My CD drive takes too long to read CD's.

**Ninti the Mad** · 03-03-2004, 09:03 AM

Is there any way to fix this?

SOmetimes I will go into Gamespy and click on a room and it will sometimes take around a minute before the CD starts spinning.

Then the room sometimes ends up full because of it.

**Ninti the Mad** · 03-04-2004, 10:04 AM

KHY

**Ninti the Mad** · 03-08-2004, 08:41 AM

rtf4

**Silent** · 03-09-2004, 10:18 AM

Seriously, I know it's the joke answer, but reformatting probably wouldn't hurt.

**Bad Company** · 03-09-2004, 08:13 PM

First things first.
I'd look at the CD's themselves, are they scratched or damaged? The CD player won't like that.
I'd then do a backup then a reformat.
If that doesnt work I'd replace the CD Drive, they wear out after a while, and I had the same problem so I replaced it. You can pick em up for like $20 these days. No Point in pissing around.

**Ninti the Mad** · 03-13-2004, 09:10 AM

It's been slow even after I've reformatted.

I dont get rid of it because it's also my burner but another CD drive to read CD's and another to burn sounds like a good idea. So good that I cant believe I didnt think of it.

**Bad Company** · 03-16-2004, 10:37 PM

get a dvd writer, you wont regret it

**samichna** · 03-16-2004, 11:02 PM

Reformat

**Matchbox** · 03-17-2004, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ninti the Mad

Is there any way to fix this?

SOmetimes I will go into Gamespy and click on a room and it will sometimes take around a minute before the CD starts spinning.

Then the room sometimes ends up full because of it.

Go to Control Panel-System Settings-Performance-CDROM and make sure you have it set for quad speed or higher and that the Supplemental Cache size is at it's largest. If you can you might want to increase the cache size. It may be insufficient for the games you are playing.

Then clear up some disk space by deleting excess crap. Run Scandisk and then defrag.

Hope this helps.

03-03-2004, 09:03 AM	#1
Ninti the Mad Mad as in crazy, dumbass Posts: 27,739	My CD drive takes too long to read CD's. Is there any way to fix this? SOmetimes I will go into Gamespy and click on a room and it will sometimes take around a minute before the CD starts spinning. Then the room sometimes ends up full because of it.

03-04-2004, 10:04 AM	#2
Ninti the Mad Mad as in crazy, dumbass Posts: 27,739	KHY

03-08-2004, 08:41 AM	#3
Ninti the Mad Mad as in crazy, dumbass Posts: 27,739	rtf4

03-09-2004, 10:18 AM	#4
Silent Posts: 10,880	Seriously, I know it's the joke answer, but reformatting probably wouldn't hurt.

03-09-2004, 08:13 PM	#5
Bad Company Mad Posts: 26,228	First things first. I'd look at the CD's themselves, are they scratched or damaged? The CD player won't like that. I'd then do a backup then a reformat. If that doesnt work I'd replace the CD Drive, they wear out after a while, and I had the same problem so I replaced it. You can pick em up for like $20 these days. No Point in pissing around.

03-13-2004, 09:10 AM	#6
Ninti the Mad Mad as in crazy, dumbass Posts: 27,739	It's been slow even after I've reformatted. I dont get rid of it because it's also my burner but another CD drive to read CD's and another to burn sounds like a good idea. So good that I cant believe I didnt think of it.

03-16-2004, 10:37 PM	#7
Bad Company Mad Posts: 26,228	get a dvd writer, you wont regret it

03-16-2004, 11:02 PM	#8
samichna TAKE IT EACE Posts: 27,417	Reformat