Bizarre SATA DVD drive issue
October 9th, 2020
Any ideas?
Power supply choking?
Sounds like you got a bad drive, or just bad connections. I remember one of my drives doing this before as well, but it wasn’t SATA, so I just went and bought a brand new drive and it solved the problem.
Only other problem I can think of is you have an IRQ problem.
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Power supply choking?
Hmm in hindsight I should mention that it doesn’t happen with my (same brand) IDE drive, which I’m assuming uses a similar power consumption. But it’s something I could investigate, sure.
Any other thoughts?
Answer #4
What motherboard you got?
Answer #5
check if there’s a firmware update for your DVD drive
you in AHCI mode or IDE mode
vista or XP ?
you try swapping the SATA sockets on the mobo ?
duz this for every disk ?
or just one’s with many files ?
Answer #6
My DVD drive use to do this its a sign its going to break, next it didn’t recognise DVD-Roms then DVDs
I contacted manufacturer and because I bought some insurance thing with my PC they replaced it.
If you can try someone elses drive in your computer/ your drive in theirs.
Answer #7
Updated firmware on this, didn’t help. Changed mobo connector, and it almost completely solved it. Now it only seems to slow down other access during high-bandwidth reads.
Could be PSU choking as mentioned earlier, or maybe a dodgy cable that I’ve not had chance to swap out yet. I’ll try that soon.
Specs are IDE mode on an ASUS M3A78 PRO, with XP Pro x64.
Answer #8
I had a similar bit opposite problems on my gogabyte p35dq6 MB – with the sata dvd on the same or nearby port to the hd, the dvd went from 16x to 1x read/write (by ‘nearby’ I mean if hd is port 1, then dvd was on port 2).
Although sata down’t have master/slave, the ports seem to be linked.
I stopped all problems by putting hd 1 on port 1, hd 2 on port 3, dvd 1 on port 5 and dvd 2 on port 7 = all running at full speed.
It might also be a function of the controller you have on the MB – if you ahve more than one type (mine has two different controller brands on it – ports above 5 are JMicron, I think, below are intel (??)), try a different one.
Power supply choking?Hmm in hindsight I should mention that it doesn’t happen with my (same brand) IDE drive, which I’m assuming uses a similar power consumption. But it’s something I could investigate, sure.
Any other thoughts?
Hmm in hindsight I should mention that it doesn't happen with my (same brand) IDE drive, which I'm assuming uses a similar power consumption. But it's something I could investigate, sure.Disconnect the power from the IDE one and see if it still does it.What motherboard you got?
check if there’s a firmware update for your DVD drive
you in AHCI mode or IDE mode
vista or XP ?
you try swapping the SATA sockets on the mobo ?
is having trouble reading, or has to read many files in a short space of time,duz this for every disk ?
or just one’s with many files ?
My DVD drive use to do this its a sign its going to break, next it didn’t recognise DVD-Roms then DVDs
I contacted manufacturer and because I bought some insurance thing with my PC they replaced it.
If you can try someone elses drive in your computer/ your drive in theirs.
Updated firmware on this, didn’t help. Changed mobo connector, and it almost completely solved it. Now it only seems to slow down other access during high-bandwidth reads.
Could be PSU choking as mentioned earlier, or maybe a dodgy cable that I’ve not had chance to swap out yet. I’ll try that soon.
Specs are IDE mode on an ASUS M3A78 PRO, with XP Pro x64.
I had a similar bit opposite problems on my gogabyte p35dq6 MB – with the sata dvd on the same or nearby port to the hd, the dvd went from 16x to 1x read/write (by ‘nearby’ I mean if hd is port 1, then dvd was on port 2).
Although sata down’t have master/slave, the ports seem to be linked.
I stopped all problems by putting hd 1 on port 1, hd 2 on port 3, dvd 1 on port 5 and dvd 2 on port 7 = all running at full speed.
It might also be a function of the controller you have on the MB – if you ahve more than one type (mine has two different controller brands on it – ports above 5 are JMicron, I think, below are intel (??)), try a different one.
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