Re: Burning cd's makes the computer really really slow
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 01:43 +0000, cirrus wrote:
> Ok I know the answer is somewhere out there but can't seem to find it.
> I've got a 48x speed cd-recorder and whenever I start writing a cd, cpu usage
> goes up to 100%(well almost 100%, can't even play an ogg file properly).
> Grabbing a copy of cdrtools-2 did help when burning iso's. Now i can burn iso
> images in just 3 minutes, but when burning bin/cue images using cdrdao the
> problem is still there(and it takes around 5-10 minutes for each cd). I've
> tried with dma enabled and disabled and played around with the drive settings
> using hdparm, but nothing changed.
Is this by any chance on an asus motherboard? I used to see this often
with an a7v133 and an a7v333. Burning audio or mode2 images would take
over my computer (mode1 data cds didn't seem to have the problem as
much) and moving the mouse or loading a page in a browser would be
ridiculously slow. Also, the system clock would be a few minutes slow
after one burn. After finding a thread on linux-kernel which explained
a few shortcomings with the kernel, burning cds, and via chipset, I
stopped looking for a fix:
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0204.1/0053.html .
Apparently 2.5 will be better with cds.
Recently the a7v333 started refusing to boot at all and I replaced it
with a different board (msi kt3 ultra - same via kt333 chipset as the
a7v333). I've burned a few cds and was very surprised to find that
burning a cd didn't take over the system anymore and the problem with
the clock slowing is gone. audio/mode2 cds still seem to take up cpu
but it's a whole lot better than before. Not sure what's going on...
but I'm happy the problem's gone for me.
Michael
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