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Wii backup times doubled all of a sudden?
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toyfigure
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2. April 2009 @ 12:18 |
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Hi,
I have 14 Wii games and have been using Rawdump to back them up. For the first 9 games I was able to dump a game in 3.5 hours but for the last ones it took 5.5hrs to dump one game. I have not changed any setting on the PC nor the drive.
I'm using a LG 8164B drive.
Please help.
Thanks!
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merandom
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2. April 2009 @ 12:23 |
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I had the same problem, but never did get a response here... from what I was told elsewhere it might be a sign the drive is dying. But mine hasn't yet. It's still slow though...
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toyfigure
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2. April 2009 @ 12:33 |
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Not good!
I just bought this drive off e-bay like a month ago.
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merandom
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2. April 2009 @ 12:38 |
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Like I said, that's just what I was told... it might not be true. I'm curious to see if there are any other responses. I'd love to be able to change a few settings and get mine working at full speed again! I was always able to rip a game in under 2hrs before it started slowing down!
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fiber32
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2. April 2009 @ 13:04 |
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Wild guess:
Not all games has the same data/information. e.g. compare Wii sport with Brawl..Depends on the game your ripping...
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merandom
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2. April 2009 @ 13:09 |
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Originally posted by fiber32:
Wild guess:
Not all games has the same data/information. e.g. compare Wii sport with Brawl..Depends on the game your ripping...
I've ripped a good 60-70 games, all were ripped in under 2 hours. When the drive slowed down I tested some of those games that I had previously ripped in under 2 hrs and they all took 3.5-4 hrs... so that's not the case.
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fiber32
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2. April 2009 @ 13:12 |
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Originally posted by merandom:
Originally posted by fiber32:
Wild guess:
Not all games has the same data/information. e.g. compare Wii sport with Brawl..Depends on the game your ripping...
I've ripped a good 60-70 games, all were ripped in under 2 hours. When the drive slowed down I tested some of those games that I had previously ripped in under 2 hrs and they all took 3.5-4 hrs... so that's not the case.
my 2nd guess.. have you tried cleaning the lens? 60 to 70 that a lot so might be lens are dirty by then...
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merandom
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2. April 2009 @ 13:33 |
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Originally posted by fiber32:
Originally posted by merandom:
Originally posted by fiber32:
Wild guess:
Not all games has the same data/information. e.g. compare Wii sport with Brawl..Depends on the game your ripping...
I've ripped a good 60-70 games, all were ripped in under 2 hours. When the drive slowed down I tested some of those games that I had previously ripped in under 2 hrs and they all took 3.5-4 hrs... so that's not the case.
my 2nd guess.. have you tried cleaning the lens? 60 to 70 that a lot so might be lens are dirty by then...
yes, i've tried that... that's not the problem.
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toyfigure
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2. April 2009 @ 14:33 |
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I've tried cleaning the lens too but didn't help.
Another thing, not only did the dump time almost doubled, the write and verify time have also be lengthen almost 1/3 it's initial time. That happened with games that was both new and old.
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fabianc21
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2. April 2009 @ 18:17 |
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why don't you try the loader you can backup games in less than 30 min some take way less then that.
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2. April 2009 @ 18:23 |
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Did you check to see if DMA settings have been changed under IDE settings?
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toyfigure
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6. April 2009 @ 15:14 |
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larry,
How do you check those settings? Sorry I/m not computer savvy.
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AfterDawn Addict
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6. April 2009 @ 15:23 |
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Control Panel/System/Device Manager/IDE Controlers
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merandom
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8. April 2009 @ 06:39 |
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Just thought I'd mention this... I recently came across 2 more drives, both 8162b's, and I bought them (one for $5cdn and the other for $10cdn, both local so no shipping either! I couldn't pass them up for that price!) Anyway... they are both slow like this. I can't see getting 3 identical drives all on the brink of failure... I'm starting to think it has something to do with the computer/settings and not the drive itself. I've checked my DMA settings, nothing has changed and all is correct. Anybody have any insight to this?
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fiber32
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8. April 2009 @ 08:06 |
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Originally posted by merandom:
Just thought I'd mention this... I recently came across 2 more drives, both 8162b's, and I bought them (one for $5cdn and the other for $10cdn, both local so no shipping either! I couldn't pass them up for that price!) Anyway... they are both slow like this. I can't see getting 3 identical drives all on the brink of failure... I'm starting to think it has something to do with the computer/settings and not the drive itself. I've checked my DMA settings, nothing has changed and all is correct. Anybody have any insight to this?
clean up registry , space and defrag?
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merandom
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8. April 2009 @ 08:26 |
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I've tried that. I've even gone so far as to do a fresh install of Windows XP, no luck. At this point I'm about ready to give up. I can't think of anything else to try. I think I will just have to live with the slow dump speeds.
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