WindowsXP Home SP2.
Hi, Around February 25th 2005 I basicly became a new owner of a Plextor PX-716UF TLA# 0202 Manufactured December 2004 USB2.0 connected (replace an old Lacie Pioneer 105). I flashed to FW1.04II soon as I got it. For the
first couple weeks it worked fine. Ripped DVD’s using DVDDecrypter
~10.0x speeds.
About 2 weeks ago it started acting strange. It would start ripping
around 5.0x and drop to 0.0x and start back around 5.0x again over and
over and had a serious vibration coming from it. So I called Plextor
and RMA’d it. Today my replacement arived with a different Serial# but
with the same TLA#0202 but the FW is 1.04. I tried rippind a DVD and it
starts around 5.0x, drops to ~2.0x and speeds up to 3.0x to 3.5x and
settles around that speed. I flashed to FW 1.05 and tried another rip
but got the same speed results. But luckly no vibration. It runs
smooth. I figured Plextols Pro’s may have caused the speed drop on the
first burner so I uninstalled it before getting my replacement. I never
ran any of Plextools tests because I haven’t a clue about them.
I’ve checked and my DMA is correct. I read were WinXP SP2 would
sometimes get confused and set to PIO but still say DMA so I
uninstalled the ULTRA ATA Storage Controller under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllors and rebooted. I tried ripping the DVD againg and again it
starts around 5.0x, drops to ~2.0x and speeds up to 3.0x to 3.5x and
settles around that speed.
Any idea how I can get my ripping speeds back to around 10x’s?