super slow ripping (considering my system specs)

[dj_kronic]

Running dbpoweramp Reference, full purchased version/everything, Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 w/ 4GB DDR2 667 memory, the works. Obviously no bottleneck there. TSSTcorp SH-S183L optical drive (SATA). Rips top out at about 10x. Is there such a thing as DMA mode on SATA optical drives? What am I doing wrong? What more information can I give in order to assist/pinpoint the problem? Thanks in advance.

[Spoon]

Yes SATA can revert to PIO (as far as I know).

[dj_kronic]

Yes SATA can revert to PIO (as far as I know).

I'm running my SATA in RAID configuration if that makes any difference (don't know if that'd impact anything vs. having them configured in AHCI)

[Spoon]

Have a look at the IDE controller in device manager.

[dj_kronic]

Have a look at the IDE controller in device manager.

the optical drive is SATA, my IDE channels are unused.

[LtData]

Then verify the SATA channel is set to DMA and not PIO.