Re: why does a Cd-Writer Take so much resources

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> "jobsworth" <clara@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1123877596.29007.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have for the past few years only used a single bay SFF Type PC, and have
> > just upgraded froma P3-733 to a new Compaq unit with a P4 3.2Gig Processor
> > and 1gb Ram. But i still ahve the same problem, when burining a CD
> > (generally I use Clone CD) The whole machine slows right down and you
> > really
> > have to wait for the burning to finsh before you can do anythinig, Now
> > generally im quite busy on the system answering emails ect and its very
> > frustrating that this still happens. I was assured by the rep that if i
> > bought this system this hold up problem would not be there, but it still
> > is.
> > Is there anyway around this ?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >

> Find out what ide channel the burner is on
> Go into device manager and check that it is at least UDMA 33 (MODE 2)
> If it shows PIO MODE then remove the actuall ide channel and reboot and let
> xp redetect it.

This PIO mode setting is usually the consequence of a brain dead bios
setting a PIO mode and NT5.x taking it's cue from that. You can usually
change the setting to "DMA if available" and a reboot should allow you
to confirm if the setting was accepted (as it usually is with a modern
writer).

There's normally no need to go to the extreme of removing the ide
channel to force a redetect, but it might be worth doing as a last
resort if the normal method fails to produce the goods.

If even this fails, it's usually down to a chipset driver problem. It
might be worth checking out whether a windows update lists any driver
updates B4 downloading the latest drivers from the manufacturer's
website. However, Compaq usually don't need such updates on recently
supplied machines, but it won't harm anything to check in case a recent
update became available just after the PC was built (which could have
been several months B4 you bought it).

> If it still isnt right go into bios and check if there is a turbo settings
> or high performance setting and turn it on!

There usually isn't such a setting (I've never seen one anyway). This
is one area of bios settings that's set automatically without a manual
override. In the case of Compaq, there are very few fine tuning options,
if any, available.

HTH

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Regards, John.

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