50% CPU Usage When CD/DVD Drive Is Active

Question

Im am currently running an Inspiron E1405, Intel 2Ghz Dual Core, with 2 GB of RAM, 8x CD/DVD Burner (Sony DVD+-RW DWQ58A)   Recently, while trying to burn CD's and DVDs, I noticed significant lag in everything I was doing, so I checked out the Task Manager > Performance, and noticed that one core of my CPU was at 100%, resulting in an overall usage around 50%-55%, but when I look at the processes, everything is normal and only totals 1% to 5% of CPU usage. This occurs whenever the drive is active - reading or writing of CD's or DVD's, no matter the program used. Playing music or video from disc results in choppy audio playback, and significant lag throughout my system. Is there anything I can do to fix this, it worked fine when I got the laptop a few weeks ago. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

DigitalDC89 · Answer

Oddly enough, running a simple scandisk has appeared to have fixed the problem. Burns flawlessly now, no lag in performance at all. Anyone know where I can find the scandisk logfile to check for the errors that were corrected? Message Edited by DigitalDC89 on 07-07-200610:40 PM

DigitalDC89 · Answer

well, the problem is back, but this time a scandisk doesnt fix the problem... is there a solution to this out there somewhere?

DigitalDC89 · Answer

well, after some searching online, i came across a solution... in the 'Device Manager', you go into 'Secondary IDE Channel' under 'IDE Controllers', and under the 'Advanced Settings' tab, you change the 'Transfer Mode' to 'DMA If Available' instead of 'PIO Only'... i did that, and without even restarting i tried to rip a DVD, and it works perfectly!!! when i check out the 'Performance' in the 'Task Manager' it has a nice even balance between the 2 cores, with a total CPU Usage of 40%-50%, resulting in nice and smooth computer usage, no matter what im doing... hope this helps anybody else out there having this problem

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50% CPU Usage When CD/DVD Drive Is Active

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