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14.5x read speed?!?!?

PostPosted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:13 pm
by oxymoron
my lite-on(i got a new drive) reads at 48x no problem, but for some reason, CD speed is picking it up @ 14.5x. i did this to my dvd-rom drive before i reinstalled xp. i think its in the registry, but i not sure/know what to do. i already tried to install nero again, but that didnt work.
please help

PostPosted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 7:04 pm
by oxymoron
bump.. (if that works)

Re: 14.5x read speed?!?!?

PostPosted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 8:32 pm
by cfitz
oxymoron wrote:CD speed is picking it up @ 14.5x

What do you mean by this? Please clarify.

cfitz

PostPosted: Fri Nov 28, 2003 3:11 pm
by oxymoron
ok. when i first uesd the program, i would get the 48x read speed, ect. then i uesd a blank cd to do the write testing, i actually had it write data on it. the cd was crappy as hell, so the burner had to slow down to write on it(14.5x). When it was done, i ran the test again, and it would show 14.5x, CLV. My 48x burner usually starts around 22-23x, so i knew something was worng. no matter what cd i use, it starts at 14.5x, were as the dvd will read it as normal. when the cd is in the lite-on, it does sound like its @ max read speed.
ask me for more info, if needed. but i think it might

PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 1:34 pm
by cfitz
Okay, I'm still not completely sure what you are saying, so let me try to summarize in my own words:

You have a Lite-On LTR-48246S 48x CD-RW drive, and it had been running fine. You could both read and write at 48x CAV. Then you ran CD Speed to test the writing speed for a blank CD-R. Because the CD-R was low quality, the drive reduced its writing speed to 14.5x CLV. Now when you test this same disc with CD Speed's Transfer Rate test to see the read speed, it remains "stuck" at 14.5x CLV. Other discs you wrote before the problem surfaced are now also stuck at 14.5x CLV.

First of all, when you run CD Speed's Transfer Rate test (F2) on a blank CD, it doesn't actually write data. So if you put the same disc back in the drive after the "write" test and run the Transfer Rate test again thinking you are now testing the read speed, you aren't. Instead you are running the write speed transfer rate test again. That would be one explanation for part of the behavior you are seeing.

However, I assume that this is not what you did, and that you actually ran the Create Data CD test (F9) as the original test. Based on this, the fact that 14.5x is not a supported write speed, and the fact that all your other discs also read at 14.5x, I think the most likely explanation for what you are seeing is that Windows detected some troubles on the IDE bus and disabled DMA for your CD-RW drive. Windows XP is known to do this. What is your CPU usage when reading and writing with the drive? Check the [url=http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=7625]How to enable DMA in Windows XP (with pictures)
[/url] and Problems enabling DMA in Windows XP FAQs for tips on restoring DMA.

cfitz