tdawg
Platinum Member
Hey All,
So, I'm trying to rip a bunch of CD's onto my computer for transfer to my ipod, but I'm having a hard time keeping my cd drives reading the discs. When I started, I ripped 3 or 4 cd's with no problem, but after that, iTunes wouldn't do anything beyond read the disc. When I hit import, it just hangs up for a long time after I tell it to stop trying. I was alternating one or two cd's per drive (1 DVD-ROM, 1 CD-RW), to let them "catch their breath". But now, even after a couple of hours of doing nothing, the same problem persists.
This problem also occurs using CDex to rip cd's. In fact, CDex can't even locate/mount either CD drive. Basically, my drives don't spin up just enough to recognise the cd, but then won't spin up when I actually try to rip them. Both drives are on the same channel (secondary IDE). And I'm not doing anything else with the computer, so all the resources can be devoted to this. My CPU utilization is 100% during ripping and attempted ripping.
FYI - These discs are old, so they don't have any sort of newfandangled copy protection on them.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
System spec:
Athlon 64 3000+ 939 core
512mb dual channel pc3200 RAM
MSI S939 Nforce3 Motherboard
Ti4200 Video Card
Pioneer DVD-ROM
Mitsumi CD-RW
Three or four various hard drives, one on the primary ide channel as the master, the others on a promise IDE controller card.
Windows XP SP2
So, I'm trying to rip a bunch of CD's onto my computer for transfer to my ipod, but I'm having a hard time keeping my cd drives reading the discs. When I started, I ripped 3 or 4 cd's with no problem, but after that, iTunes wouldn't do anything beyond read the disc. When I hit import, it just hangs up for a long time after I tell it to stop trying. I was alternating one or two cd's per drive (1 DVD-ROM, 1 CD-RW), to let them "catch their breath". But now, even after a couple of hours of doing nothing, the same problem persists.
This problem also occurs using CDex to rip cd's. In fact, CDex can't even locate/mount either CD drive. Basically, my drives don't spin up just enough to recognise the cd, but then won't spin up when I actually try to rip them. Both drives are on the same channel (secondary IDE). And I'm not doing anything else with the computer, so all the resources can be devoted to this. My CPU utilization is 100% during ripping and attempted ripping.
FYI - These discs are old, so they don't have any sort of newfandangled copy protection on them.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
System spec:
Athlon 64 3000+ 939 core
512mb dual channel pc3200 RAM
MSI S939 Nforce3 Motherboard
Ti4200 Video Card
Pioneer DVD-ROM
Mitsumi CD-RW
Three or four various hard drives, one on the primary ide channel as the master, the others on a promise IDE controller card.
Windows XP SP2
