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(Solved) Strange problem with optical drive
ziggy1283
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I've got a Pioneer DVR-111 that was working great. Was. I put together a new system a few weeks ago, and it was working just fine. All of a sudden, my drive starts acting up. The problem is difficult to describe, and I haven't seen anything like it before, and I have been unable to find anyone with a similar situation. Basically, any time a disc is spinning, my computer goes very choppy, the sound goes static-y, and even the mouse pointer lags. Installing anything takes about twice as long as it ought to, and burning is about 1/4 of usual speed. DVD playback is choppy, too, but anything that's been chopped up can be played back at normal speed (I guess because it's sitting in memory.)
I've tried the standard stuff: making sure the controller is in DMA and not PIO mode, uninstalling and reinstalling the IDE controllers themselves, checking the jumpers on the drive itself, getting the most up to date firmware, etc. Nothing has worked. I haven't ruled out that the drive itself might have died, but because it worked fine when I first set it up, it makes me think its some other issue. Anyone ever hear of this, or know of other possible fixes? I consider myself relatively savvy, but this is driving me nuts.
I've tried the standard stuff: making sure the controller is in DMA and not PIO mode, uninstalling and reinstalling the IDE controllers themselves, checking the jumpers on the drive itself, getting the most up to date firmware, etc. Nothing has worked. I haven't ruled out that the drive itself might have died, but because it worked fine when I first set it up, it makes me think its some other issue. Anyone ever hear of this, or know of other possible fixes? I consider myself relatively savvy, but this is driving me nuts.
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If you did, that is your problem.
It's most likely the XP "feature" that will change the transfer mode of a drive if it gets past a certain threshold of read errors. Google found this page, that has some tips on resolving the problem.
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That apparently narrows it down to either the drive or the motherboard. Anyone have any other suggestions before I try something else?
does your motherboard automatically assign a SATA drive as a 'master' drive? Is your single IDE drive getting the same?
What position on the cable is it? is it set to master/ cable select ?
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Thanks for the help anyway folks.