DMA Reset not fixing slow copy speeds

[Mtdewangel]

After trying to copy a dvd and it going SUPER slower then usual, I downloaded the newest version of dvdfab. That didn't seem to do the trick, so I did a DMA reset. Still going slow as heck. I have a paid version if that matters. I don't know what else to try? I can post a log but what sub folder under "log" do I need to click into?

[DarthCopier]

After trying to copy a dvd and it going SUPER slower then usual, I downloaded the newest version of dvdfab. That didn't seem to do the trick, so I did a DMA reset. Still going slow as heck. I have a paid version if that matters. I don't know what else to try? I can post a log but what sub folder under "log" do I need to click into?

We don't need to see a log yet... but I do have a couple of questions...

1.) Exactly how did you reset the DMA?? (through DVDFab? - through Windows Device Manager? - through BIOS? - not supported by all, but some will do it).

2.) Did you clean the 'business side' of the DVD before you started this process?

Please advise.

DC

[Mtdewangel]

We don't need to see a log yet... but I do have a couple of questions...

1.) Exactly how did you reset the DMA?? (through DVDFab? - through Windows Device Manager? - through BIOS? - not supported by all, but some will do it).

2.) Did you clean the 'business side' of the DVD before you started this process?

Please advise.

DC

DMA reset was done through the common settings under DVDFab. Yes, the dvd was clean.

[DarthCopier]

DMA reset was done through the common settings under DVDFab. Yes, the dvd was clean.

I'd recommend that you reset the DMA through Windows Device Manager... just to make sure... and clean the disk manually before you try again.. just to be sure.

DC

[Mtdewangel]

I'd recommend that you reset the DMA through Windows Device Manager... just to make sure... and clean the disk manually before you try again.. just to be sure.

DC

How do I reset through the windows device manager?

[Guest]

Did you take a look at the logs to see how the drive is listed?
PIO or DMA.

Window device manager will also tell you what mode the drive is in.

I would determine that to be sure you have a DMA problem instead of a disc problem.

[Mtdewangel]

Did you take a look at the logs to see how the drive is listed?
PIO or DMA.

Window device manager will also tell you what mode the drive is in.

I would determine that to be sure you have a DMA problem instead of a disc problem.

I tried looking in the logs but I can't find anything about that? I have 3 sub folders under logs...is that normal?

[DarthCopier]

I tried looking in the logs but I can't find anything about that? I have 3 sub folders under logs...is that normal?

Yup.. Look at the burn logs, and scan down the logs (ignore the 11 or 12 line entries, they're not logs) and when you come across a longish one, see if you can find the words MODE:PIO (or DMA)

That'll tell you whether it's time to start looking at the disk itself.

DC

[Mtdewangel]

hmm odd. There is no "long" one for today's date. But the dvd says it copied. Just took forever. The last "long" one is back to the 10th of March. Weird.

[Mtdewangel]

Can anyone help? My husband pointed out that I might not have been clear that it's not when we're burning the dvds to blank disc. It's the ripping to the computer that's taking a long time.

[DarthCopier]

Can anyone help? My husband pointed out that I might not have been clear that it's not when we're burning the dvds to blank disc. It's the ripping to the computer that's taking a long time.

It's extremely difficult to offer any help, or even form any kind of a semi-intelligent opinion of what might be wrong, when all you've said so far is that the computer seems to be working slowly.

I took it for granted that you were talking about the rip process when there was no mention of burning issues, and I guess I wasn't wrong.

I asked that the source DVD be cleaned before a rip attempt, and was informed that the disk was clean. How was this determined?

It was asked that you advise the mode the DVD drive was in, and your answer implies that you don't know how to determine this. A burn log was requested, and all I've seen so far is an excuse about Mar 10 being the latest log available, but still no log has been submitted.

We don't know if you're running a lappy, what the O/S is, or what version of DVDFab you're running (aside from what has already been asked for).

When you can offer some more substantial information than you already have, we'll see what we can do.

DC

[Mtdewangel]

It's extremely difficult to offer any help, or even form any kind of a semi-intelligent opinion of what might be wrong, when all you've said so far is that the computer seems to be working slowly.

I took it for granted that you were talking about the rip process when there was no mention of burning issues, and I guess I wasn't wrong.

I asked that the source DVD be cleaned before a rip attempt, and was informed that the disk was clean. How was this determined?

It was asked that you advise the mode the DVD drive was in, and your answer implies that you don't know how to determine this. A burn log was requested, and all I've seen so far is an excuse about Mar 10 being the latest log available, but still no log has been submitted.

We don't know if you're running a lappy, what the O/S is, or what version of DVDFab you're running (aside from what has already been asked for).

When you can offer some more substantial information than you already have, we'll see what we can do.

DC

Maybe I'm having a bad day, but you seem to be coming off a bit rude. I answered the best way I know how. The DVD was cleaned by my husband with a microfiber cloth. He's never had a problem with judging if one is clean, so I'm taking his word that it is clean. I have looked at it myself and it looks clean to me.

I can not find the MODE you're speaking of. You informed me to look for a log that is longer then 11-12 as that isn't a real log. Well the only "long" one is dated March 10th and that isn't the day I had the problem. Sorry to hear you find that an excuse. I will post what my computer has logged up to March 10th which is the most recent "long" log.

I have also asked if someone can help me reset the DMA through the Window Device Manager as I have no idea where that is on my computer or how to find it.

Any and all help is much appreciated.

2011-03-17 19:46:14 ---- ******************** Log session stop 17-Mar 19:46:14.859 PID 320********************
2011-03-17 19:46:01 Info Current Drive selected : 5:0:0 - TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H652L 0603 [E] (Ide)
2011-03-17 19:46:01 Info Using Advanced SPTI interface
2011-03-17 19:46:01 Info System default language : English (United States)
2011-03-17 19:46:01 Info User default language : English (United States)
2011-03-17 19:46:01 Info DLL Version : 4.0.15.480
2011-03-17 19:46:01 Info DLL : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8\vso_hwe.dll
2011-03-17 19:46:01 Info Version : 8, 0, 8, 3
2011-03-17 19:46:01 Info ExeName : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8\DVDFab.exe
2011-03-17 19:46:01 Info OS : Microsoft Windows XP MCE 2005 (Build 2600: Service Pack 3)
2011-03-17 19:46:01 ---- ******************** Log session start 17-Mar 19:46:01.640 PID 320********************


2011-03-17 18:42:16 ---- ******************** Log session stop 17-Mar 18:42:16.515 PID 3276********************
2011-03-17 18:41:15 Info Current Drive selected : 5:0:0 - TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H652L 0603 [E] (Ide)
2011-03-17 18:41:15 Info Using Advanced SPTI interface
2011-03-17 18:41:15 Info System default language : English (United States)
2011-03-17 18:41:15 Info User default language : English (United States)
2011-03-17 18:41:15 Info DLL Version : 4.0.15.480
2011-03-17 18:41:15 Info DLL : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8\vso_hwe.dll
2011-03-17 18:41:15 Info Version : 8, 0, 8, 3
2011-03-17 18:41:15 Info ExeName : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8\DVDFab.exe
2011-03-17 18:41:15 Info OS : Microsoft Windows XP MCE 2005 (Build 2600: Service Pack 3)
2011-03-17 18:41:15 ---- ******************** Log session start 17-Mar 18:41:15.406 PID 3276********************


2011-03-17 18:10:54 ---- ******************** Log session stop 17-Mar 18:10:54.953 PID 3708********************
2011-03-17 18:08:21 Info Current Drive selected : 5:0:0 - TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H652L 0603 [E] (Ide)
2011-03-17 18:08:21 Info Using Advanced SPTI interface
2011-03-17 18:08:21 Info System default language : English (United States)
2011-03-17 18:08:21 Info User default language : English (United States)
2011-03-17 18:08:21 Info DLL Version : 4.0.15.480
2011-03-17 18:08:21 Info DLL : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8\vso_hwe.dll
2011-03-17 18:08:21 Info Version : 8, 0, 8, 3
2011-03-17 18:08:21 Info ExeName : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8\DVDFab.exe
2011-03-17 18:08:21 Info OS : Microsoft Windows XP MCE 2005 (Build 2600: Service Pack 3)
2011-03-17 18:08:21 ---- ******************** Log session start 17-Mar 18:08:21.859 PID 3708********************


2011-03-17 17:57:08 ---- ******************** Log session stop 17-Mar 17:57:08.875 PID 1028********************
2011-03-17 17:49:14 Info Current Drive selected : 5:0:0 - TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H652L 0603 [E] (Ide)
2011-03-17 17:49:14 Info Using Advanced SPTI interface
2011-03-17 17:49:14 Info System default language : English (United States)
2011-03-17 17:49:14 Info User default language : English (United States)
2011-03-17 17:49:14 Info DLL Version : 4.0.15.480
2011-03-17 17:49:14 Info DLL : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8\vso_hwe.dll
2011-03-17 17:49:14 Info Version : 8, 0, 8, 3
2011-03-17 17:49:14 Info ExeName : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8\DVDFab.exe
2011-03-17 17:49:14 Info OS : Microsoft Windows XP MCE 2005 (Build 2600: Service Pack 3)
2011-03-17 17:49:14 ---- ******************** Log session start 17-Mar 17:49:14.156 PID 1028********************


2011-03-17 16:27:29 ---- ******************** Log session stop 17-Mar 16:27:29.640 PID 3256********************
2011-03-17 16:27:24 Info Current Drive selected : 5:0:0 - TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H652L 0603 [E] (Ide)
2011-03-17 16:27:24 Info Using Advanced SPTI interface
2011-03-17 16:27:24 Info System default language : English (United States)
2011-03-17 16:27:24 Info User default language : English (United States)
2011-03-17 16:27:24 Info DLL Version : 4.0.15.480
2011-03-17 16:27:24 Info DLL : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8\vso_hwe.dll
2011-03-17 16:27:24 Info Version : 8, 0, 7, 3
2011-03-17 16:27:24 Info ExeName : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8\DVDFab.exe
2011-03-17 16:27:24 Info OS : Microsoft Windows XP MCE 2005 (Build 2600: Service Pack 3)
2011-03-17 16:27:24 ---- ******************** Log session start 17-Mar 16:27:24.218 PID 3256********************


2011-03-10 11:06:45 ---- ******************** Log session stop 10-Mar 11:06:45.921 PID 3536********************
2011-03-10 11:06:32 Info Disc ejected by user while parsing.
2011-03-10 11:06:30 Info Parsing disc ...
2011-03-10 11:06:24 Info WRITE SUCCESS: Disc written
2011-03-10 11:06:24 Info Finalization Time 00:00:24 - Total completion time 00:13:19
2011-03-10 11:05:59 Info Write finished in 00:12:54 - Finalization start here. Avg. burn rate 4.62
2011-03-10 10:53:27 Info Lead-in burning time (mS) 22381
2011-03-10 10:53:05 Info Write started 2199168 sectors to write
2011-03-10 10:53:05 Info Init success: DVD-R SAO
2011-03-10 10:53:05 Info Writing speed requested x8.0, effective x8.0
2011-03-10 10:53:04 Info Available write speed: 16x ,12x ,8x ,4x
2011-03-10 10:53:04 Info Media ID: CMC MAG. AM3
2011-03-10 10:53:04 Info Media type: DVD-R
2011-03-10 10:53:04 Info Ultra DMA mode 2 (ATA33)
2011-03-10 10:53:04 Info Scanned files #9, folder #2 - total size 4502769664 b. (4.19 Gb.)
2011-03-10 10:53:04 Info Inserted media type : DVD-R
2011-03-10 10:53:04 Info Write started
2011-03-10 10:53:00 Info Writable disc DVD-R inserted. Ready to write
2011-03-10 10:53:00 Info Compatible media types : DVD-R, DVD-RW Seq., DVD-RW RO, DVDRAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, DL DVD+R, DL DVD-R
2011-03-10 10:53:00 Info Drive has IDE-ATAPI physical interface
2011-03-10 10:53:00 Info New Drive selected : 5:0:0 - TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H652L 0603 [E] (Ide)
2011-03-10 10:52:56 Info Writable disc DVD-R inserted. Ready to write
2011-03-10 10:52:40 Info Parsing disc ...
2011-03-10 10:52:08 Info WRITE SUCCESS: Disc written
2011-03-10 10:52:08 Info Finalization Time 00:00:24 - Total completion time 00:16:50
2011-03-10 10:51:43 Info Write finished in 00:16:25 - Finalization start here. Avg. burn rate 3.63
2011-03-10 10:35:40 Info Lead-in burning time (mS) 22741
2011-03-10 10:35:17 Info Write started 2202112 sectors to write
2011-03-10 10:35:17 Info Init success: DVD-R SAO
2011-03-10 10:35:17 Info Writing speed requested x8.0, effective x8.0
2011-03-10 10:35:17 Info Available write speed: 16x ,12x ,8x ,4x
2011-03-10 10:35:17 Info Media ID: CMC MAG. AM3
2011-03-10 10:35:17 Info Media type: DVD-R
2011-03-10 10:35:17 Info Ultra DMA mode 2 (ATA33)
2011-03-10 10:35:17 Info Scanned files #9, folder #2 - total size 4508827648 b. (4.20 Gb.)
2011-03-10 10:35:17 Info Inserted media type : DVD-R
2011-03-10 10:35:17 Info Write started
2011-03-10 10:35:13 Info Writable disc DVD-R inserted. Ready to write
2011-03-10 10:35:11 Info Compatible media types : DVD-R, DVD-RW Seq., DVD-RW RO, DVDRAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, DL DVD+R, DL DVD-R
2011-03-10 10:35:11 Info Drive has IDE-ATAPI physical interface
2011-03-10 10:35:11 Info New Drive selected : 5:0:0 - TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H652L 0603 [E] (Ide)
2011-03-10 10:35:01 Info Writable disc DVD-R inserted. Ready to write
2011-03-10 10:34:45 Info Parsing disc ...
2011-03-10 10:30:11 Info WRITE SUCCESS: Disc written
2011-03-10 10:30:11 Info Finalization Time 00:00:24 - Total completion time 00:15:41
2011-03-10 10:29:46 Info Write finished in 00:15:16 - Finalization start here. Avg. burn rate 3.87
2011-03-10 10:14:51 Info Lead-in burning time (mS) 21663
2011-03-10 10:14:29 Info Write started 2184576 sectors to write
2011-03-10 10:14:29 Info Init success: DVD-R SAO
2011-03-10 10:14:29 Info Writing speed requested x8.0, effective x8.0
2011-03-10 10:14:29 Info Available write speed: 16x ,12x ,8x ,4x
2011-03-10 10:14:29 Info Media ID: CMC MAG. AM3
2011-03-10 10:14:29 Info Media type: DVD-R
2011-03-10 10:14:29 Info Ultra DMA mode 2 (ATA33)
2011-03-10 10:14:29 Info Scanned files #9, folder #2 - total size 4472907776 b. (4.17 Gb.)
2011-03-10 10:14:29 Info Inserted media type : DVD-R
2011-03-10 10:14:29 Info Write started
2011-03-10 10:14:25 Info Writable disc DVD-R inserted. Ready to write
2011-03-10 10:14:23 Info Compatible media types : DVD-R, DVD-RW Seq., DVD-RW RO, DVDRAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, DL DVD+R, DL DVD-R
2011-03-10 10:14:23 Info Drive has IDE-ATAPI physical interface
2011-03-10 10:14:23 Info New Drive selected : 5:0:0 - TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H652L 0603 [E] (Ide)
2011-03-10 10:13:35 Info Current Drive selected : 5:0:0 - TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H652L 0603 [E] (Ide)
2011-03-10 10:13:35 Info Using Advanced SPTI interface
2011-03-10 10:13:35 Info System default language : English (United States)
2011-03-10 10:13:35 Info User default language : English (United States)
2011-03-10 10:13:35 Info DLL Version : 4.0.15.480
2011-03-10 10:13:35 Info DLL : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8\vso_hwe.dll
2011-03-10 10:13:35 Info Version : 8, 0, 7, 3
2011-03-10 10:13:35 Info ExeName : C:\Program Files\DVDFab 8\DVDFab.exe
2011-03-10 10:13:35 Info OS : Microsoft Windows XP MCE 2005 (Build 2600: Service Pack 3)
2011-03-10 10:13:35 ---- ******************** Log session start 10-Mar 10:13:35.265 PID 3536********************

[Guest]

No DarthCopier was not being rude he was stating the facts.

Simply wiping the disc may not clean it.
Looks can be deceiving.

[Guest]

Your DMA does not need to be reset..
From your log...........

2011-03-10 10:35:17 Info Ultra DMA mode 2 (ATA33)

So the problem is most likely a dirty or defective disc.

[GregiBoy]

Or badly authored one as happens on ocassions.