The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    DVD/CD drive Slows down Inspiron 9400

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by cheap_Deal, Aug 23, 2007.

  1. cheap_Deal

    cheap_Deal Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    44
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    i need help.
    every time i try to burn a dvd or play a dvd my laptop slows down, the cursor does not move on the screen smoothly all clicks are delayed for a few secs and programs run real slow.
    is there some setting that is wrong on the dvd properties? only happens when i try to read or write a dvd.

    on a dual core processor cant one watch a video while burning some documents on a dvd?
     
    cheap_Deal, Aug 23, 2007
    #1
  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    7,197
    Messages:
    28,841
    Likes Received:
    2,170
    Trophy Points:
    581
    I think the IDE interface has dropped into PIO mode. Windows can do this if it has reading problems. PIO means all the memory access is through the CPU, so it has no time to anything else.

    See the workaround in the link above. Basically, you uninstall the secondary IDE channel (assuming that is where the ODD is connected) and let Windows redetect it. This will restore the interface to UDMA-2.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Aug 23, 2007
    #2
  3. cheap_Deal

    cheap_Deal Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    44
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    whoa, that was easy. thanks.
     
    cheap_Deal, Aug 24, 2007
    #3
  4. cheap_Deal

    cheap_Deal Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    44
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    ok the same problem from post 1 happened to me again. why does it keep recurring? is it because of bad cds or some problem with the dvd drive?
     
    cheap_Deal, Nov 17, 2007
    #4
  5. sinstoic

    sinstoic Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    214
    Messages:
    1,028
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Looks like driver issues. If you have some time this weekend, please backup your data and reinstall the OS and drivers.
     
    sinstoic, Nov 17, 2007
    #5