CD drives extremely slow

[John]

Hi, I replaced the CD ROM drives in my computer, both of them and now they
both run slow, 1 more than the other. The CD's I try in these drives work
perfect in my other computers, some CD's work but take a very long time, but
some don't seem to. Is there something I need to change? I tried
uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling them in device manager. This is
really annoying me so if anyone can help, I'd appreciate it. It just seems
that they're working very slow, too slow for some things, very annoying. The
old ones worked fine but I can't switch back. Thanks

 

[Jim]

Hi, I replaced the CD ROM drives in my computer, both of them and now they
both run slow, 1 more than the other. The CD's I try in these drives work
perfect in my other computers, some CD's work but take a very long time,
but
some don't seem to. Is there something I need to change? I tried
uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling them in device manager. This is
really annoying me so if anyone can help, I'd appreciate it. It just
seems
that they're working very slow, too slow for some things, very annoying.
The
old ones worked fine but I can't switch back. Thanks



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Are they in DMA mode or PIO mode. If the latter, that is the reason. The
drivers use PIO mode if the error rate is excessive, and the setting sticks.
A cure for this case is to remove the driver as you did. However, you
should reboot the computer to insure that a fresh copy of the driver gets
loaded. These steps usually cure the problem at least until the error rate
becomes excessive once again.

Another cause is that one or more of the IDE channels is disabled in the
BIOS. If that is the reason, XP can still use the device but only in PIO
mode. Thus, you need to check the BIOS settings.

There may be other reasons as well, but these are the two things that
happened to me.

Jim

 

[Guest]

DOWN WITH WINBLOWS!!!!!! USE LINUX!!

Are they in DMA mode or PIO mode. If the latter, that is the reason. The
drivers use PIO mode if the error rate is excessive, and the setting sticks.
A cure for this case is to remove the driver as you did. However, you
should reboot the computer to insure that a fresh copy of the driver gets
loaded. These steps usually cure the problem at least until the error rate
becomes excessive once again.

Another cause is that one or more of the IDE channels is disabled in the
BIOS. If that is the reason, XP can still use the device but only in PIO
mode. Thus, you need to check the BIOS settings.

There may be other reasons as well, but these are the two things that
happened to me.

Jim