mad lag from drives

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 8:49 pm

for about 3 days now iv been getting really bad lag if i try to rip a dvd or burn a cd. if i just play a cd its fine on dvd play back the movie seems to skip a little this happens on all 3 of my drives. i was thinking it might be bcouse i didnt restart my comp in a while but i restarted and it still happens. i have windows 2k and i did enable DAM on my ide channels. also i have the asus a7n8x-x mother board and a athlon 2800 barton core.
any ideas

akicafe · Post by **akicafe** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 8:31 am

first try to cold boot your computer (turn power off, unplug and discharge any static, then plugin and restart.)

since you have three drives, try and keep only one drive in use at a time, this usually lets the OS spend less time keeping all three drives running.

My other thoughts include that maybe your power supply is too weak to support the added stress of three drives, or you have too little ram to be running three drives.

either or, hope this helps a bit.

JmSplat · Post by **JmSplat** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 1:23 pm

Also really check to see if something is eating up your CPU usage. Goto the task manager (ctrl+alt+delete) and click on the Processes tab. If there's something using an unusally large amount of cpu close it and see if that helps. Has it only happened recently or have you always been getting bad lag?

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 10:16 pm

it just happend recnetly. i have 1gig of pc 2700 ddr so i dont think the ram is a problem. it happens even when one drive is in use. and there are no programs runing that shouldnt be runing.

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 10:34 pm

maybe a defrag could help. i havent done it in a while

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 2:04 pm

so no one knows how to fix this

there has to be a way

akicafe · Post by **akicafe** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 7:01 pm

I could be blatent:

switch to a mac!

just kidding, but if you've already tried anything we've suggested here, then maybe it's time to geta diagnostic from a pro?

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 7:34 pm

maybe. but i dont know any pros. i guess i could post in a diff forum. but first ill try to run a windows repair and see if that fixes it. i hope is not a mobo problem

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 7:37 pm

if you already defrag'd, than try some of these suggestins:

1) Update your drivers for your CD-brner
2) Resintall your cd-b drivers
3) Uninstall your cd-b drivers, shut down your comp, remove the cd-burner, reboot, turn off, reattach cd-burner, boot, hardware should be detected automatically, install drivers once in desktop screen
4) something

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 7:38 pm

AHHHH WTF i just burned a cd and no lag. and its not like i did anything to fix it coz after i defraged i was still getting it. maybe its becouse yesterday i took the whole damn thing apart coz i cut a new window out. maybe that fixed it or something
so yea it all works now thanx for the help