Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 18 Apr 1999 18:12:16 -0400 | From | Bob Cthulhu <> | Subject | RE: Cdrom doesn't always detect at correct speed |
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>> Occasionally (about 1 out of every 4 reboots), my CD-ROM drive will be >> detected as a 4X drive (and run as one), instead of a 40X ATAPI drive, as it >> should be. This problem was actually happening with less frequency under >> 2.0.0 than it currently has under 2.2.5. The freaky thing is, it is totally >> unpredictable as to when it will be detected incorrectly. > >It sounds like your drive is behaving strangely. The speed gets >reported as part of the capabilites page of the drive. What about the >buffer, for example, does that change sporadically too? ide-cd just >believes what the drive returns, so there is nothing that can be done >about it. It doesn't have any impact on performance, so the "error" >is just cosmethic. >
Actually, no - the buffer doesn't change. Also, it's slowed (or stopped) frequency recently. I hardly ever see it any more. Still strange, though.
Hmmm (snaps fingers) actually - I used to try to overclock my 333 to 400, but it's one of the Celerons that doesn't overclock easily, but I left the settings on the motherboard for a 400 mHz CPU. I just recently changed the settings back, since I couldn't figure out a way to trick the chip. About then is the last time I saw the error. Could that have something to do with it, or is it probably just a coincidence?
Thanks for the reply (and sorry for the lateness of mine - I've been away from e-mail for almost a week).
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