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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:08:45 +0100, Signal <signal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Signal <signal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Built a machine a few months back and my previously flawless drives (a
>>Liteon DVD reader and NEC DVD writer) started behaving
>>temperamentally. [Rest of the machine is fine]. Both drives struggle
>>to read some discs, which were no problem before (including pressed
>>CDs in the Liteon). The writer often craps out when using rewritable
>>CDs, again never had a problem before.
>>
>>They are both IDE drives, master/slave jumpers are correct.
>>Motherboard is a Gigabyte P35C-DSR3.
>>
>>Any suggestions as to why this is happening.. possible remedies I can
>>try out? TIA
>
>Replying to my own post here since I fixed the problem... one for the
>archives.
Nice move, thanks for thinking of it.
>Some motherboards come with a J-micron SATA controller which also
>controls the IDE ports. The J-micron driver supplied with the board
>was buggy in the IDE implementation. A driver update and the drives
>are behaving normally again.
>
>http://www.station-drivers.com/page/jmicron.htm
Arr. Another reason never to use the supplied drivers, always hit the
Web for the latest.
Difficult if you're rebuilding the only PC in the house, but that
doesn't seem to happen much any more!
Cheers - Jaimie
--
I like my coffee how I like my women...
but I can't get coffee that's independent, intelligent and has a
career of its own. - Eric Jarvis, urs
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