When is my CD-Rom crazy slow??!

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wazooda

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Ok... I'm stumped on this one.

I've got a Toshiba DVD-Rom drive that, when working correctly, Sandra shows at 22x (although it is rated 48x...).

For some unknown reason, however, it suddenly goes REAL slow and when I test it, comes out at 4x CD-Rom speed.

I checked the IDE channel (it is on the primary) and it shows it is using Ultra DMA Mode 2.

Nothing else is on the channel with the drive (I have two other devices on the secondary and one SATA drive).

I can't figure out why this is happening.

Using BIOS 1005.021 beta.

TIA,
 
4keatimj said:
Sounds like a problem in the drive. RMA it.
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.....yep. The drive is failing, and it's having to seek over and over and over and over and (you probably get it by now) to complete a read. Common failure mode in these drives; seen it many times before.

Regards - B.B.S.
 
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