2x ripping w/ Lite-on LTD163?!

[AlienZombie]

I'm new to ripping so bear with me. I started smartripper and was getting rip speeds around 2x with a 16x dvd drive. I know the read and rip speeds aren't likely to be identical (I wasn't expecting 16x rip speeds) but this is ridiculous. So I got the Nero dvd-drive speed prog and here are my results:
Nero DVD Speed
12 January 2002 - 19:52:10
Drive information

Vendor LITEON
Product DVD-ROM LTD163
Firmware Version GH5E
Disc information
Type DVD-ROM
Length 4.21 GB
Test results

Transfer rate
Average 2.12 X
Start 2.01 X
End 2.13 X
Reading type CAV

Seek Times
Random Seek 104 ms
1/3 Seek 114 ms
Full Seek 183 ms

CPU usage
1X 47 %
Max Speed 22 %

Interface
Burst Rate 0.91 MB/s

Spin Up/Down Time
Spin Up Time 1.80 sec
Spin Down Time 3.22 sec

Disc Eject Time 1.38 sec
Disc Load Time 2.46 sec
Disc Recognition Time 8.23 sec


And to answer some potential questions: I don't see any option to enable DMA on this, but it is enabled on all my other drives. It's set as the Secondary master. I'm running Win98 with the latest ASPI layer. Specs: 1.5GHZ P4, 512MB RDRAM, 60GB HDD (primary master), Liteon LTD-163 dvd-rom drive (Secondary master), Liteon LTR-24102b CD-RW (primary slave), Abit TH72 Mobo, GF3 Ti500.

So can anyone explain why my ripping speeds are so slow for me on this drive?

[mrbass]

not sure but I have the same Liteon -163 and I average around 6,000KB/sec. Sometimes I get close to 10,000. My DMA is enabled. But I'm using WinXP. Possible you need a firmware update...just a guess.