Computer slowdown and sound jitter issues

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Raistlen007

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Computer Specs:

Motherboard: Intel D915GAV
RAM: 1GB
Video card: Geforce 7300
Sound Card: Creative Audigy SE
OS: Windows XP PRO

Hello,

I have a problem that whenever my samsung DVD burner either reads or writes info to or from a CD or DVD my computer becomes unbearebly slow, mouse curser becomes jumpy and sound begins to stutter. The slowdown also causes the DVD to read at a rate of about X1.3 which is obviously not OK, and it burns at about a quarter of the speed it should. (A full DVD takes 45 minutes instead of the 13 minutes it should take. Whenever the DVD reads or burns a CD, the computer slows down and the sound gets all jittery.

This started when I replaced the 2nd DVD reader on the IDE strip with a 40GB ATA HardDrive, which I need. The motherboard doesnt have a second IDE strip. Buying another SATA HardDrive isn't an option, either.

I thought it might be the sound card, but when disabled, and using the on board sound chip, there is no difference.

Also, there is a PCI network card which is currently disabled, but when enabled, causes the sound to be jittery and intermittent, but only when there is network traffic going through it. I don't know if this is related to the main problem.

What would cause this and how can I fix it, if possible, without replacing anything?
 
Raistlen007 said:
This started when I replaced the 2nd DVD reader on the IDE strip with a 40GB ATA HardDrive, which I need. The motherboard doesnt have a second IDE strip.
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how many IDE device do you have ?
and how are they connected (master or slave)
and how old is the OS installation ?

BTW: you could also try C/S (cableselect
 
Currently, just two. The DVDW and the HD.
I had the HD as master and the DVDW as slave, I reversed it to see if it had any effect, it didn't.

Could having both as CS solve the problem?

The OS is XP Pro, installed about two years ago. Except for the previously mentioned problems, it performs very well.
 
Raistlen007 said:
Could having both as CS solve the problem?
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it wouldn't hurt to try it[ot]personally all my HDDs are set to C/S, as i'm always swapping them around, that way neither the jumper or the pins wear out, they are set to master & slave by their location on the cable[/ot]BTW: usually setting drives to C/S fixes problems with IDE devices being detected
 
I just tried that,

both on CS causes only the DVD to show up in the BIOS, without the HD, but in Windows neither show up.

Tried switching the cable around between the two - no effect.

:(
 
hmm...while doing that CS..if you enter into windows and try to run your Drive again.. jst check which program is eating up the max memory :ohah: might give some type of clue. Also which antivirus do u have? Is it fully up to date? Did u check for Viruses on ur PC?
 
Thought of both already.

While the slowdowns occur, the memory remains the same along all apps, and CPU usage actually allocates about 22% to SYSTEM or Idle during the slowdowns.

I had used Norton AntiVirus 2005 and recently upgraded to 2007. They run weekly full system scans with negative results.
 
Then Open Internet Explorer > Tools > Windows Update....
Select Custom Update and from there check if you have hardware updates available.....update them and see if this problem vanishes :ohah:
 
I do that constantly.

there are no drivers for IDE hard drives or IDE DVD burners anyway.
No firmware updates, either, anyway.
 
I fixed the hard drive / DVD issue by rotating the pin, the HD sticker says cable select is the third one from the left
. . X .
. . X .

and I instead put it like this:
. XX .
. . . .

that solved the HD slowdown issue.

that just leaves the issue where the PCI NIC interferes with the PCI sound card. whenever the NIC is activated in the device manager and network traffic goes through it, the sound from the sound card is disrupted.
 
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