[therpsingh]

Hi
i have a strange problem.when i play dvd/cd sound is not ok.some kind of disturbing noise (like crackling sound) and some time video is also not smooth. but when i play song or videos from hard disk sound is perfectly fine.
i have LG combo drive.
what are the various settings for drive like dma and how to change them.i think data is not getting transfered properly.

please help

 

[Jackiefrost9]

to check PIO vs DMA right click on "my computer" and go to manage. select device manager and click on IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers. right click on primary or secondary channel. go to advanced settings. it tells you there.

 

[therpsingh]

hi
i am posting the results fromthe nero cd speed.
please have look at them point out what is the problem.

theoratical speed is 52x but test speds are very low. i think thats why dvd movies are not playing properly. audio and mp3 are working fine.is there any software or setting which might have limited the speed or my drive is near its death.
please help.
thanx

below are the results from nero cd speed.

Nero CD Speed Test results

General Information
Operating System Windows XP
Drive HL-DT-STRW/DVD GCC-4521B
Firmware Version 1.06
Serial Number
Disc Data CD
Capacity 70:04.04

Transfer Rate
Start 16.14x
End 4.41x
Average 14.87x
Type CLV

Seek Times
Random 201 ms
1/3 271 ms
Full 303 ms

CPU Usage
1X 8 %
2X 100 %
4X 100 %
8X 100 %

Interface
Burst Rate 353 KB/sec

Spin Up/Down Times
Spin Up Time 2.16 sec
Spin Down Time 0.99 sec

Load/Eject Times
Load Time 1.06 sec
Eject Time 1.36 sec
Recognition Time 8.28 sec

Log
Time Elapsed Action
[16:20:46] Starting Transfer Rate Test
[16:27:48] 7:02 Speed:16 X CLV (14.87 X average)
[16:27:48] Starting Seek Times Test
[16:28:09] Random seek: 201 ms
[16:28:36] 1/3 seek: 271 ms
[16:29:06] 1:18 Full seek: 303 ms
[16:29:06] Starting CPU Usage Test
[16:29:21] CPU usage at 1X: 8 %
[16:29:37] CPU usage at 2X: 100 %
[16:30:08] CPU usage at 4X: 100 %
[16:30:55] 1:49 CPU usage at 8X: 100 %
[16:30:55] Starting Burst Rate Test
[16:31:38] 0:43 Interface burst rate: 0 MB/sec (353 KB/sec)
[16:31:38] Starting Spin-Up/Down Test
[16:31:41] Spin-up time: 2.16 seconds
[16:31:52] 0:14 Spin-down time: 0.99 seconds
[16:31:52] Starting Load/Eject Test
[16:31:54] Eject time: 1.36 seconds
[16:31:55] Load time: 1.06 seconds
[16:32:03] 0:11 Recognition time: 8.28 seconds

 

[Jackiefrost9]

Your drive is running in PIO mode. I can tell because of the very high cpu usage. This is what you need to do:

right click on "my computer" and select manage.
in the left hand selection column click on device manager.
go down to where it says ide ata/atapi adapters and click the plus next to it.
right click on "primary IDE channel and select uninstall.
do the same with the secondary IDE channel if you have one.
reboot twice and tell me if it is fixed.

 

[therpsingh]

yeah it solved th eproblem .now it is working fine. i wil let you know if it surface again.
thanx for ur effort

 

[Jackiefrost9]

Sometimes it happens when it is a scratched cd, but the same solution should work each time.