Dvd writer burning very slow...It takes more than an hour , some times stops halfway

[jvijay86]

I had a samsung ts h552u dvd writer which took 40 minutes to burn a dvd, slowly the time increased to more than an hour and finally stopped reading too...so i bought a asus dvd writer 2 days back , now this is takin more than an hour to write a dvd nd for the last 2 dvd's it gave a burn error , half way thru....

i use intel 915 motherboard
512 ddr ram
3 ghz processor
windows xp sp2
80 gb hard disk

thers only one ide channel in my board , and i checked the status of it in device manager
the current transfer mode for device 0 is PIO
for device 1 it is Ultra Dma Mode 4

i even changed the cables , but it doesnt seem to help

Can someone help me

[dabster]

Check DMA modes for the drives, lots of threads abt it it in this forum....

[ashnik]

assuming U r using Nero.
enable chache files less than 64KB option while burning..
This will make nero to burn larger files directly on CD/DVD instead of copying it to temp directory.
Hope this helps

[ninad_mhatre85]

do "determine speed " (option jst available over "write" under last tab )in nero before burning DVD u will come to know if there is any problem in source............it takes 8-9 mins to burn DVD at 8X speed

[CA50]

check ur DMA or u can try a firmware update

[apacheman]

even i have the same prob... how do i check the DMA mode?

[CA50]

rt click on "my computer" click properties>hardware>Device manager double click on IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers check all the ide channels such that they are in DMA mode
~~HAPPY HUNTING~~

[Lucky_star]

THIS

[abhishek_del]

also you may use a lens cleaner to clean your lens...and also check for master/slave...if you have multiple drives and check if both the drives are detected in bios at startup, then try switching the primary boot device and see if it works

[Lucky_star]

Close your eyes and click the link, I gave.
Your drive will come to life. Nothing else needed.

[jvijay86]

hey thnx for ur replies guys

@lucky star

i tried the tool

now the current transefer mode of device 0 is ultra dma 5
nd device 1 is ultra dma 4
i burnt 2 dvds after that @8x and it took 33 minutes and 24 minutes respectively, guess its a bit slower than normal.
i'm using nero 7 essentials
but after this dma reset thing my comp boots faster too, it has improved perfomance considerably...

[ayush_chh]

there might be some problem with your RAM. check it.

[ashnik]

BTW did u try i mine?

[jvijay86]

nope ...dint burn any dvd after that, will try urs with the next one
defragmented my hard drive too...have to test it now

[anispace]

@lucky star
thanx man awesome tool.... had d same prob with my HP DVD writer n the tool solved it...........

now burning dvds at 4X in less than 13 minutes

[ax3]

i had the same problem .... & i tried this stuff .... u can try 2 .....

DMA reset \\\ firmware update \\\ hdd space \\\ less ram \\\ ......


hope ur issue r solved ............

[Big-G]

What is firmware ?

Where do I get it ?

How do I update it ?

I am absolutely a novice in computer and hence asking such naive questions .Please help me .I am facing the same problem , inspite of changing my drive / software it'sa taking ages to burn a cd and a dvd.

[praka123]

^for samsung "official" firmware,try http://samsungodd.com