CDROM Performance

[kosmo1]

I have tested the performance of my CDROM drive (Toshiba 6202B - 32X) and my Yamaha CWW6416S (SCSI Re-Writable) using Easy CD Creator's test, and also using CD Speed 99 available at http://users.glo.be/~erikd/cdspeed.htm
The performance of these two drives doesn't seem that good. I am running Win98SE, and was wondering if there is anyway to make sure i'm getting the best performance from them.

Thanks

[Axel]

What aspect of the CD performance are you looking at?

If you are looking as access speed, you might take a look at your other system components which might be putting an artificial limit on how fast the CD-ROM can pump data.

I'd start with looking for the latest drivers for your CD-ROM drives, your SCSI card, and also your PC-BUS. You might also look at the tolerances of your mobo when it comes to RAM, Can your system utilize SDRAM DIMMS in the 10ns speed range. An older system I have can't handle a DIMM faster than 60ns which limits the performance of some of the other system components I have.

Lastly, perhaps a newer BIOS might help.

Another thing which might slow you down is a cheap video card.

[chrisB]

i also was unhappy with the benchmarks on my 24X cd-rom.so i played around in cmos..my cd is connected to my secondary master controler, but in cmos it was set to NONE. i changed it to auto detect and set the drive parameter for LARGE.(also tried LBA and NORMAL with no change) in advanced chipset set secondary master to pio mode 4/dma 2 and then rebooted and ran the same test again.the performance more than quadrupled. you could give that a shot, you have nothing to lose by trying and if it doesn't work, just put the settings back the way they were.
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