Hi, Some time ago I posted a message regarding the slow operation of my recently installed LG internal burners. I have a Dell Dimension desktop, with a 2.4G Celeron processor, 1G of Ram, etc. Before I installed these drives, I had one CD-ROM and one CD-RW installed. I removed them, and both jumpers were set for CS (Cable Select) In my previous posting it was suggested I install my new DVD-RW drives as master and slave. I did this, and they work. On their own, they are fine. When I try to use them at the same time they are very slow (best write speed 1.8x) I was wondering would my speed improve if I set these drives to CS (Cable Select) just as the previous factory drives were. Would it make a difference in the speed? Any advice would be appreciated.
Well I did as suggested, and initially it seemed to be quicker. Overall it seems quicker. I neglected to mention the speeds are usually slow when I am using both burners simultaneously. I imagine this might impact the results. They are attached to the motherboard with the same ribbon cable. Would that make a difference? I have no open ports on the motherboard as the floppy is in 1 and the HD is in the other. I appreciate the help. It did make a difference. Perhaps me expectations were too high.
Being on the same ide cable shouldn't affect the speed much at all. Most of my ide cables have 2 drives connected. Check and make sure both are in DMA mode and not PIO. Even if they are I would still go ahead and uninstall the ide controller & reboot to reinstall - can't hurt and may help. Here's a guide What speed is it actually burning at now? How about the media?
Hi, I checked them both, and they both said DMA if available. The media I am using is Verbatim DVD-R discs, 16X capable. I uninstalled the IDE controller anyway, and all seems ok. I have not tried burning anything as I am done burnin for the night, and will try again tomorrow. Thanks again for all the input.
Not a problem You might also want to make sure your firmware is up to date. You can check LG sites to see if there a newer firmware or if you need help post back the model #.
