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Read speed on Hitachi GD-5000 only 1.5x - 2/10/2005 8:43:50 PM

Topher

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I've got a Hitachi GD-5000 set as master on the 2ndary IDE channel. I recently put a Pioneer 108 as slave on it.
The read speed of the Hitachi while ripping DVDs is only 1.6x. I'm pretty sure it's rated as 8x. I don't remember it being this slow before. What should I look at? Driver? Firmware? I don't think there would be a driver, & I haven't found any firmware upgrades.

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RE: Read speed on Hitachi GD-5000 only 1.5x - 2/11/2005 3:10:49 AM

Iggy

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Is DMA enebled? What is the cable, 40pin or 80pin? Did you try with both?

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RE: Read speed on Hitachi GD-5000 only 1.5x - 2/11/2005 11:14:40 AM

Topher

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It's on an 80-pin cable, but I didn't think of checking the DMA. I'll try it when I get home. Thanks.

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RE: Read speed on Hitachi GD-5000 only 1.5x - 2/12/2005 5:02:05 PM

Topher

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I checked the DMA setting & it was set to PIO only. I set it to DMA if available, but it says that the current mode is PIO only, & the read speed's still 1.6x. How do I get it to use DMA?

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