Go to Microsoft - identify your chip - they have tools there for that, and then get the download that is for your individual PC - Pete
Great Pete, I went to bed last night and let one "Rip" overnight. It took 37 min. for an uncompressed 4GB DVD. Thanks, Mark
You still need to diagnose the slowdown. Start with crtl-alt-delete to bring up the task manager about five minutes into the rip. Go to the performance tab and see what % of the proc is being used. If it is 100% your drive is ripping OK but you have a proc that has slowed(hot proc slow down?) or some other system slow down. If the proc is running low % then the drive or ide channel is having a problem. _X_X_X_X_X_[small]Donald[/small]
Hey there Mark, I just re-read the thread and I see we haven't sent you a neat tool you should have - it's called DVD info tool and can test your Discs and Drives - Why not take it out for a spin around the block - http://www.dvdinfopro.com/ Pete
You think 25 minuets is slow; try some times over 2 hours too rip plus burning time this is really the pits. I wish I could get down to 25 minuets!!
Hi there linnm666, I suggest that you sit back and spend some time reading our threads, (this one too) many of your questions will be answered. IMPORTANT By reading threads in the forum you'll also find out what kind of information we need to help you - The only thing we've gleaned from your post is that you have access to the Internet. Do yourself and us a favor, research our threads and come back with ALL the information we'll need - We'll be waiting here - I'm sure we'll see you soon ) Pete
Hi Guys, Found a way of making the rips faster. at first i was getting rips at 6,665 Kb/s and faster (7-12 Minutes a Dvd), but after a month this dropped to 1,945 Kb/s and slower (1 Hr and up) What i done to solve this: Right click my computer, Properties, Hardware, Device Manager, and uninstalled all the Ide ATA/ATAPI controllers. Primary, Secondary and any others listed, Hope this helps as it did for me, and i'm ripping at over 6,000 Kb/s again. Cheers Mark.
Hey Mark, That sounds like what happened to me. Anybody out there see anything wrong with what he has done here. I may try this myself. Thanks, Mark Miller (MKM)
No, I do it all the time. Here's a shortcut for doing that. It's a regedit. You can change the IDE channel back to DMA by modifying the registry. Once you've created a .reg file you mearly have to click on it to get out of PIO mode. 1... Go into the register: RUN regedit 2... Find [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0002] There a many folders under the CLASS folder. The one you want is about 10-12 folders down It starts the same on all three of my machines at home 4D36E96A . When you open this folder you'll see several folders 0000, 0001, 0002 etc. My folder for the Primary IDE channel is 0001 and secondary channel is 0002. It could be diferent for you. 3.... Highlight these folders one at a time. Do the following for each folder/channel: 4.... CLICK ON File/Export and pick a file name. I saved the file to my desktop. The program automaticaly puts a .reg on the end of the file. 5.... The next time you get errors and suspect your IDEs have been set to PIO just click on the *.reg file you created and the program will re install the correct DMA parameters for the channel. It takes me all of two seconds now. This is an example ot what a secondaryIDE.reg file looks like. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0002] "EnumPropPages32"="storprop.dll,IdePropPageProvider" "InfPath"="mshdc.inf" "InfSection"="atapi_Inst_secondary" "ProviderName"="Microsoft" "DriverDateData"=hex:00,80,62,c5,c0,01,c1,01 "DriverDate"="7-1-2001" "DriverVersion"="5.1.2600.1106" "MatchingDeviceId"="secondary_ide_channel" "DriverDesc"="Secondary IDE Channel" "MasterDeviceType"=dword:00000002 "SlaveDeviceType"=dword:00000002 "MasterDeviceTimingMode"=dword:00002010 "MasterDeviceTimingModeAllowed"=dword:ffffffff "MasterIdDataCheckSum"=dword:000145b0 "SlaveDeviceTimingMode"=dword:00002010 "SlaveDeviceTimingModeAllowed"=dword:ffffffff "SlaveIdDataCheckSum"=dword:0001869e
The only problem is mkm said the burn times were unaffected and DMA was already checked. If this is the problem then it would show up in the controller properties.
I'm having the exact same problems that are being mentioned in this thread (i.e. ripping and burning has slowed down significantly, system resources at 100% when ripping adn burning, using XP, etc.). I'm looking forward to trying DMA solutions provided here. Can someone explain exactly what "defrag" is all about and why it's in my interests to do this often. (Note: Computer is about 2 months old and I've never done a defrag. Additionally, my drives are partioned. Do I need to do anything differently because of this?) Thanks, Scott
I am also having these problems. I've tried just about everything mentioned on this thread that I can. I'm using XP, but when I go to select "DMA if available" I don't even have an advanced tab in Properties (am I the only one without this option?). I also uninstalled the Ide ATA/ATAPI controllers, but that didn't seem to help either. Finally, when I check CPU Usage, it's pretty low...around 15-19%. I used to also get 7-12 min rips, but last night it took about 24 min to rip 3.9GB uncompressed! How can I check to make sure I'm in DMA mode?
Hey there Scott, Defrag is all about getting rid of dead files & pieces of files and re-organizing your active HD files so that your PC runs smoother and easier. Think of it like a "tune-up" for your PC. Go to Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter. Highlight your HD’s and click "Analyze". That will tell you if you need to defragment that drive. Whenever I delete a bunch of files - i.e. last night I dumped 9 movies on one of my HD’s, I then set the system to Defragment when I went to bed to fill in all the empty holes in my HD and align all my active files so that my PC can find them faster ) Give it a try - Cheers, Pete _X_X_X_X_X_[small] The “old man” Pete (ö¿ô) Compaq 8000, Pent 4 CPU 2.84GHz, 1GB RAM, 520GB HD. 4 Drives, JLMS DVD ROM, Nec 4X R/W ND-1300A, HP R/W 200j, AXV CD/DVD-ROM. GeForce4 Ti 4200-128MB, OS– XP.[/small]
Greetings. Well...thanks to the info/advice here things have rapidly improved in terms of overall performance (ripping and burning included). I followed the instructions for uninstalling my primary IDE channel and low and behold...DMA is back in business. Ripping times are right back to where they used to be. I also went through the defrag process and things seems to be running more smoothly. Thanks for the 411 on defrag Pete. I appreciate the explanation and the patience.
