version 4.12, I unselected everything
but that IDE driver. It installed it, rebooted......
And I stuck in Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within and it started and is
playing flawlessly...so far. With PowerDVD5 at that. I'm hesitant to
press the P or B key as that would either lock the system up or reset it
before (biting nails here).
In fact, I'll post this, close everything else but PDvD and THEN try that
then i'll get back in here and let ya know if it did it ok.
McG.
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