Getting a high CPU Usage?!?

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Hi, first time posting here, but this problem is driving me crazy. I
keep getting a CPU Usage of 100% everytime I try to rip a cd onto my
harddrive.

I am using a Pavillion a500n, with the original dvd-rom drive and an
dvd burner that I have added, swapping out the original cd-rw drive.

Now, the problem doesn't occur right away, for example, I just blew
away everything on my machine and am in the process of reinstalling,
and if I rip something now, the CPU Usage bounces around from %15 -
%0. But, eventually it will start %100 and I can't hardly do anything
else on my machine while tying to rip something or burn something or
even installing a new program from cd.

Puzzling!?! Any suggestions, or has anyone else using the Pavillion
a500n noticed this?

Thanks,
Chris
 
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Are you ripping a CD or burning one? Ripping involves a lot of
processor-intensive data manipulation. Burning essentially copies data to a CD,
so it is less CPU intensive. What is the speed at which you are burning or
ripping? Also, some models of CD burners are known to be bigger hogs of CPUs
than others... Ben Myers

On 10 Dec 2004 12:01:03 -0500, relampago2@comcast-dot-net.no-spam.invalid
(relampago2) wrote:

>Hi, first time posting here, but this problem is driving me crazy. I
>keep getting a CPU Usage of 100% everytime I try to rip a cd onto my
>harddrive.
>
>I am using a Pavillion a500n, with the original dvd-rom drive and an
>dvd burner that I have added, swapping out the original cd-rw drive.
>
>Now, the problem doesn't occur right away, for example, I just blew
>away everything on my machine and am in the process of reinstalling,
>and if I rip something now, the CPU Usage bounces around from %15 -
>%0. But, eventually it will start %100 and I can't hardly do anything
>else on my machine while tying to rip something or burn something or
>even installing a new program from cd.
>
>Puzzling!?! Any suggestions, or has anyone else using the Pavillion
>a500n noticed this?
>
>Thanks,
>Chris
>