GA-965P-DS3 and Samsung SATA DVD RW low write speed

[ntemples1]

Hi everyone,

Please can someone offer some advice, I have the GA-965P-DS3 and a dual boot system with windows XP Pro and Windows Vista, I also have a Samsung 18x Sata DVD RW, but for some reason the drive only has a maximum write speed of 2.4x, but on the vista side it's up to 18x, I cannot understand why,

I was thinking i might have set it up wrongly in the bios, so I enabled ACHI and put the Sata ports 0-3 to native, but it hasn't made any difference,

Any advice would be fantastic,

Thanks in advance.

 

[ntemples1]

Anyone?

 

[bka4u2c]

That's weird about the reported difference in write speeds. I'm not sure about what media you are using but the highest DVD-RW write speed of I know of is 4X. My DVD-RW's are only 2.4X max but I've had mine for years.

 

[ntemples1]

thanks for the reply, the media I am using are DVD-R 8x, but even when there aren't any discs in it the write is still only 2.4, Do i have to install sata drivers for the dvd burner? I am unsure what to do when setting up the bios for sata drives only.

 

[Lokan]

Do you have any issues in your device manager?

 

[vailr]

Is the DVD-RW connected to an (orange) Intel or (purple) JMicron port?
Are the latest drivers:
Intel Chipset [intel_inf_8401010beta]
and/or
JMicron Controller [JMB36X_WinDrv_WHQL_R1.17.21] installed?
Both at: www.station-drivers.com
Also: try uninstalling the DVD-RW from Device Manager, then reboot to re-install.

 

[ntemples1]

Lokan: No I don't have any issues with the device manager

Vailr: the Hard Disk is connected to the Purple Port (sata01) and the DVD Burner is connected to the orange port (sata03) (should i have them both on the same colour?

I will install the above drivers you gave me thanks guys for your help.

 

[ntemples1]

I have moved both drives over to the purple one Jmicron one,

In the Bios I have the following:

SATA Port 0-3 Native Mode: Enabled
Onboard SATA/IDE Device: Enabled
Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode: AHCI

are these configured correctly?

 

[ntemples1]

Have updated the drivers and no change. it's strange cause the maximum CD writing is 48x but the maximum anything with dvd is 2.4x

I am going to try moving both drives over to the orange (intel) ports now.

 

[ntemples1]

well it didn't seem to make any difference.... apart from i had to re-activate vista again through the phone ... which sata ports are best to use on this board?

 

[Lokan]

ntemples,

I don't have the board, so I can't comment on what SATA ports are better than others. I've typically been told to use the non-JMicron in the past, but each board may be different.

As to the reason why you're experiencing what you're experiencing, the only other options I can come up with would be to make sure you have the latest Firmware for the ROM drive. I have 3 DVD-RW ROM's on my PC, one from Pioneer (IDE), and two from Samsung (one IDE and one SATA); all three of them burn the same DVD-R or +R disc at different speeds due to their various states of Firmware.

 

[ntemples1]

Lokan: thanks for your help, i have updated the firmware of the DVD burner to the latest version, I agree about the different disks being detected at diffferent speeds by the burner, so I will try it out with some other brands of dvds.

As for the SATA setup, I have found that having both drives on the Jmicron (purple) ports seems actually slower on the vista experience test, it has dropped from 5.7 to 5.2, so I am stumped, I don't know wether or not to put them both on the Intel Ports now.. have any other people using the GA-965P-DS3 set up their sata drives this way?

 

[Lokan]

You're welcome. I wish I could come up with a better solution. Burning seems to be so hit or miss when it comes to consistency :/