drscouse Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Recently got an external DVDRW:Samsung SH-S224Q/EUBN 22x DVD±RW External Dual Layer LightScribe ReWriter connected to:Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H AMD 780G Micro-ATX (Socket AM2) The board supports USB CDROM booting, which I have enabled....As I had to free up case space in a micro atx system, I thought it would be a good option, as I could move it about, and hopefully use it to install XP etc..However, when i tried this, speed was shockingly slow.. you could actually see each driver being loaded on initial windows setup, pre file copy.. I would guestimate that the XP install time would be a couple of hours at this speed.... Im sure it was transfering at 1.1 speeds, and not usb2...Should such devices work at usb2 speed, or is this software/driver controlled.. which would not be present during bootup or during OS install process?Any ideas??Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I use the same DVD-RW drive here and on the 780G chipset before, no problems here with slow transfer speeds. I must say that I don´t use the cable that came with it nor do I use the ports at the front of the case as some cases still use poor wiring that only qualifies as “good enough” for USB 1.1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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