A Tip For Anyone Buying A Dfi Nf2 Ultra Rev. B

[wamason]

A while back I posted a problem in the storage forum, concerning extremely slow performance of my DVDRW and CDRW drives. I found the problem. Apparently my DFI LanParty NF2 Ultra "B" had set each drive to PIO mode 4, and not UDMA. When burning a CD, it took almost 7 minutes to burn a full CD, and utilized the CPU almost 100%, making the PC unuseable. After I changed the modes to UDMA, I get performance consistent with my previous Mobo, an Abit NF7. Now I can burn a full CD (data or audio) in about 2 minutes, with max CPU load of about 12%.

 

These settings came pre-set on my DFI board. Just thought I would pass this along for anyone planning to buy this board. Others may or may not be set the same way. Also, this is an awesome board for a socket A. Definitely my favorite.