NForce3 Chipset + Maxtor Problem

Hey Guys wonder if you'll could please help me with this weird problem i have:
Recently i purchased a Maxtor 250GB IDE Drive.Its connected on IDE1 as MASTER On IDE2 i have a samsung dvd-writer on master.The problem is once i install the nVidia ide driver my writer stops reading and the pc freezes up while it trys to read.Once i uninstall the nVidia IDE Driver it works fine but the
problem now is when i burn DVDS OR CDS My CPU Usage is between 80-> 90% and i cant do anyting else .And DVDS take 25mins to burn as the buffer level on the writer goes up and down.Ive heard theres a problem with maxtor drives and the nVidia Chipset.Its not the writer cause i tried a new one and it does the same thing takes very long to burn.Need a solution please
Thanks.

Quote from: EXODIA on 19-June-06, 15:37:44
Have a Segate 120GB SATA on sata4 with windows on it,IDE1 Master is the Samsung DVD-WRITER,IDE2 Master is the Maxtor 250GB.Using the Drivers of the NEO2 Motherboard disk.Could you give me a link for the 4.79 IDE/SATA Drivers
Thanks.
You can get the drivers, and a load of other contenders at http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=19. Which drive are you trying to boot from? An interesting insert in a recent Asus A8N-E manual state sthat the boot order priority for nForce4 SATA is 3,4,1,2 depending on drives being present... apparently overriding or conflicting with whatever is specified in the BIOS boot order.

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Originally posted by naedaneth
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