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    dvd drive taking too much time

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by portable pest, Dec 19, 2007.

  1. portable pest

    portable pest Notebook Consultant

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    my 1520 has the TSSTcorp DVD+/-RW TS-L632D reader/writer. i use nero 7. whenever i write my dvds it takes at least an hour to do so. similarly when i try to copy stuff from dvds to my hard drive it takes 20 -25 minutes for one dvd. is something wrong?please advise. thanks in advance
     
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    DeusEx Notebook Evangelist

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    I have the same dvd writer in my vostro 1500.... i might add im experiencing a similar problem myself... if i want to burn something to a cd (even if its just pictures) and i go with the default "live cd" format method then it takes painfully long.... i cant even say how long because i just cancel it since it never finishes. once it said i had 13,000 DAYS remaining until it finished burning 54 photos on a cd..

    however if i choose the other option before the cd is burned (so the cd cant be edited after that - 1 shot permanent burn) it finishes everything in a minute or so.

    oh yeah and this dvd drive opens up on its own sometimes. Hoped this helped man.

    P.S. Try going to the DELL website and downloading the latest fix/drivers for this burner. I did and it upgraded from D200 to D300 whatever the hell that means. maybe it will resolve your issue.
     
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    portable pest Notebook Consultant

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    are you also using nero 7 as ur burner?
     
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    portable pest Notebook Consultant

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    i even dowloaded the firmware. and still my dvd writer is painfully slow. nero shows the burn speed to be 0.8x when the max speed is supposed to be 8x. wat should i do? please help
     
    portable pest, Jan 3, 2008
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    portable pest Notebook Consultant

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    hey guys!! all you ppl with TSSTCorp L632 D drive having problem with the speed of ripping and burning refer to this link
    http://winhlp.com/node/10
    it solved my problem t... :)
     
    portable pest, Jan 3, 2008
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  6. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    The IDE channel drops into PIO mode after problems reading a disc. There's a quicker fix than given in that link.

    1. In Device Manager go to whichever IDE channel has a Current Transfer Mode of PIO and uninstall that channel.

    2. Go to the top of the list in Device Manager, right click on it and select Detect Hardware Changes.

    Windows should then find and reinstall the IDE channel with the correct (UDMA-2) transfer mode. There's no need to reboot.

    Also make sure you have the l atest firmware and try to avoid any media which give you read problems.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jan 4, 2008
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