50x speed cd rom that reads at about 4x ?

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General Software Discuss, 50x speed cd rom that reads at about 4x ? at Software forum; Any 1 got any idea why this would be doing this.When i install something it takes 4 eva and drives me nuts. Win 98 Athlon 750 128 mg ram. Ps in system properties for cd drive its quad or higher.

stewrat (New on Forum): Posts: 10; Posted: 12-06-2000

Any 1 got any idea why this would be doing this.When i install something it takes 4 eva and drives me nuts. Win 98 Athlon 750 128 mg ram. Ps in system properties for cd drive its quad or higher.

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Meurz (CD Freaks Junior Member): Posts: 50; Posted: 12-06-2000

Well I have a 40 X drive and it's also slow.
It's because a 40 x cdromdrive can only read that fast at the outer edge of the cd.
And those settings are correct so don't worry about it. There's just nothing u can do about it.

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