View Full Version : Weird DVD-RW problem in WinXPx64
Special_K
08-04-2005, 06:50 AM
long story, cut short, is:-
playing BF2 in WinXPx64, and PC crashed (for the first time ever) and rebooted
all software performs as before, but the NEC ND-3520A DVD-RW burniing performance has degraded significantly
before crash, it would burn DVD's at maximum speed and using 5% CPU power
after, it will burn at 2x maximum and uses 80-90% CPU power
WTF!?!?!?
dual boot to WinXPx32 and the problem disappears, so it's not a hardware or a firmware problem and searches for drivers come up empty??
anybody have any ideas?
thx for any input
K
freak22
08-04-2005, 12:37 PM
not really any good ideas. errr maybe try and uninstall the software associated with the burner and reinstall. errr sounds like maybe bad drivers but very odd that its works after u dual boot into WinXPx32. have you tried contacting the company that made the burner or check their website for updates?
I realize that you have most likely done all the above but somtimes we forget the littles things. this is the only reason i suggested them
Peace
Special_K
08-05-2005, 06:38 PM
only thing not tried is a re-install of drivers embedded in windows
how would K go about extracting them from the CD rather than having to go through an entire install/repair routine that hardly ever works?
were you playing the game in that drive?
Special_K
08-06-2005, 03:50 PM
yes
winXPx64 and BF2 both on C:
what is your thinking here IYP?
yes
winXPx64 and BF2 both on C:
what is your thinking here IYP?
that ya may have corrupted something importatn when you crashed in the middle of a data transfer between the drive...id reinstall
freak22
08-06-2005, 06:45 PM
i agree with IYP all the way. sounds like somthing is corrupt
:toast:
Special_K
08-07-2005, 06:19 PM
arghhhhhh damnit
kthx
yeah give it a nice format and update us on the status
Special_K
08-08-2005, 09:18 AM
formatted & re-installed
status: fixed
so in general, is it ok to install games on the same physical harddrive but on a different partition to the OS?
freak22
08-08-2005, 08:06 PM
formatted & re-installed
status: fixed
so in general, is it ok to install games on the same physical harddrive but on a different partition to the OS?
figured that would fix it. :toast: i always install games on the same drive just different partition. i have a 400 gig drive though.