DVD-RW drive reading disc extremely slow

[Dave21]

Hey folks,

I have a Lite-On DVD-RW drive that I bought for my build this past summer. Long story short, I don't use it often, but when I do it is extremely slow. It would take forever to read a disc such as a DVD movie or a DVD game. Sometimes it doesn't even read at all while the lights light up and I hear the disc spinning.

This is getting frustrating, today I tried popping in a DVD movie and it took forever to read the disc, about 10 minutes. Then when I tried playing it in a media player, it would freeze my system.

I've never had this problem with my other DVD players.

I'm thinking of two possible problems:

1) The drive is defective and I should RMA it for a new one.

2) When I installed the drive for my new build, I didn't go through with proper procedures? I hooked up the drive and installed appropriate drivers. Anything else that I should have done like the settings in bios, etc?

Any thoughts would be nice.

Thanks.

[not important]

No drivers are needed. Is the drive IDE or SATA.
See if the drive is in DMA Mode. http://www.tweakxp.com/article37063.aspx

[shadowpr]

You might want to try a different cable, or port. See if that works.

If not, it sounds likethe drive is dying, and it's time for a new one.

[Dave21]

Originally Posted by not important No drivers are needed. Is the drive IDE or SATA. See if the drive is in DMA Mode. http://www.tweakxp.com/article37063.aspx

Sorry I forgot to mention it is an SATA drive. Would the DMA mode still apply to SATA?

[glc]

No, DMA does not apply.

Is your SATA controller running in IDE, RAID, or AHCI mode?

[Dave21]

Originally Posted by glc No, DMA does not apply. Is your SATA controller running in IDE, RAID, or AHCI mode?

Last time I checked in bios it was ide mode. I tried to use ahci mode but my pc crashed so I used ide.

[glc]

It crashed because you didn't install Windows in AHCI mode.