Slowed DVD burn... fixed DMA, Starforce

[zelazbert2]

I have a Sony DRU-820a DVD burner with the latest driver (firmware). It seems to be burning at 1x these days, even though it is a 16x burner and I am using 16x DVD-Rs. It takes 2 hours in the burning process (not conversion) to burn the DVD, and I DID select 16x burning speed in my usual DVD creation program, Roxio MC9. Just in case, I went through a Starforce copy-protection removal procedure, AND tried other burning software, and re-installing Roxio, but nothing changed. I am at a loss.

I am not new to this, but I don't know where the problem is. Any help would be welcome.
Thx in advance ,
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[Chewy]

welcome to the forum

use the nero info tool(see top of this forum/sticky)

put a blank in and under disk tab I need supported write speeds and manufacturer id

then save a report for configuration only and attach or paste

[zelazbert2]

thanks Chewy

The config report says DMA is off, although I specifically turned it on. Could that slow it down to 1x-type speed?

Supported speeds: 16.0x-8.0x-4.0x-2.0x

Manufacturer ID: CMC MAG. AM3

Configuration Report:

Nero InfoTool 4.1.0.8
Interface Information
---------------------
Adapter 1
---------
Description : Primary IDE Channel
Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver
Attached Devices
Description : Master: SONY DVD RW DRU-820A
Type : CD-Rom Drive
DMA : Off
Autorun : On
Adapter 2
---------
Description : Secondary IDE Channel
Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver
Attached Devices
Adapter 3
---------
Description : Primary IDE Channel
Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver
Attached Devices
Adapter 4
---------
Description : Unknown Adapter
Driver
Description : system32\drivers\si3114r.sys
Company : Silicon Image, Inc
Version : 1, 0, 0, 7
Description : SATARAID miniport driver (PRE-RELEASE)
Attached Devices
Description : ID 0 (0): SiI RAID 0 Set 0
Type : Disk Drive
Adapter 5
---------
Description : Unknown Adapter
Driver
Description : \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\dtscsi.sys
Company : n/a
Version : n/a
Description : n/a
Attached Devices
Adapter 6
---------
Description : Unknown Adapter
Driver
Description : \SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\vaxscsi.sys
Company : n/a
Version : n/a
Description : n/a
Attached Devices
Description : ID 0 (0): IH4388S BTM703G 2.0B
Type : CD-Rom Drive
Autorun : On
Adapter 7
---------
Description : Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 265C
Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\usbehci.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Description : EHCI eUSB Miniport Driver
Attached Devices

[ratboy]

This may help.

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44808

[Chewy]

or this also incase that fails(ratboy's link)

http://winhlp.com/WxDMA.htm

pio speed is about 1.2x but cpu use would be 100%

[zelazbert2]

thanks again guys, that seems to have worked.

any idea what trips pio mode?

[Chewy]

read my link

sp2 for win xp helps a lot tho