help! no luck yet but determined

[sratt68]

to anyone within eye-shot hello to all, my burns are taking twice as long as they used to with v7.0.7.0 also tried beta7.0.7.8 about 3 to 4 hours i guess my first question is 100% cpu usage the norm on a amd athlon II x4 620 2.6 when i look at monitor that is equal across all 4 process. any help is appreciated

[maineman]

First thing to check is the DMA mode of your burner(s), but it's all just guesswork without details.

[90312]

First thing to check is the DMA mode of your burner(s), but it's all just guesswork without details.

Good guesswork though. In PIO only mode every bit of every byte has to pass through the CPU, there is the 100% usage and even with a fast processor is very slow. DMA on the other hand bypasses the CPU and the only limitation on speed is the hardware.

[sratt68]

i know its a process of elimination so i just appreciate a place to start,you'll have to excuse my computer ignorance is the dma mode something i change in dvdfab or burner software and what settings am i looking for, thanx for input

[AGJ]

open common settings-general of DVDFab if I remember correctly and reset DMA

[Racem22]

Or if that doesn't work you can check it manually. Go to "Device Manager" and click on the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" tab then there should be a few "ATA Channel" tabs with a number after it. Right click on each one and go to "Properties" then the "Advanced Settings" tab. It should say something like "Target ID" "Device Type" "Current Mode"<----under this one it will say Ultra DMA Mode 6 or similar if DMA is enabled. Do this for each "ATA Channel" to make sure its working on each device. Some won't say anything, just go to the next one. And make sure each one has the box labeled "Enable DMA" ticked.

[maineman]

Sorry for my short answer before, I'm working too darn much these days.

Yup, I see my friends picked up the slack (ya gotta love that)
As they suggest:

First off, Common Settings > General > Reset DMA button.
(This doesn't always stick though).

Here's a nice little guide for XP to go along with what Racem22 described:

How to enable DMA in Windows XP (with pictures)

If persistent problems, you can also unistall your burners in device manager and reboot.
XP will recognize the "new hardware" automatically, install them and assign the appropriate drivers.

For particicularly stubborn problems, you can run a patch, .VBS Script File
(#7 in the thread Tips on Troubleshooting Analyzing/Ripping dvds
Link in my sig below).

This is a windows issue. As windows encounters CRC errors (usually the result of reading data from a dirty, damaged, etc., disc), it will sequentially decrease the rate of data transfer until the magic number of 6 CRC errors is reached, at which point, your ODD will be stuck in PIO mode.

Here's probably more info than you want, but will shed some light on what 90312 was describing:

PIO Mode