I built a new system a few months ago and the DVD-RW has been driving me crazy because of slow read speeds. My system configuration is as follows:
E8400@3.0GHz
Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 Mobo
2GB DDR2-800 Crucial Ballistix
BFG 8800GTS G92
2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB 32MB Cache Raid 0 Config
Corsair 520w PSU
Asus DRW-2014L1T SATA DVD Burner <=========
Windows XP Pro x32
LG 245WP Monitor
LIAN LI PC-V1200Bplus II
According to Nero Discspeed the read speed for this drive is only 1.6x! It takes an absurdly long time to rip CD's, install games, etc. In addition it takes a long time (>20sec) to recognize a cd/dvd.
I've tried enabling DMA, but there are no IDE Channels listed in device manager (all of my optical and HDD are connected via sata). I took an old IDE dvd-burner from one of my other computers and installed it in this system, and the read speeds weren't much better (~3x). Evidently the JMicron JBB36X controller manages IDE, and the IDE drive was listed as a SCSI device. When I checked the registry I found that DMA is enabled for all SCSI devices, so are there any other reasons why DVD drives are running so slowly on my system?
Could it be a driver issue? I installed the ICH9R drivers when installing windows, and the rest of my drivers are up to date. Onboard IDE is enabled in BIOS, but there are no IDE devices listed. I have heard that ICH9R has a problem with optical drives, so should I just suck it up and accept that this drive is gonna run slow?
Please Help! This has been driving me crazy!
E8400@3.0GHz
Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 Mobo
2GB DDR2-800 Crucial Ballistix
BFG 8800GTS G92
2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB 32MB Cache Raid 0 Config
Corsair 520w PSU
Asus DRW-2014L1T SATA DVD Burner <=========
Windows XP Pro x32
LG 245WP Monitor
LIAN LI PC-V1200Bplus II
According to Nero Discspeed the read speed for this drive is only 1.6x! It takes an absurdly long time to rip CD's, install games, etc. In addition it takes a long time (>20sec) to recognize a cd/dvd.
I've tried enabling DMA, but there are no IDE Channels listed in device manager (all of my optical and HDD are connected via sata). I took an old IDE dvd-burner from one of my other computers and installed it in this system, and the read speeds weren't much better (~3x). Evidently the JMicron JBB36X controller manages IDE, and the IDE drive was listed as a SCSI device. When I checked the registry I found that DMA is enabled for all SCSI devices, so are there any other reasons why DVD drives are running so slowly on my system?
Could it be a driver issue? I installed the ICH9R drivers when installing windows, and the rest of my drivers are up to date. Onboard IDE is enabled in BIOS, but there are no IDE devices listed. I have heard that ICH9R has a problem with optical drives, so should I just suck it up and accept that this drive is gonna run slow?
Please Help! This has been driving me crazy!