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CPU usage problems with TEAC DVD+RW problems
The system process in my Task Manager accounts for 50% of my CPU usage even when I have no applications running. If I tried to do anything the CPU usage would shoot up to 75-100% and I'd eventually get a BSOD.
After some troubleshooting I discovered it was the DVD drive. When playing ordinary DVDs and CDs my CPU usage was normal but as I had just brought Half Life 2, it seems to be a driver problem with the way it reads copy-protected DVDs. It's a lottery when I try to play Half Life 2 as it doesn't always startup before the system crashes :(
Searched for updated drivers etc but I maybe looking in the wrong place.
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Posted November 23rd, 2004 16:00
Hi Chris,
Use the Product Support Tab above, click on Downloads, enter information for your system and look under Removeable Media Storage Devices, a firmware update will be there.
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.
CD/RW Link
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Posted November 23rd, 2004 17:00
Won't write image to the CD, just the file :(681
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Posted November 23rd, 2004 18:00
Hi Chris,
Dell has a Windows Base flash for this drive, when you found the listed firmware, A06, you should see a link that says "Previous Versions", you need A05, which is the same update as A06, just a different format.
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.
CD/RW Link
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Posted November 23rd, 2004 22:00
Worked a treat. Thanks again pred :smileyvery-happy:681
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Posted November 24th, 2004 01:00
Glad it helped Chris!
Happy Thanksgiving!
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.
CD/RW Link
ChrisVO
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Posted November 23rd, 2004 16:00
Thanks Pred.
I tried to install it but it seems to be a floppy disk image file (it's telling me I have no floppy drives). Thinking floppys were now obsolete I neglected to get one for my new system. I'm going to try write the image on to a CD to see if that works but is there any other alternatives or workarounds?