CD-ROM does not spin when tested

[Bob Stromberg]

Hi,
Using the CD/DVD Drive test on an NEC DVD/RW ND-3550A), I'm getting a low value on the Read Speed: 0.06 MB/sec = (0x CD).

The drive does not spin during this test. There is a commercial audio CD in the drive. I suspect I'm not running the test correctly.

I looked in the online help. I searched these forums and could not find posts (I tried CD, CD-ROM, and CDROM as search arguments).

Any thoughts on what's awry?

Thanks in advance.

Bob

[David (PassMark)]

Can you try
1) Using Windows Explorer, copy all the files from the CD to your hard disk and see if it happens at a resonable speed
2) Try with another CD ans post the results. e.g. the Windows installation CD

Do you happen to know if the CD has any copy protection on it?

[Bob Stromberg]

1) Copying a data CD containing jpegs (238 MB) works as expected.
2) Using the same data CD, the CD spun for several seconds (1/2 a minute?) and the CD Read result was 3.39, a reasonable number.

I don't think the commercial CD has copy protection on it -- it plays fine in Windows Media Player and iTunes.

Looks like the performance check does not work with an audio CD.