need serious help with new rig

InspectahACE · Post by **InspectahACE** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:51 pm

howdy...got my core 2 duo setup niecly..only huge hitch is my dvd drive is actin like the bastard red headed stepchild now..it stutters like crazy when i put a dvd in..and installing a game or program take 2-4 times longer..its my first time using a sata hard drive so i dont if thats causinf an issue with the ide dvd writer..my bios doesnt see it on the primary or slave but it sees it on the boot sequence screen..new build in 5 years so im kind of at a loss on why this is happening..help would be GREATLY appreciated..other than that it works great just shits on the whole idea of havin a bomb rig with a crappy dvd drive when the drive itself is brand new and worked flawlessly on my older rig

Baddad53 · Post by **Baddad53** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:58 pm

I don't believe new Sata drive interface uses master/slave anymore so that maybe one of your problems.

InspectahACE · Post by **InspectahACE** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:38 pm

no it doesnt..least from what i read in the manual...but my dvd burner is slow and stuttery as hell..other than that everything is perfect..

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:59 pm

The SATA hard drive shouldnt be messing up the IDE DVD drive, have you made sure that the jumper select pins are in the right places on the DVD drive? And that the power connector is properly in?

Dan

InspectahACE · Post by **InspectahACE** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:35 pm

well i put the jumper in the master slot after i got home from work for lunch...still havin the problem:(:( dammit:(

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:18 pm

Can you go on device manager (right click my computer, properties, hardware, device manager) and see if there are any problems with the hardware, like an excliamation mark next to the DVD drive or something.

I presume that you ahve double checked that the IDE cable is in properly and the right way around. There are no other drives on that cable right?

Hmm... You could try checking the MSI site for the latest BIOS, what DVD drive do you have?

Dan

InspectahACE · Post by **InspectahACE** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:02 am

well...i switched my jumper to master..got a lil improvement in performace with a dvd...but still sucks a$$hole...ide cables are in right..device manager says everythings a-ok..i have the Lite-On DVD-RW SOHW-1693S drive..worked flawlessly on my asus p4p800 mobo and northwood...spose i could check for an updated bios even though this mobo is rather brand new but they do roll out updates almost as bad as "MicroShit"..just dont get how everything runs perfect but the dvd drive is like "hahaha u got owned"

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:03 am

Uninstall the drive, then the IDE controller from device manager, then reboot
Let XP reinstall the drivers automatically

You can also try installing an ASPI driver instead of using XP's default driver
get it here
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/speed/soft ... 71_exe.htm

InspectahACE · Post by **InspectahACE** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:57 am

in my device manager it shows 3 primary and 3 secondary ide channels..it also shows a "standard dual channel PCI IDE contoller"..i uninstalled the primary ide channels..but should i have done the secondary as well ?...i did get very lil increase on performance after uninstallin the primary 3 channels..but i didnt do the other 3 secondary ones..also thought of the video driver but i would assume even the games would be trippin too..i dunno...im very bummed out but will try the aspi drivers as one of the last resorts before tryin a fresh reinstall of windows ..lol..this really sucks..

InspectahACE · Post by **InspectahACE** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:38 am

im sure its a suptid question but hey....would windows be bitchy bout havin the master setting on the dvd drive when windows was installed with the slave setting? just anohter thought of what could be wrong..figured id ask before i get crazy and reinstall windows to see how that goes

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 3:25 pm

hmm, windows is know for being temperamental, if you've got the time a reinstall might help.

Just seen this for a strange minimum requirement on the LiteOn website:

HDD must have access time < 20 ms; with a minimum of 650 MB free space

Can see why though if your burning DVD's.

A long shot could be upgrading/re-installing the drives firmware:
Look here for your drive, though if you bought it in the last year, odds are that it was already the latest firmware.

After youve tried all that, i think im out of idea's. Sorry. lol, I guess you could always try blowing into the drive incase its dust on the lense

Dan

InspectahACE · Post by **InspectahACE** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:00 pm

yea tried the air dister lol..think im gonn aend up resintallgni windows..i know the jumper setting shouldnt matter but its the only thing i can think of that could have really jinxed me...either that or the motherboard just doesnt like me..which is fine since im still under the return policy:D killer mobo tho for $130 after tax at fry's (with exception to the dvd drive issue lol)

Post by **Apoptosis** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:13 pm

what DVD-Rom is this exactly? Just curious as I didn't see it listed.

Bwall · Post by **Bwall** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:18 am

MSI should really put manuals on their website.

Ok, I've seen two different pictures of this board, the one on MSI's site has all 5 SATA ports the same color, the one at Newegg show 4 purple and the other kind of a Navy Blue. Make sure that you aren't using the Navy colored one as it's the JMicron controller and may have issues. The other 4 ports are on the Intel southbridge and should work much better.
If your ports are all the same color just try changing to a different SATA port.

InspectahACE · Post by **InspectahACE** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:31 am

yes msi should put manuals on the site...i couldnt find one on there at all...my dvd drive is a Lite-On DVD-R/RW SOHW 1693S..hope i can get this fixed..lol..gaming and everything on my HD is near godlike.. somethin ive never really experienced just plain CRAZY:)..but movies on the dvd drive and installing ANYTHING just sucks:( took the drive literally almost an hour to install windows for me..on a Conroe of all things lol..had some minor improvement durin the issue with the help here..just still doesnt want to stop acting up

InspectahACE · Post by **InspectahACE** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:44 am

well i got the damn thing to work now...and all it was a was a stupid damn driver ...this was the first time i ever used a sata HD so i had no idea i had to install the raid drivers since i thought raid was only for more than one drive..but it worked...i just know my friend looked it up and he said he saw a lil comment sayin that the raid driver fixed it so i tried it and it worked...i thank everyone for the help...i knew i was gonna have "fun" with the new technology since i upgraded from agp ddr and whut not...thanks for the helpetho guys:):):):)now i can spend money on my truck now which is much needed