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    Asus W90Vp-A1 very slow reading DVD's

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Bri5150, Apr 22, 2009.

  1. Bri5150

    Bri5150 Notebook Enthusiast

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    When I install a game in my W90Vp-A1, it takes like 30 mins to load in a game. VERY slow load times while installing. Anyone else have this problem?

    Bri... :confused:
     
    Bri5150, Apr 22, 2009
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  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    That sounds about right... an optical drive is super slow compared to a hard drive, and you're probably loading up 10GB games from DVDs.
     
    Hep!, Apr 22, 2009
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    I recommend Use Daemon..
     
    fatmandoo, Apr 22, 2009
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    Depending on the file size, the installation process can take quite a while.
     
    David, Apr 22, 2009
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    Bri5150 Notebook Enthusiast

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    How did you OC your A1 to 2.8Ghz? Also, I'm only loading 1 DVD game (C&C3) which can't be more than 4.7GB on 1 DVD. That only took maybe 10 mins on my old system with a standard DVD drive. Is this BluRay that much slower? I'm only talking about loading the data from the DVD to the HD. Not the complete install time.
     
    Bri5150, Apr 23, 2009
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    Actually C&C3 is on a dual layer DVD, so it can be up to 8.5GB.
    Plus there's decompression time...
    And yeah, laptop optical drives are generally slower than desktop ones.
     
    Hep!, Apr 23, 2009
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    I use setFSB program.
    Overclocking 2.8ghz is not that stable but 2.6ghz seems very stable.
    :)
     
    fatmandoo, Apr 23, 2009
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    I tried setSFB to OC. All I did was move the slider one click to the right and as soon as I hit the 'Set' button, my A1 locked up and had to cold start my system. I checked my BIOS screen on bootup and didn't see any Vcore setting (thinking I had to raise the voltage to OC like I did on my desktop system). Can you tell me or is there a guild on how to use setFSB on the Asus W90Vp-A1? Thanks for the help.

    Bri...
     
    Bri5150, Apr 25, 2009
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    Scroll down to the CPU Overclocking section here:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=371558
     
    David, Apr 25, 2009
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