SMART RIPPER SLOW

[silenttalk]

WHY O why does this happen, it was fine, then it went to 1.5x on 10x drive (Pioneer), yes I have the correct IDE & M/B drivers installed, and the correct aspi layer.... any ideas

[malexander1983]

I also have a 10X IDE Pioneer DVD-ROM (Slot Loaded) and I was having the same problem you are. I found that Windows wasn't using DMA as the transfer mode. Once I told windows to use DMA as the transfer mode my speeds greatly increased. Under Windows 2000 you can change the DMA setting by going to the device manager, under IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers double click on either the Primary IDE Channel or the Secondary IDE Channel (which ever one your DVD-Rom is connected too) to bring up the configuration window. You will see a drop down box for transfer mode. Make sure you select the option "DMA if available" on both device 0 and device 1. Restart your computer and then go back to that configuration window. It will show the status for the current transfer mode. If all went well it should say "Ultra DMA Mode". SmartRipper should get better speeds now. Hope this helps.