Burner Problem

[DoubleDwn]

Ok,

I have a 24X lite on Burner and it works great, except whenever I burn a cd it slows down my whole system. It's hard to use instant messenger services or browse the web or whatever. I have a decent rig, 1.4 ghz athlon, 256 megs DDR.

Do I need more ram?? Is this normal?

Thanks

[DoubleDwn]

I'm using Nero.

I'll try playing with the settings...

ya, I installed some other apps, I'm going to try them out and see.

[rajatQ2]

Originally posted by DoubleDwn


Do I need more ram?? Is this normal?

Thanks

hey man,
Check and see if its the processor or the ram that is in short supply while using the burner. In 2k / XP, hit Control-Shift-Escape to rbing up task manager, click the performance tab, and tell us what you see.
If you have some other OS, use "system monitor" which is i htink on the windows tools.
I use nero, and have noticed that it is a processor hog. I dont like nero very much, but i like adaptec much less
good luck

[LPMiller]

you need to double check that DMA mode is active on the drive. PIO mode would slow you down.

[DeepFreeze]

check mode.

[Hoser]

Are you burning a CD to CD, or from the hard drive to the CD? Make sure that your source and destination are on different IDE channels.

[DoubleDwn]

how do I change modes? Is it software or hardware? Do I have to jumper something?

thanks

[DoPeY5007]

Originally posted by DoubleDwn
how do I change modes?
thanks

depends on what OS you are using.....


what OS?

[Ladogaboy]

Originally posted by DoubleDwn
how do I change modes? Is it software or hardware? Do I have to jumper something?

thanks

I thought that DMA/PIO is controlled through bios?

[Splitfyre]

If its a 2000 or XP box, under System, go to the Performance option and optimize it for Applications rather than Background Services as most burning apps can benefit from this.

[LPMiller]

Originally posted by Ladogaboy


I thought that DMA/PIO is controlled through bios?

No, DMA is handled by the OS, if supported.

Under Win XP/2000 go into the device manager, and for the IDE Primary and Secondary properties, select DMA if available under the Advanced tab.

Under 98/me, the procedure is the same, only you select dma for the drive itself, not the IDE chain.

[Ladogaboy]

Originally posted by LPMiller


No, DMA is handled by the OS, if supported.

Under Win XP/2000 go into the device manager, and for the IDE Primary and Secondary properties, select DMA if available under the Advanced tab.

Under 98/me, the procedure is the same, only you select dma for the drive itself, not the IDE chain.

Really? My motherboard has the option to enable or disable DMA and PIO modes.

[LPMiller]

True, but it is the OS that determines whether or not it uses those modes. 98/ME for example, frequently picks PIO over DMA because some devices don't support it, and even those that do can cause stability issues, especially with devices that aren't as DMA capable as they claim. XP is more likely to select DMA, but again with certain burners, it will default to PIO. This will override whatever setting is in the BIOs.

Besides, I believe those BIO's setting are just for hard drives, not CDRW/CDROMS.

[Ladogaboy]

Originally posted by LPMiller
True, but it is the OS that determines whether or not it uses those modes. 98/ME for example, frequently picks PIO over DMA because some devices don't support it, and even those that do can cause stability issues, especially with devices that aren't as DMA capable as they claim. XP is more likely to select DMA, but again with certain burners, it will default to PIO. This will override whatever setting is in the BIOs.

Besides, I believe those BIO's setting are just for hard drives, not CDRW/CDROMS.

Ahhh, okay, that makes sense now.