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Thread ID: 63835 2005-11-24 09:11:00 dvd discs slow my system down Mirddes (10) Press F1
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407174 2005-11-26 03:22:00 You can tell the diff .

80 wire has a blue connector which goes to the mobo connection .

40 wire doesn't have a blue connector .

Both have stripes on one side, this goes to pin one on the mobo .
Speedy Gonzales (78)
407175 2005-11-26 03:42:00 i definetly have 40-pin ide

any ideas on how to fix the slowdowns?
Mirddes (10)
407176 2005-11-26 03:56:00 40-wire shouldn't make a difference, I was more interested in whether your hard drive was on the same channel as the optical drive.

Did you have a look at the BIOS settings for that drive?
Jen (38)
407177 2005-11-26 04:01:00 I have a feeling that DVD burner is dodgy .

Looks like ppl are having a lot of probs with BTC . Like here ( . google . com/group/microsoft . public . windowsxp . general/browse_thread/thread/f72e2cce7a78910d/b3f3e9b4a2e20635%23b3f3e9b4a2e20635?sa=X&oi=groupsr&start=0&num=2" target="_blank">groups . google . com)

If its under warranty, take it back, and get it replaced with something like an ASUS dvd burner .
Speedy Gonzales (78)
407178 2005-11-26 04:04:00 I have a feeling that DVD burner is dodgy .

Looks like ppl are having a lot of probs with BTC . Like here ( . google . com/group/microsoft . public . windowsxp . general/browse_thread/thread/f72e2cce7a78910d/b3f3e9b4a2e20635%23b3f3e9b4a2e20635?sa=X&oi=groupsr&start=0&num=2" target="_blank">groups . google . com)
The complicating part, is that this has occured with two different optical drives now .

Do you have a spare machine which you can try the DVD drive in as well?
Jen (38)
407179 2005-11-26 04:11:00 the onyl spare machines i have are like 150mhz

but ill probably be able to try on my mates computer sometime this coming week.

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id just like to add that for the longest time i can remember, my 20x12x48x CD burner has been limited to burning at 16x
and my 16x dvd drive (which i only recently got a month ago) refused to burn at anythign higher than 4x on 8x media
Mirddes (10)
407180 2005-11-28 03:40:00 Ok, ive tried all teh discs on someone elses comptuer and the ones that are UDF work, the other ones do NOT. Mirddes (10)
407181 2005-11-28 03:51:00 Did you get Nero with the DVD drive? Did you install it? With INCD?

INCD seems to be capable of locking up Windows OSs . :D
Graham L (2)
407182 2005-11-28 05:45:00 fresh windows install for me, i think my mate has nero installed, and i had nero installed on my previous windows install. Mirddes (10)
407183 2005-11-29 10:51:00 bumpy Mirddes (10)
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