seedy rom

[Merk]

my cdrom drive does weird stuff.
when playing vcd's disc will stutter after a certain period of time

when tryin to make mp3's - even the wavs i copy to the hard drive are filled with pauses as my 32spd cdrom can't keep up.

It's like it can't keep reading data at a sustained rate.
I've tried using cd-quick cache doesn't help
can anyone help?
thanks
merk

[Mntsnow]

is your HD and CDrom on the same IDE channel? Try making the CD rom the master on the 2nd channel instead of Slave on the primary IDE channel

Mntsnow

[BBA]

Turn off Find Fast if you have Office installed. It will scan your entire hard drive every 30 minutes to keep its ever expanding database current. It is usually a big culprit in the long running apps.

BBA

[Merk]

thanks for the reply guys.
my cdrom is currently the master on the second channel and i have already removed fast find
any other ideas?

[philipg]

Under performance in device manager make sure your read ahead is set to max.