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Vio1
06-10-09, 01:18 PM
Hi, i was wondering if you guys know why my blu-ray drive is acting so freaken slow? bought a new motherboard and ever since, installing windows takes forever. The initial load up hangs for 3-4 minutes, inch by inch installing. It wasnt this slow before.
Any idea if it could be a wrong sata cable? some setting in my bios?

motherboard is gigabyte gae45-udsr
thideras
06-10-09, 01:19 PM
What drive? I have a Sony one that is the same way, it is really slow at CD's/DVD (reading about 1.7x according to my ripping program for audio CD's).
Vio1
06-10-09, 01:34 PM
how can i figure out what drive it is without ripping it out?
thideras
06-10-09, 01:53 PM
Should be in device manager.
Vio1
06-10-09, 02:17 PM
says: hl-dt-st bddvdrw ggc-h20l
thideras
06-10-09, 02:20 PM
Hey, look at that, same one I got. I'll wait to see if someone else knows what to do. In the meantime, I join you.
oc_newbee
06-10-09, 02:22 PM
Yeah I have also an old pioneer 111d ide drive that is also super slow in reading of from cd/dvd. I believe it's the drive is to blame.
Vio1
06-12-09, 09:46 AM
Hey, look at that, same one I got. I'll wait to see if someone else knows what to do. In the meantime, I join you.

is there maybe a firmware update? have you found one?
thideras
06-12-09, 09:51 AM
is there maybe a firmware update? have you found one?Didn't even think to look.
ratbuddy
06-12-09, 09:52 AM
Don't know if it's an issue with Bluray drives and SATA but I know an optical will be dirt slow if it's in PIO mode instead of DMA. Worth checking, at least.

edit: Here's what it looks like on my PATA optical. Make sure yours says DMA (whatever level) and not PIO.
Vio1
06-12-09, 12:49 PM
Didn't even think to look.

Do you know the make of our drive? i dont want to take my pc apart to find out.
Vio1
06-12-09, 12:50 PM
Don't know if it's an issue with Bluray drives and SATA but I know an optical will be dirt slow if it's in PIO mode instead of DMA. Worth checking, at least.

edit: Here's what it looks like on my PATA optical. Make sure yours says DMA (whatever level) and not PIO.

mine looks like yours, and its still slow.
Neuromancer
06-12-09, 01:33 PM
It is an LG BluRay HDDVD combo drive

Model # ggc-h20l

Listed on newegg (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136133)
BossBorot
06-12-09, 10:42 PM
I have the same drive ill see if it seems slow and post back