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Certain DVDs that brake your DVD burner?
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22. September 2005 @ 11:57 |
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I recently started having problems burning DVDs. When trying to read them with DVDDecrypter, they showed times of like 1 1/2 hours whne it should only be like 3 mins. To start my troubleshooting I tried to just copy a data disc to my hard drive through my DVD burner. That was slow too! Sometimes it wouldn't even work at all.
I brought back my burner and got a new one. The new one worked great. After trying to burn another "certain" DVD, my new burner started acting up again in the exact same way. I brought it back and got yet another burner, which works fine again.
I started thinking a bit more and realized that it all started happening both times when I tried to burn this "certain" DVD. The DVD plays fine but when I try to copy it, it seems to be breaking my DVD burner! Has anyone heard of this before?
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konfused1
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22. September 2005 @ 12:17 |
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I'm not sure if it's the disc or the burner, but I think of it this way: when you exchanged your burner (twice), what you were doing in effect was uninstalling and reinstalling the hardware. Thus, they (the burners) should be working normally. So, that can't be it.
Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling DVD Decrypter?
Also, what exactly is this "certain" dvd?
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22. September 2005 @ 12:56 |
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I tried running DVD Decrypter, Shrink, and also just copying some data off of a CD to my HD. I experieced the same thing with all of them so I knew it had to be specifically with the hardware. Yeah, you are right. I did essentially uninstall and reinstall a piece of hardware besides just the fact of introducing a new piece. I think that's what you mean....but why would that cancel out the burners being bad?
I use "certain" DVD mainly just to show that my problems seem to exist with this DVD only. The disc itself is an adult video that my friend gave to me to make a copy. It's pretty funny...he actually found the disc in his step son's laptop and he wanted a copy for himself =] I started thinking myself that since the DVD is from a lesser company, than say Sony Pictures etc, and also being that its coming from a company that doesn't exactly express correct moral in terms of the gerneral public, I can see them using such tactics as damaging your burner as a copyright method. Call me crazy but I have seen more far out things before.
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konfused1
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22. September 2005 @ 13:36 |
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I had an idea as to where this was going, but I just wanted to see if you were going to come clean. ;-D
As for your initial question, I don't think the burners were ever bad.
You might have some proggies in the background that are conflicting with DVD Decrypter. (DVD43 is especially known to conflict with DVD Decrypter.) Sometimes adware, antivirus/spam proggies affects the process. Furthermore, you should not be surfing the net as that can suck precious CPU and RAM space from the proggie.
Again, have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling DVD Decrypter?
Also, check your DMA settings, if you're in PIO, if you can, switch it back to DMA. If not, uninstall and reboot, your PC will set it back to DMA automatically.
Good Luck!
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22. September 2005 @ 13:40 |
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When you tried making a copy of the DVD ripping it with decryptor did you get read erros? If you get enough read errors your DVD drive will fall into PIO mode and will slow down the DVD drive speed. It should be set as DMA mode. It seems that this could be what is going on.
PIO- the informartion is sent directly to CPU
DMA- the information is sent to your RAM memory and the CPU gets it from there.
So if it is in PIO mode it goes slower cause your CPU is doing all the work'
To check to see if it fell into PIO mode you can go to your device manager and look at the IDE controlers in the device manager list and choose the IDE channel your drive is on and see if it is in PIO mode or DMA mode. by clicking on the Advanced settings tab.
What is proably going on when you exchange the DVD drive it is renstalling the drive and resetting it into DMA mode. Till you try copying the DVD that has errors on it and then it makes the drive fall back intp PIO mode again.
So if you are curious if this is the problem rip the DVD again and if it starts ripping slow after words check to see if it fell in PIO mode.
If it has and you cant get it back into DMA mode threw the IDE channel then uninstall the DVD drive and let windows reinstall it. Which should install it back into DMA mode.
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22. September 2005 @ 15:04 |
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Great info...thanks guys. I knew somewhat about the DMA setting but didn't know exactly what it did. When I check my IDE controller it is set to "Let BIOS select transfer mode" If I uncheck that box it lets me chose between Ultra DMA 0-4, Multi-word DMA 0-2, and PIO mode. Should I let the BIOS select the setting or should I manually set the DMA? Also which DMA should I set it at if so?
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AfterDawn Addict
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22. September 2005 @ 15:26 |
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If it is the DVD IDE Channel it should be set at Multi-word DMA2 not PIO.
DMA Mode4 is used for hard drive.
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22. September 2005 @ 16:07 |
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Should I change it then from "Let the BIOS handle it" to Multi-word DMA2 then? My HD has the option of Ultra DMA 5 at the top of the list. At the top of the list for the DVD burner is Ultra DMA 4.
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Ppower
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22. September 2005 @ 16:45 |
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Set the transfer mode as high as you can. If Ultra DMA 4 is available that's what I would select. My Plextor is set at U DMA 4
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