speedyxjs
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 posted on 4/1/09 at 06:01 PM |
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Disk drive SLOOOOOOOOOOW
The DVD drive on my pc has suddenly decided to play and rip really slow. Also i cant listen to music or any sounds infact, properly while ripping my
music to wmp.
It must be something simple as it was working fine the other day.
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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mookaloid
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 06:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
It must be something simple as it was working fine the other day.
Probably simply broke 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 06:07 PM |
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It will be in a minute when i hit it with a hammer 
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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blakep82
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 06:08 PM |
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if the computer won't play any sounds properly, sounds more like there's some process running thats using up too much resources, which has
the effect of the system not being able to rip music properly
[Edited on 4/1/09 by blakep82]
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 06:16 PM |
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Thats what i thought but i have 4 gig ram and the only programs running are firefox, wmp and avg (not scanning). Would this really slow it down? Iv
never had any problems before.
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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blakep82
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 06:19 PM |
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i don't know... i wouldn't have thought so, but sometimes windows has a habit of random processes using up too much processing power
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BenB
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 09:23 PM |
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Try doing a 3-finger salute (ctrl, alt-del) and run task manager, go to performance and minimise it. Look at what the CPU is doing when the disk goes
funny.... If it's maxing out then check under processes to see what % CPU each process is pulling....
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 5/1/09 at 12:00 AM |
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Right click 'My Computer', select 'Properties', select 'Hardware' tab, click 'Device Manager' button.
Open the tree for your IDE controller, and select the IDE channel that your DVD drive is connected to (i.e. Primary or secondary). Select the
'Advanced Settings' tab and check what transfer mode is currently being used. It should be an Ultra DMA mode (4 or 5 probably). If
it's set to PIO (Programmed IO) this will explain the extreme slowness.
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tendoshingan
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| posted on 5/1/09 at 10:57 PM |
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Have you had a windows update recently?
Microshaft can sometimes update drivers on your machine and mess up your hardware without you doing anything.
See if you can roll back your drivers.
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