Slow CD transfers...

[Tetsuo]

Ok, here is the problem

Pulled out my game update cd-r (UT2k3 patches, mappacks, steam for cs, etc) and the transfers are excrutiatingly slow...like 15minutes to copy 149mb. What the hell is going on? I've been having this problem for about two months. It's spanned two computers and two drives (First was a Lite-on 48/24/48 cd-rw, and now a sony dru-510a dvd +/-) I've tried different cables, master/slave settings. and they are still slow. I'm stumped.

Help!

 

[Tetsuo]

Help please!

 

[EeyoreX]

Patience man. It is Friday night, and you barely posted two hours ago. Most people are out and not trapped at work like losers such as myself

Anyhow, I would make sure that DMA is enabled on the drive.

\Dan

 

[Tetsuo]

Nerds of the world unite! C'mon there has to be SOME people home

DMA is enabled on both IDE channels. That was one of the first things I checked.

 

[powerMarkymark]

Is your harddrive on the same ribbon as your CD-Rom? That has been responsible for many a slowdown.

 

[EeyoreX]

Unless the harddrive in question is operating in PIO mode, I doubt that is the problem. Maybe it is. My hard drive and CD-ROM drives in my file server are on the same cables. I have no problem whatsoever with lags like this.

Is it just this particular disc with the trouble? Upon rereading your initial post that is what it seems like. If that is the case, I'd say the problem is with the CD itself.

\Dan

 

[mooojojojo]

Tetsuo, I had I problem like this a couple of days ago. I burned an ISO on a blank CD, but on a media that my drive doesn't particularly like (it would not start the burning process sometimes, others it would take it 10mins just to start the disc). When I then tried to copy the information and it took it literally an hour to transfer all the files (it was a ~600MB ISO). Like Eeyore already said - if it only happens with this CD, then certainly it is the culprit.

Edit: Forgot to mention - the CD in question acutually burned with no errors or hiccups. So I coulnd't tell something was wrong until I tried to copy it.

 

[Special1Sauce]

When I had my CD-Rom and Hard drive on the same channel I had insane lag on everything

 

[thomsbrain]

did you try it with a different CD?

 

[Tetsuo]

Yes, 2 different cd's have been used. Hmm...one cd I just recently burned moves along quite well. My HDD is master on the secondary and the DVD +/- master on primary. (They are switched because of a problem with the K8V motherboard).

Looks like some of my old cd's are going down the poop chute...I can't believe I didn't realize that it was only those cds