can you overclock a cd or dvd drive?

Da i · 12-16-2007, 05:16 PM

munkyeetr · 12-16-2007, 05:27 PM

I've never heard of overclocking an optical drive, and I can't imagine how you would.

About the only performance increase I could see would be to make sure the Optical drive is on it's own channel (if your using an IDE drive), so it's not sharing with another device.

Da i · 12-16-2007, 06:08 PM

thanks munkyeetr

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munkyeetr Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Victoria, BC Canada Age: 34 Posts: 629	I've never heard of overclocking an optical drive, and I can't imagine how you would. About the only performance increase I could see would be to make sure the Optical drive is on it's own channel (if your using an IDE drive), so it's not sharing with another device. __________________ If the advice you receive helps, please post a reply saying so as courtesy to others who will come here with the same problem. MSI MS-7032 MB - Sempron 3000+ 1.8Ghz - 2GB PC3200 500GB Western Digital - 80GB Samsung - 80GB Maxtor (Dualbooting Ubuntu 7.10/Debian Lenny) nVidia GF 5700LE 256MB (AGP) - SoundBlaster 24bit PCI LiteOn DVDRW - Acer AL1916W 19" (2x) Registered Linux User: 448689

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12-16-2007, 06:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
Da i New Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 6	thanks munkyeetr