Slow CD access while ripping music CD

[JD]

On 06/24/2010 09:58 PM, Paolo Galtieri was caught red-handed while 
writing::
> What's interesting is that at some point it wasn't configured for PIO:
>
> Jun 24 18:26:59 localhost kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
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> For some reason it was reconfigured to PIO.  Obviously this change is 
> what's causing the slowness, but why did it change and how do I force 
> it back to UDMA?
>
> Paolo
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 9:11 PM, JD <jd1008 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jd1008 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On 06/24/2010 08:59 PM, Paolo Galtieri was caught red-handed while
>     writing::
>     >   ata2.00: configured for PIO0
>     >
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>     Why is it configured in programmed I/O mode?
>     I think this is your problem!
>     Here's my dvdrw drive as probed by the kernel:
>     /var/log/messages-20100620:Jun 18 23:26:21 localhost kernel: ata2.00:
>     ATAPI: SlimtypeDVD A  DS8A1P, CX17, max UDMA/33
>
>     Notice it is running in UDMA mode.
>
At power-up,  drop down into bios and change it there.