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Mr.Fedo
25-09-2009, 04:10
Hi all,
I had this problem for more than 3 months and I think that u can solve it for me, here's the problem : when I put any CD or DVD in my DVD driver, and install or copy something from it my PC becomes too SLOW!!
I have Windows XP SP2, Celeron(R) D CPU 3.07 GHz, 3.00 GB of RAM, and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT (512 M.B)
EMPiRE
25-09-2009, 05:15
If your mainboard has an intel chipset then install Intel "Chipset Software Installation Utility" which you can download from intel.com: http://downloadcenter.intel.com

These drivers also update the IDE/SATA driver which most liley malfunctions, else it could be a hardware related problem then try to connect the drive to a different IDE or SATA port

For a VIA chipset there are similar drivers available
Joe Forster/STA
25-09-2009, 05:44
AMD/ATI: http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx
Intel: http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/inf/
nVidia: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx
VIA: http://www.viaarena.com/Drivers.aspx
Mr.Fedo
26-09-2009, 06:59
i downloaded the last update but it didn't solve the problem :S
TippeX
26-09-2009, 07:37
have you got daemon tools or alcohol installed?
Mr.Fedo
26-09-2009, 13:00
no i haven't
TippeX
26-09-2009, 13:16
okies check the device in windows. check if the drive is running in pio mode.. it should be in dma mode in most cases, because using pio mode can be slower and can eat a lot of cpu cycles compared to dma mode..
Joe Forster/STA
26-09-2009, 15:00
This file should reset the UDMA settings for the primary/secondary master/slave IDE channels. Reboot after adding it to the registry.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000]
"MasterDeviceTimingMode"=-
"MasterDeviceTimingModeAllowed"=dword:ffffffff
"MasterIdDataCheckSum"=-
"MasterDeviceDetectionTimeout"=-
"ResetErrorCountersOnSuccess"=dword:1
"SlaveIdDataCheckSum"=-
"SlaveDeviceTimingMode"=-
"SlaveDeviceTimingModeAllowed"=dword:ffffffff
"SlaveDeviceDetectionTimeout"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0001]
"MasterDeviceTimingMode"=-
"MasterDeviceTimingModeAllowed"=dword:ffffffff
"MasterIdDataCheckSum"=-
"MasterDeviceDetectionTimeout"=-
"ResetErrorCountersOnSuccess"=dword:1
"SlaveIdDataCheckSum"=-
"SlaveDeviceTimingMode"=-
"SlaveDeviceTimingModeAllowed"=dword:ffffffff
"SlaveDeviceDetectionTimeout"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0002]
"MasterDeviceTimingMode"=-
"MasterDeviceTimingModeAllowed"=dword:ffffffff
"MasterIdDataCheckSum"=-
"MasterDeviceDetectionTimeout"=-
"ResetErrorCountersOnSuccess"=dword:1
"SlaveIdDataCheckSum"=-
"SlaveDeviceTimingMode"=-
"SlaveDeviceTimingModeAllowed"=dword:ffffffff
"SlaveDeviceDetectionTimeout"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0003]
"MasterDeviceTimingMode"=-
"MasterDeviceTimingModeAllowed"=dword:ffffffff
"MasterIdDataCheckSum"=-
"MasterDeviceDetectionTimeout"=-
"ResetErrorCountersOnSuccess"=dword:1
"SlaveIdDataCheckSum"=-
"SlaveDeviceTimingMode"=-
"SlaveDeviceTimingModeAllowed"=dword:ffffffff
"SlaveDeviceDetectionTimeout"=-
Mr.Fedo
28-09-2009, 14:26
what is the file that I should add them to? and where can i find it?
Joe Forster/STA
28-09-2009, 14:55
I give up... \o/
Mr.Fedo
01-10-2009, 12:42
I found the registry and I made a notepad file.reg and I imported it and it worked. Thank u all for your help, I really don't know much about these things :P
TippeX
01-10-2009, 22:58
sweet, happy it worked, the main thing you need to find out is WHY your drive changed from DMA to PIO
Mr.Fedo
02-10-2009, 00:52
how can I know?
TippeX
02-10-2009, 01:55
well, if you didn't do it (which i suspect you didn't), i would guess some software installation did it, or maybe starting windows in safe mode did it (though, this shouldn't happen), or maybe you installed some updated chipset drivers...

still, now you know what to check, so its all good :(
cavinsmither
19-03-2010, 02:22
I have new computer according to me it have configuration:
Intel core to duo 180 Gh
4 GB RAM
Wire less optical keyboard and Mouse
230 GB Hard disk
1 GB Graphics Card
DVD writer combo drive...
but there is problem in speed why its happened please suggest me.
avatar09
16-05-2010, 22:07
i downloaded the last update but it didn't solve the problem :S

Better run some anti-virus or check for registry errors. These are the most prominent cases which leads to PC slow down during installations..