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Slow (14x) Cd-rom & CDRW speeds on new Epox Nforce2. What would cause that?

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eno

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I was coping a disc today and noticed that my speeds dropped to 1x on the write portion. I figured it was just my media so I tried another type of CDr's and still only 1x.

So I decided to install Nero and run the CDrom speed tester utility and i went no higher than 14x on the read portion. I tried burning under Easy CD 5 and Nero.

I then decided to swap out CD-roms from my other computer. Still same slow speeds.

I tried only one device at a time under master and slave , still same speeds.

Tried different IDE cables, still slow.

Tried all roms in the other computer and they ran fine and fast.

Tried reseting BIOS, and still slow speeds.

What and world could this be?? I am so stumped!



I am running Epox Nforce 2 board with Corsair XMS PC3200 and Maxtor 40gig and a Antec True Power 330W. I do have 2 cold cathod lights and 6 x 80mm case fans.
 
Do you have DMA enabled under the Primary and Secondary IDE controllers in "Hardware" of the "System" feature (under control panel)?

Just a thought?

(Possible that it's running PIO?)
 
Well UDMA was disabled and PIO was set to auto, but the only other option I have in BIOS is mode 1,2,3,4,5,6 PIO or auto. So I set it too mode 1 and turned UDMA to auto. Still slow speeds. I thought I updated the latest drivers but I will try again.

 
Its still slow, does anyone else have any ideas. Please you guys are my only hope here, I already reinstalled the Nvidia drivers. What settings in bios would cause this. Its not the drivers nor the cables but something in the MB configuration or OS maybe.
 
Originally posted by: eno
Well UDMA was disabled and PIO was set to auto, but the only other option I have in BIOS is mode 1,2,3,4,5,6 PIO or auto. So I set it too mode 1 and turned UDMA to auto. Still slow speeds. I thought I updated the latest drivers but I will try again.
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Did you check DMA/UDMA in the "hardware" section of the "System Icon" in "Control Panel?". I would SET BIOS back to AUTO and go to Control Panel, System and select the hardware tab. Go to Device Manager and select the IDE/ATAPI controllers section. Click on the "Primary IDE controller" (double click if you like) and then go to settings (or advanced settings) and see if DMA is enabled (or checked if in Win98). Also do this for the Secondary controller. If these aren't checked (enabled), you'll get very poor performance.

Good luck! 🙂
 
Thanks for the feedback. I did check in there earlier but I made a bonehead mistake and didn't check the 2nd IDE. Well that fixed the problem. Thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction.
 
Originally posted by: eno
Thanks for the feedback. I did check in there earlier but I made a bonehead mistake and didn't check the 2nd IDE. Well that fixed the problem. Thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction.
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