DVD burner writes slow from SATA and fast from PATA...

udigold · 02-10-2005, 12:42 PM

I have a DVD burner, Sony DRU700A, and it burns files much more slowly from the SATA drive than from the PATA drive...
It took me 27 minutes to burn a DVD files which were located on the SATA drive, and it took me just 9 minutes to burn the exact same files from the PATA drive, using the same DVD media and the same writing speed.

How could that be?

MY system spec is :
Pentium 4 2.6GHZ, Jetway m/board 865 chipset, 1GB DDR400 SDRAM, Western Digital 80GB PATA drive, Western Digital 160GB SATA II drive, Sony DRU700A DVD burner which is attached to the same IDE cable of the PATA drive.

Thanks,
Udi G

pelvis_3 · 02-10-2005, 08:01 AM

You probably don't have the correct SATA drivers installed!
Try installing the SATA drivers that came with the motherboard!

udigold · 02-10-2005, 08:31 AM

No SATA drivers came with the motherboard...

pelvis_3 · 02-10-2005, 05:07 PM

Then your going to have to go to the Jetway website and download them!

udigold · 02-10-2005, 05:15 PM

Problem was solved, connected it to SATA no.2 port instead of the SATA no.1 port and that was it...

Thanks anyway

Sniper · 02-10-2005, 06:42 PM

thanks for letting us know how you fixed it

udigold · 04-10-2005, 07:13 PM

Hi,

I'd like to add that I was encountered again tonight with the same problem that I had a few days ago.
Writing speed for the SATA drive were slow once again, so I ran a check using 'Nero InfoTool' and saw that the DMA for the SATA drive was turned off, and in the Device Manager the DMA mode for it was set on PIO mode.
I've looked it up on the web and I saw that it was caused by DMA timeouts and it can mean that either the HDD or the Motherboard is faulty. Anyway, I've unsinstalled a Secondary IDE Channel, and when Windows started up again it recognized it again and now the DMA is on again.

What shall I do? Replace the board? (I'll never buy a cheap board again...)

pelvis_3 · 04-10-2005, 09:28 PM

Did you try installing the SATA drivers?

udigold · 05-10-2005, 04:52 AM

I don't see any connection installing the SATA drivers....
If it worked well for 3 days why did it stop? If it were for the drivers it wouldn't work from begining.

02-10-2005, 12:42 PM	# 1 (permalink) Top
udigold Geek Trainee Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 12 Status: Offline	DVD burner writes slow from SATA and fast from PATA... I have a DVD burner, Sony DRU700A, and it burns files much more slowly from the SATA drive than from the PATA drive... It took me 27 minutes to burn a DVD files which were located on the SATA drive, and it took me just 9 minutes to burn the exact same files from the PATA drive, using the same DVD media and the same writing speed. How could that be? MY system spec is : Pentium 4 2.6GHZ, Jetway m/board 865 chipset, 1GB DDR400 SDRAM, Western Digital 80GB PATA drive, Western Digital 160GB SATA II drive, Sony DRU700A DVD burner which is attached to the same IDE cable of the PATA drive. Thanks, Udi G

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pelvis_3 HWF Member For Life Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 23 Male Posts: 2,339 Times Helpful: 265 My Mood: Happy Status: Offline My Computer	You probably don't have the correct SATA drivers installed! Try installing the SATA drivers that came with the motherboard! __________________ Adopt an unanswered thread. \| Who's Online \| vB Code Some people are alive only because it’s illegal to kill them! Support bacteria, it's the only culture some people have!

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udigold Geek Trainee Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 12 Status: Offline	Hi, I'd like to add that I was encountered again tonight with the same problem that I had a few days ago. Writing speed for the SATA drive were slow once again, so I ran a check using 'Nero InfoTool' and saw that the DMA for the SATA drive was turned off, and in the Device Manager the DMA mode for it was set on PIO mode. I've looked it up on the web and I saw that it was caused by DMA timeouts and it can mean that either the HDD or the Motherboard is faulty. Anyway, I've unsinstalled a Secondary IDE Channel, and when Windows started up again it recognized it again and now the DMA is on again. What shall I do? Replace the board? (I'll never buy a cheap board again...) Last edited by udigold; 04-10-2005 at 07:19 PM..

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pelvis_3 HWF Member For Life Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 23 Male Posts: 2,339 Times Helpful: 265 My Mood: Happy Status: Offline My Computer	Did you try installing the SATA drivers? __________________ Adopt an unanswered thread. \| Who's Online \| vB Code Some people are alive only because it’s illegal to kill them! Support bacteria, it's the only culture some people have!

02-10-2005, 08:31 AM	# 3 (permalink) Top
udigold Geek Trainee Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 12 Status: Offline	No SATA drivers came with the motherboard...

02-10-2005, 05:15 PM	# 5 (permalink) Top
udigold Geek Trainee Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 12 Status: Offline	Problem was solved, connected it to SATA no.2 port instead of the SATA no.1 port and that was it... Thanks anyway

02-10-2005, 06:42 PM	# 6 (permalink) Top
Sniper Administrator Join Date: Oct 2001 Age: 26 Male Posts: 4,833 Times Helpful: 137 My Mood: Blah Status: Offline My Computer	thanks for letting us know how you fixed it

05-10-2005, 04:52 AM	# 9 (permalink) Top
udigold Geek Trainee Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 12 Status: Offline	I don't see any connection installing the SATA drivers.... If it worked well for 3 days why did it stop? If it were for the drivers it wouldn't work from begining.

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