CD-rom slow and giving problem

nehalmistry

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CD-rom slow and giving problem

25 August 2000, 17:35

my cdrom is slow.. it skip.. sometimes every couple of secs it skips, then takes a couple of secs to spin-up again... its a crappy no name brand... i hate it..

its a 36x(although doesnt go anywhere close) cdrom made by actima www.actima.net

would it help if i put it in secondary master... currently its in secondary slave... ??? there are no devices on secondary master...

what should i do?

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P5A-B AMD K6-266@300
Matrox Milleniumm G200 AGP (oh, lets party)
Creative SB Awe32 (a classic, superb card)
Realtek 8029A NIC Card
64meg Ram
Ali V agp chipset
ICQ UIN: 24730025

<font size="1">Gigabyte GA-6VXC7-4X MoBo
VIA Apollo Pro 133a (694x/686A) chipset (4x agp, UDMA 66)
Celeron II 733 CPU (coppermine 128)
128meg (2x64) 133mhz SDRam
Matrox Milleniumm G200 AGP 16 mb
Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Digital model 0100 (MP3+, Gamer)
Quantum LM 30 gig HD 7200 RPM UDMA 66
Realtek 8029A NIC Card
Optiquest V775 17" Monitor
Actima 36X CD-Rom
Advansys 510 SCSI Card (ISA, but good enuf for my burner)
Yamaha 6416 CD-RW
Windows 2000 (primary)
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Mark F

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25 August 2000, 20:09

If it's the only device on the chanell, then absolutly make it the master. Then check in DEVICE MANAGER if it's DMA transfers are turned on.

Mark F.

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