Dvd...

[RainMaQer]

My new DVD drive is benchin real low... Sandra said that it works at 9x cd speed... its an Afreey 10X DVD... The support site says to make sure dma is enabled and it is as far as I know... I'm kinda new to XP soooo...:beer:

[The Pingmaster]

Where is it reading on the disc? If it's the inner tracks, it doesn't go as fast. On the outer tracks, the disc can cover more ground per rotation, so that's why it's closer to 10x there...

[The Pingmaster]

ohhhh... 9x CD speed!... dang... er.... um.... sorry.... can't help bro!

[WyrmMaster]

it could be as pingmaster said and its just reading one of the inside tracks so its slow. It could slow it down by that much quite easily. Try testing with a CD that you know is full. Also, sandra isnt much for drive testing. Try Nero CD speed, it should give you more accureat results.

[RainMaQer]

I ran nero... hows this look:
CD Speed

17 January 2002 - 4:49:38

CD-ROM drive information
Vendor DVDROM 1
Product 0X
Firmware Version 42

CD information
Type Data
Length 60:20.06

Test results

Transfer rate
Average 24.41x
Start 14.78x
End 32.05x
Reading type CAV

DAE quality
Score N/A
Accurate stream No

Seek times
Random 121 ms
1/3 Seek 116 ms
Full 159 ms

CPU usage
1X 1%
2X 2%
4X 4%
8X 10%

Interface
Burst rate 1 MB/s

Spinup/Spindown Time
Spinup Time 3.00 sec
Spindown Time 3.77 sec

Disc Eject Time 0.87 sec
Disc Load Time 0.87 sec
Disc Recognition Time 13.78 sec

[WyrmMaster]

Well then its working fine. A 10x DVD is a 32x CD right. It ends at 32x just like its supposed to. Sandra was just smoking crack.