Major lag when accesing the DVD drive

ghost recon88

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Whenever I pop a CD or DVD into my DVD drive, my computer always hangs for a couple seconds. If I'm watching a movie or whatever, it will freeze and all the Windows on my screen lock up. My DVD drive is a SATA drive. Do I have to install some SATA drivers or what? I have the normal Intel chipset drivers installed.
 

Absolution75

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It happens to me also, though I don't think its the MB due to the fact that it only does it when the disk is very dirty/scratched.
 

JonW

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Bump your ICH Core voltage, there are 2 of these settings through the bios that defaults to 1.5v/1.1v. Adjust them a tiny bit and try to reproduce the problem.
 

techmanc

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Well if you think the drive is defective can you test it in another system?
 

ghost recon88

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Originally posted by: techmanc
See if it has a newer firmware.

It has the latest firmware on it, it's an Asus DRW-2014L1T.

Originally posted by: Absolution75
It happens to me also, though I don't think its the MB due to the fact that it only does it when the disk is very dirty/scratched.

I've noticed that too, that dirty/scratched disks cause lockups. It does tend to only happen when the disk isn't the cleanest.

Originally posted by: JonW
Bump your ICH Core voltage, there are 2 of these settings through the bios that defaults to 1.5v/1.1v. Adjust them a tiny bit and try to reproduce the problem.

Increasing your NB voltage won't kill the lag from a DVD drive :p
 

JonW

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Originally posted by: ghost recon88
Originally posted by: techmanc
See if it has a newer firmware.

It has the latest firmware on it, it's an Asus DRW-2014L1T.

Originally posted by: Absolution75
It happens to me also, though I don't think its the MB due to the fact that it only does it when the disk is very dirty/scratched.

I've noticed that too, that dirty/scratched disks cause lockups. It does tend to only happen when the disk isn't the cleanest.

Originally posted by: JonW
Bump your ICH Core voltage, there are 2 of these settings through the bios that defaults to 1.5v/1.1v. Adjust them a tiny bit and try to reproduce the problem.

Increasing your NB voltage won't kill the lag from a DVD drive :p

ICH Core Voltage (1.1v default) = Southbridge
MCH Core Voltage (1.1v default) = Northbridge

Ghost, you need to drop your oc by about 400-600mhz so you don't risk slowing down you sata dvd drive :) j/k m8
 

ghost recon88

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Originally posted by: JonW
Originally posted by: ghost recon88
Originally posted by: techmanc
See if it has a newer firmware.

It has the latest firmware on it, it's an Asus DRW-2014L1T.

Originally posted by: Absolution75
It happens to me also, though I don't think its the MB due to the fact that it only does it when the disk is very dirty/scratched.

I've noticed that too, that dirty/scratched disks cause lockups. It does tend to only happen when the disk isn't the cleanest.

Originally posted by: JonW
Bump your ICH Core voltage, there are 2 of these settings through the bios that defaults to 1.5v/1.1v. Adjust them a tiny bit and try to reproduce the problem.

Increasing your NB voltage won't kill the lag from a DVD drive :p

ICH Core Voltage (1.1v default) = Southbridge
MCH Core Voltage (1.1v default) = Northbridge

Ghost, you need to drop your oc by about 400-600mhz so you don't risk slowing down you sata dvd drive :) j/k m8

Hey I'm only running my quad @ 4.25GHz :D
 

JonW

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Originally posted by: ghost recon88
Originally posted by: JonW
Originally posted by: ghost recon88
Originally posted by: techmanc
See if it has a newer firmware.

It has the latest firmware on it, it's an Asus DRW-2014L1T.

Originally posted by: Absolution75
It happens to me also, though I don't think its the MB due to the fact that it only does it when the disk is very dirty/scratched.

I've noticed that too, that dirty/scratched disks cause lockups. It does tend to only happen when the disk isn't the cleanest.

Originally posted by: JonW
Bump your ICH Core voltage, there are 2 of these settings through the bios that defaults to 1.5v/1.1v. Adjust them a tiny bit and try to reproduce the problem.

Increasing your NB voltage won't kill the lag from a DVD drive :p

ICH Core Voltage (1.1v default) = Southbridge
MCH Core Voltage (1.1v default) = Northbridge

Ghost, you need to drop your oc by about 400-600mhz so you don't risk slowing down you sata dvd drive :) j/k m8

Hey I'm only running my quad @ 4.25GHz :D

GR, Do me a favor and launch everest and go to the sensor tab. Run P95 for a min or 2 with small fft and tell me what the power draw of your Q9 at 4.25Ghz. I want to push my Q6600@3.7 but it starts to get a bit toasty. IIRC 170w-180w load using everest.


Thanks,