If you are using Windows 9x you could use Nero DriveSpeed

ntalaec wrote on 2021-08-31, 20:58:

If you are using Windows 9x you could use Nero DriveSpeed

Unfortunately I'm using dos 6.22 so I'm stuck with win 3.1 🙁

AppleSauce wrote on 2021-08-31, 15:06:

Hey I was just wondering , does anyone know of a way to permanently slow down a cd rom drive to 4x? Maybe by flashing it or jum […]
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Hey I was just wondering , does anyone know of a way to permanently slow down a cd rom drive to 4x?
Maybe by flashing it or jumper settings?

I've used cd be quiet but opening the drive to swap disks will reset the speed back to the regular speed.
The drive is a Sony CDU 4811 btw.

Although not a permanent solution but you can slow down your CD drive to even 4x speed every time your PC starts by running cdbq.exe from autoexec.bat.

My teac has drivers where you can push a speed parameter. I have it set to 4x. I have no idea if cd drivers are interchangeable though. I think Phil hosts it.

Yeah I already set it to change the speed at boot up with autoexec.bat which is fine , I just wish opening the drive wouldn't reset the speed.
I might look at those drivers though , thanks for the recommendation.

In the end I got a 4x speed nec cdr 273 it just needs a service , seems to read CD-Rs just fine. And now I don't have to bother with tsrs.

AppleSauce wrote on 2021-11-04, 03:19:

And now I don't have to bother with tsrs.

If you're talking about CDBeQuiet! that's not a TSR.

It just sets the drive to the relevant speed and then quits. Says so in the readme as well.

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2021-11-04, 05:27:

AppleSauce wrote on 2021-11-04, 03:19:

And now I don't have to bother with tsrs.

If you're talking about CDBeQuiet! that's not a TSR.

It just sets the drive to the relevant speed and then quits. Says so in the readme as well.

Righto my bad , is that why the drive resets the speed then? Bequiet just tells the firmware to slow down then it closes itself? And if you open the drive then the firmware resets itself and be quiet is no longer there to reset the speed?

AppleSauce wrote on 2021-11-04, 06:21:

Righto my bad , is that why the drive resets the speed then? Bequiet just tells the firmware to slow down then it closes itself? And if you open the drive then the firmware resets itself and be quiet is no longer there to reset the speed?

The author of CDBQ said that some drives are designed that way and that it cannot be worked around, other than by running the program again whenever the tray is opened.

I've noticed the same behavior with Nero Drive Speed under Win9x, so it does seem to be a hardware/firmware issue. Doesn't really bother me much since games rarely ask you to change disks, other than during installation.

I have seen many 12x crom units floating around testing one revealed no difference in noise level compared to a 4x unit perhaps that could be a goal than reboot set drive speed 😀

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2021-11-04, 08:25:

AppleSauce wrote on 2021-11-04, 06:21:

Righto my bad , is that why the drive resets the speed then? Bequiet just tells the firmware to slow down then it closes itself? And if you open the drive then the firmware resets itself and be quiet is no longer there to reset the speed?

The author of CDBQ said that some drives are designed that way and that it cannot be worked around, other than by running the program again whenever the tray is opened.

I've noticed the same behavior with Nero Drive Speed under Win9x, so it does seem to be a hardware/firmware issue. Doesn't really bother me much since games rarely ask you to change disks, other than during installation.

I have an old game im playing for nostalgias sake called chronicles of the sword , it literally won't let you load a save later into the game unless you insert disc 1 first after selecting the save then swap to disc 2 im guessing as a copy protection measure. So I guess it depends.