Hey everyone I'm back with another question but this time it is for someone else's drive.
My friend recently bought an NEC-3500AG off Newegg and my cousin bought a Mad Dog 16XDVD9 which is supposed to be a rebadged NEC. I'm posting this thread because both drives rip at incredibly slow rates. In DVD Shrink both their drives rip no faster than 2,700K/s.
Both the drives are on their own IDE cable in Ultra DMA Mode 2 and both are brand new, but why are they ripping so slow? I updated both drives to the latest firmwares available but I see no change. I was browsing on Google a few nights ago and read something about a "speed unlock" for NEC drives? Is there some sort of hack that needs to be applied so these drives will rip at full speed? Or is it something stupid built into the drive that makes it read at slow rates, (like my Plextor -708A's slow mode).
Any answers to this problem is appreciated.