Why is my computer so slow when I am burning a cd?

[Atlantean]

I am running a yamaha 20x burner with windows 2k pro, and using nero to burn, and whenever I burn a disc, my computer is incredibly slow. Any idea what is causing this (also have a 1.4 ghz amd processor with 512 mbs, is it slow because of the processor maybe?

 

[Wolfsraider]

do you have the burner on the same ide as the hdd? ie primary hdd slave secondary on the same cable?

 

[Atlantean]

I have the cd burner on the same ide as the dvd drive, but that shouldn't make ang difference should it?

 

[KF]

It doesn't take much CPU power to process the data or keep up with it. I suppose the burner software (like Nero) hogs near 100% of the available time to make sure there are no lapses in delivering data to the burner, and gives up very little time for user input. They generally tell you not to run anything else while you are burning.

Ever try to do something while the floppy is busy?

 

[optimistic]

Easy. Set all your devices to run in DMA mode. Installing Via 4-1 drives will also set your drives to run in DMA mode.

 

[bozo1]

Assuming you're using the same motherboard you have listed in your profile, like was said, make sure you install Via's 4-in-1 drivers but do not install the AGP part as your AMD northbridge would be upset with you.

 

[UlricT]

ok... i had the same problem a week back. On checking my device manager, it turned out that the IDE channel on which the burner was hooked up was set to PIO mode. This uses up CPU and hard-disk time much more than DMA mode does. You can change this to "DMA if avaiable". If this setting is not there, the first thing you gotta do is check in the BIOS whether there is any setting for changing this. The thing that worked for e was deleting the secondary IDE controller ( on which the burner was) and restarting windows. On restart, windows recognised the IDE channel, and set it to DMA!!! so try that out if you wanna....

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: optimistic
Easy. Set all your devices to run in DMA mode. Installing Via 4-1 drives will also set your drives to run in DMA mode.