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CPU usage 100% when burning cd? whats wrong?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by psYCHopath, 13 Jun 2005.

  1. psYCHopath

    psYCHopath What's a Dremel?

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    PC Spec.

    the problem is whenever i burn cd....be it data or audio...the cpu usage hits 100% all the time....i have already installed the Adaptec ASPI drivers. change another cd-rw drive but the problem still presist.

    I dont know wuts wrong with the pc.
    can anyone help me :wallbash:
     
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  2. Brew

    Brew What's a Dremel?

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    Nothing is wrong it your comp, burning takes a significant amount of system resources. Plus your system is a little dated as well. When I had an XP it did the same thing until it was finished.
     
    Brew, 13 Jun 2005
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  3. wharrad

    wharrad Minimodder

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    Thinking about it though, my first CD-Writer was on an old 166+ (Cyrix or something, can't remember) with 32MB RAM - and that worked fine.

    Although it was Win98 and Easy CD Creator.
     
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  4. Austin

    Austin Minimodder

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    :thumb: Your CPU usage shouldn't be anywhere near 100%, even with a slow Duron. Usually this type of problem is solved by updating your drive's firmware but it can also commonly be an issue with the IDE drivers or settings. Redownload the latest mobo drivers, install them and then check that DMA/UDMA is enabled in Device Manager.
     
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  5. JuMpErFLY

    JuMpErFLY Minimodder

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    enabling dma fixed it when I had that problem which was when I was using 2k
     
    JuMpErFLY, 13 Jun 2005
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  6. Highland3r

    Highland3r Minimodder

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    Check your running DMA mode, not PIO. Check under device manager in windows.
     
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  7. psYCHopath

    psYCHopath What's a Dremel?

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    It was PIO then i enable DMA. Shut down the pc....but the problem is still there. I'll try the original drivers that came with the mobo... :wallbash:
     
    psYCHopath, 14 Jun 2005
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  8. psYCHopath

    psYCHopath What's a Dremel?

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    its not out dated.... :eyebrow: :grr: :eyebrow:



    found out it was the crappy McAfee 2005 that caused this..when its disabled....all work fine.....

    NO 100% CPU usage.....average 20-25% for wma to cd audio
    and 03-8% for mp3 to cd audio
     
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  9. Froggy

    Froggy What's a Dremel?

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    He only said its a little dated, wich is true.

    BTW, Dark Angel pwns. :)
     
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  10. ConKbot of Doom

    ConKbot of Doom Minimodder

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    I would have put my money on the blue tray... :hehe:

    But it was McAffe eh?
    :p
     
    ConKbot of Doom, 14 Jun 2005
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  11. JADS

    JADS Et arma et verba vulnerant

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    You haven't got anything dumb enabled like auto protection have you? It might have been scanning the files as Nero loaded them into memory to burn them, but that is a just a guess ;)
     
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  12. Austin

    Austin Minimodder

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    :thumb: Norton and McAfee are both over-rated bloatware and I wouldn't recommend them even if they were free. The latest version of AVG is an excellent and FREE antivirus program although there are others too.
     
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  13. psYCHopath

    psYCHopath What's a Dremel?

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    sorry for the late reply :rock:

    @ConKbot of Doom
    means the TDK is good?
    yup McAfee.


    @JADS
    Norton has more functions like you can select some folder not to be auto-scaned, like for bt d/l folder

    @Austin
    Yeah norton alwiz cause problem, same goes to McAfee which doesnt detect virus unless u do teh manual scan

    AVG used it last time...will give it a try again...bye bye McAfee
     
    psYCHopath, 23 Jun 2005
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