R
Rodger Ramsey
Problem
Pioneer 110D (16x DVD burner FW 1.39 - latest) will only burn at 8x due to
IDE controller transfer mode of multi-word DMA mode 2 being max speed
setting, according to Device Manager, despite having the burner rated as
UDMA-4 compatible. Tried using quality blanks approved by the manufacturer.
I suspect it is a hardware/software/os interaction issue.
System
P4 3.2, 2Gb PC 3200 Kingston RAM, Radeon 9600 256Mb (8.221.0.0 driver -
latest)
Award Bios v6.00PG (F10 update - latest) Auto detect drives, DMA/transfer
rate setting for IDE not available, i.e. not required; assume auto set to
UDMA
120Gb SATA Master remapped to IDE 1
160GB SATA Slave remapped to IDE 1
200GB SATA on SiliconImage SATARaid controller (not setup for RAID) driver
updated
All SATA drives connected with SATA cables
WinXP Pro Sp2
Gigabyte MoBo 8IPE1000P2 (drivers updated)
Intel 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage controller (Driver 6.3.0.1005)
Intel Application Accelerator NOT installed
ATAPY.sys 5.1.2600.2180 (have tried various, this is the SP2 standard)
80-wire cable on Burner (Master set, sole drive on IDE 2) have tried 3
cables
Similar 8x limit with two other 16x LG drives (not installed at present).
Also had a similar problem when I had an ATA-100 IDE HDD on IDE 1 (a while
ago).
Realtec AC97 Audio - updated drivers
Software
Zone Alarm Pro 6.1
Norton System Works 2004 (Anti-virus active)
Nero 6.6.0.16
CloneCD
SP 2 had all updates
ASPI layer working properly
Office 2003
Wp 12
Dragon Naturally Speaking 8.1
Winfast PVR for TV2000 Expert video capture card
Action Taken
UDMA-66 enabled in registry for intel chipset
Have removed and reinstalled devices in Device Manager to clear any
settings.
Have enabled P10 mode, rebooted, and re-enabled DMA in Device Manager to
ensure settings (Note: no errors reported and DMA always enabled by system,
i.e. never had a problem with IDE reverting to P10)
Chipset & MoBo drivers updated - no change. Forced update of atapi.sys to
SP1 version, then to v5.10.2600.2505. No change, so reinstalled Windows
with SP2 slipstreamead. Still no change so reinstalled Mobo and Intel
drivers. Still no change. Before reinstallation I changed registry
settings to include:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\Scsi\Scsi Port 0]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\Scsi\Scsi Port 1]
....
dmaEnabled = 1 (DWORD value)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0001]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0002]
DELETED
MasterIdDataCheckSum
SlaveIdDataCheckSum
MasterDeviceDetectionTimeout
SlaveDeviceDetectionTimeout
CREATED
ResetErrorCountersOnSuccess = 1 (DWORD value)
Not that there was errors anyway, but thought I would try above, just in
case. It made no difference.
Comment
The system is generally very stable and the DVDs burned at 8x show no
errors. When I try to burn them at 12 or 16x the max transfer rate of about
12Mb/sec limits the true speed to 8x burning, although the burn quality is
still OK. Transfer rates for the SATA drives (obviously through their own
connections) are consistent with UDMA 5/6 speeds, and not an issue. It's
only IDE 1 & 2 that are speed-limited. Now perhaps I should be happy to
have a stable system and a burner that produces quality burns at 8x, but I
am really keen to find out why UDMA will not be enabled for the DVD burner.
I think all the relevant Services are operating, although some (that appear
to security risks, unnecessary, or resource hogs) are disabled. I based the
selection on info from blackviper.com, theeldergeek.com, and MBSA 1.2 & 2.0.
Any suggestions?
Pioneer 110D (16x DVD burner FW 1.39 - latest) will only burn at 8x due to
IDE controller transfer mode of multi-word DMA mode 2 being max speed
setting, according to Device Manager, despite having the burner rated as
UDMA-4 compatible. Tried using quality blanks approved by the manufacturer.
I suspect it is a hardware/software/os interaction issue.
System
P4 3.2, 2Gb PC 3200 Kingston RAM, Radeon 9600 256Mb (8.221.0.0 driver -
latest)
Award Bios v6.00PG (F10 update - latest) Auto detect drives, DMA/transfer
rate setting for IDE not available, i.e. not required; assume auto set to
UDMA
120Gb SATA Master remapped to IDE 1
160GB SATA Slave remapped to IDE 1
200GB SATA on SiliconImage SATARaid controller (not setup for RAID) driver
updated
All SATA drives connected with SATA cables
WinXP Pro Sp2
Gigabyte MoBo 8IPE1000P2 (drivers updated)
Intel 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage controller (Driver 6.3.0.1005)
Intel Application Accelerator NOT installed
ATAPY.sys 5.1.2600.2180 (have tried various, this is the SP2 standard)
80-wire cable on Burner (Master set, sole drive on IDE 2) have tried 3
cables
Similar 8x limit with two other 16x LG drives (not installed at present).
Also had a similar problem when I had an ATA-100 IDE HDD on IDE 1 (a while
ago).
Realtec AC97 Audio - updated drivers
Software
Zone Alarm Pro 6.1
Norton System Works 2004 (Anti-virus active)
Nero 6.6.0.16
CloneCD
SP 2 had all updates
ASPI layer working properly
Office 2003
Wp 12
Dragon Naturally Speaking 8.1
Winfast PVR for TV2000 Expert video capture card
Action Taken
UDMA-66 enabled in registry for intel chipset
Have removed and reinstalled devices in Device Manager to clear any
settings.
Have enabled P10 mode, rebooted, and re-enabled DMA in Device Manager to
ensure settings (Note: no errors reported and DMA always enabled by system,
i.e. never had a problem with IDE reverting to P10)
Chipset & MoBo drivers updated - no change. Forced update of atapi.sys to
SP1 version, then to v5.10.2600.2505. No change, so reinstalled Windows
with SP2 slipstreamead. Still no change so reinstalled Mobo and Intel
drivers. Still no change. Before reinstallation I changed registry
settings to include:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\Scsi\Scsi Port 0]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\Scsi\Scsi Port 1]
....
dmaEnabled = 1 (DWORD value)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0001]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0002]
DELETED
MasterIdDataCheckSum
SlaveIdDataCheckSum
MasterDeviceDetectionTimeout
SlaveDeviceDetectionTimeout
CREATED
ResetErrorCountersOnSuccess = 1 (DWORD value)
Not that there was errors anyway, but thought I would try above, just in
case. It made no difference.
Comment
The system is generally very stable and the DVDs burned at 8x show no
errors. When I try to burn them at 12 or 16x the max transfer rate of about
12Mb/sec limits the true speed to 8x burning, although the burn quality is
still OK. Transfer rates for the SATA drives (obviously through their own
connections) are consistent with UDMA 5/6 speeds, and not an issue. It's
only IDE 1 & 2 that are speed-limited. Now perhaps I should be happy to
have a stable system and a burner that produces quality burns at 8x, but I
am really keen to find out why UDMA will not be enabled for the DVD burner.
I think all the relevant Services are operating, although some (that appear
to security risks, unnecessary, or resource hogs) are disabled. I based the
selection on info from blackviper.com, theeldergeek.com, and MBSA 1.2 & 2.0.
Any suggestions?