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Topic: Computer interruptions |
Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 8 Feb 2002 4:31 pm |
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While playing my CD of John Hughey on my Dell Computer.....that plays well in my CD player and van... I encounter this reocurring problem:
It will hit a note and then go "dead" for a single beat; or, will stop on a given note and then repeat it like a machine gun anywhere from one time to a dozen times with an an offending electronic sound; other times it will static-like pop one or more times then pickup right where it left off.
On occasion, this seems to be aggrivated when I use the mouse for another simultaneous task. On still other occasions it will repeat the same note with this loud electronic sound a dominant factor.
Is this likely to be my CD Rom player, a sound card glitch or something to do with
hard drive?
I just don't know where or to whom to turn for this type of conflict.
SUGGESTIONS???? |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 9 Feb 2002 4:20 am
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The interruptions are probably due to the computer also doing other tasks. If you have a virus program it may be scanning something or accessing some data and that causes the interrupt, a program such as some type of "instant messenger" (ICQ, etc) that is trying to access the internet may cause an interrupt, etc.
Another cause could be the amount of memory in relation to what the machine is doing along with the CD playback.
Another possibility is the CD Rom it'self and it's speed. Check to see if the CD Rom has DMA enabled, that might help.
Many possibilities and probably a lot that I haven't mentioned. |
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 9 Feb 2002 1:32 pm
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| If you have a fairly new, fast computer with lots of RAM (like about 128MEG) you should be able to use your computer for other tasks while it's playing a CD. Older slower computers with less RAM will have problems. If your computer is new, fast, etc., as Jack said there are still other things that can cause the kind of problems you're having. For example, the longer your box has been on since rebooting, the more programs you've been working with, will fill up your computer with crap left over in memory even after you close the programs. Then when you try to run a CD and do anything else there's not much system resources left and you get bugs or even a lock-up. Best thing is to re-boot your computer every few hours if you can (don't forget to save anything you might have open and be working on, of course!) and you'll have lots less problems, whether you're playing a CD or not. You can easily check and verify this. After you've had your computer on for a few hours, especially after opening and closing several different programs, right-click on My Computer and click on Properties. Click on the Performanc tab at the top of the next box that opens. Look beside where it says System Resources. When you first boot up your computer and before doing anything, this should read somewhere between 85-95% for efficient operation. After it's been on a long time and you've had several programs opened, close everything back up so you think the computer is as it was when you just booted it up, then check the System Resources again. You'll see that even after everything's closed, the percentage is substantially lower than it was when you first booted up. Reboot and check it again, and it'll be back up there. If your System Resources are below about 80-85% when you first boot up, you have too much stuff in your startup folder. This is common but not good and can easily be remedied. [This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 09 February 2002 at 01:34 PM.] |
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Gary Pederson
From:
Van Nuys, Ca.
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Posted 9 Feb 2002 7:07 pm
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| Does this just happen on that one cd, or on all your music cd's? |
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