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Solve : CD-ROM drive does not play movie/sound properly?

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Symptoms:

CD-ROM drive is very SLUGGISH when it comes to reading CD's.

Especially during the installation of programs when music is played, the music is constantly breaking up. The same goes for movies played from the CD-ROM drive.

Data is read properly and the rate at which software is installed is as fast as the other CD-ROM drive that is installed. Which does function properly when it comes to movie/sound.

Details:

ATAPI 52X Max CD-ROM drive (Master)
Standard Windows XP Home drivers installed
CD-ROM drive dates from 2003

BIOS detects the CD-drive properly and Windows XP reports no errors.

IDE cable has allready been switched.

Sound card drivers have been installed and reinstalled.
Sound card has been REMOVED and readded

This has been quite a nuisance to me, especially when it comes to installing programs that have music playing in the background. It sounds much like an old radio that can not find the proper frequency.

Also, an interesting side note: An older game could not detect my CD-ROM drive properly. It required at least a 2X CD-ROM drive and that it could not find (so it claimed) even though it installed just fine. PERHAPS it thought it was under 2X speed... Is that even possible?

Raptor... I'm sure that I don't need to remind you of such things, but here goes... Have you scanned for viruses and Spyware? How much RAM do you have? Are you running multiple programs at once that could be "eating up" your virtual memory? Also... It was a little unclear... Does this ONLY happen when music is playing, or is it like this with every program?

[glb]FLAME[/glb]Try one of your spare CD-ROM drives.  I've seen this behavior before.  Installing a different drive usually works.  Why it happens?  I don't know for sure.  Could be laser misalignment.  I've had brand new ones do strange things. Quote


1. have you scanned for viruses and Spyware?
2.How much RAM do you have?
3.Are you running multiple programs at once that could be "eating up" your virtual memory?
4.Does this ONLY happen when music is playing, or is it like this with every program?


1. Daily
2. 1024MB DDR RAM (333 FSB)
3. Nothing out of the ordinary. Virus scanner, MSN, Firewall, Anti-spyware, ATI control panel and sound panel, Virtual Daemon Manager
4. It happens when a movie is being accessed by software that resides on the CD or when sound is played during an installation of software. Autorun menu's show the same behavior.

On the other hand, music CD's (MP3/CD) are played very smoothly. And data being read also seems to go at a normal rate.

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Try one of your spare CD-ROM drives.  I've seen this behavior before.  Installing a different drive usually works.  Why it happens?  I don't know for sure.  Could be laser misalignment.  I've had brand new ones do strange things.


That is a good idea. The CD-R/RW (Slave) does not exhibit the same type of behavior, so it must be the CD-ROM drive.

Quick question:

Are there different kind of IDE cables? (IDE 66, 100 and 133) or are they all the same? (I have got some very dated cables and not all of them say what IDE speed they can work at)Replaced the CD-ROM drive and auto run menu's now play sound without breaking up.

Question: Is there a brand that specializes in silent CD-ROM drives? Does that even exist?Do you mean silent as in it will play no sound or silent as in you can't hear it SPIN up?I would inagine that silent means to not make that annoying spinning noise... That's always a nice improvement...  

[glb]Flame[/glb]Silent as in it works ace, but can't hear the CD-ROM's spin.



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