I bought a Pioneer 105sz 16x dvd drive for my computer, the specifications are as follows:
Athlon 1ghz
Abit kt7a mobo
Ati Radeon 64meg DDR
30 gig IBM ata 100 hard drive
My problem is this, when i installed as a secondary ide device it would not play a dvd film properly, just wasn't smooth. I tried 4 different programmes elsa, Ati, power DVD and win Dvd and it wouldn't work on any.
As a last resort i did exactly what it tells you not to do in my mobo manual, which is to connect it to the same cable as the hard drive (ata 66/100) cable.
It now plays Dvd's fine but i get crappy Dvd speeds of between 1 - 1.5 speed when ripping dvd's on smart ripper.
I am sure it does not read cd's at 40 x as it is supposed to also.
Does any one have any suggestions what i am doing wrong.
Athlon 1ghz
Abit kt7a mobo
Ati Radeon 64meg DDR
30 gig IBM ata 100 hard drive
My problem is this, when i installed as a secondary ide device it would not play a dvd film properly, just wasn't smooth. I tried 4 different programmes elsa, Ati, power DVD and win Dvd and it wouldn't work on any.
As a last resort i did exactly what it tells you not to do in my mobo manual, which is to connect it to the same cable as the hard drive (ata 66/100) cable.
It now plays Dvd's fine but i get crappy Dvd speeds of between 1 - 1.5 speed when ripping dvd's on smart ripper.
I am sure it does not read cd's at 40 x as it is supposed to also.
Does any one have any suggestions what i am doing wrong.