RE: system trivia (groove/programming): DOS prompt/etc and choppy

[Mark Leith]

Title: OT: system trivia (groove/programming): DOS prompt/etc and choppy sound

Sorry Kevin, the latter of my response was to ep, and actually as I re-read it, I didn't explain fully. What I actually meant was to check whether the audio device (your sound card) is sharing an IRQ # with another device, such as your network card - or it could even be your hard drive. What will then happen is when you are playing a CD, you go to boot a program, and you HD has to do work to pull the program in to memory - but this disrupts your sound card as they are both sharing the same interrupt request..

 

Just a thought really..

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kevin Kostyszyn
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 15:18
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Subject: RE: system trivia (groove/programming): DOS prompt/etc and choppy

Not sure that I am having trouble with setup. It's just that the burner is not burning at 12x and I don't know why.  It's on it's own seperate IDE port so it really shouldn't be complaining about anything!

KK

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Leith
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 5:36 AM
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Subject: RE: system trivia (groove/programming): DOS prompt/etc and choppy

We use Nero here,  and have no complaints with it.

 

One thing to bear in mind - do you have any conflicts with your IRQ settings? If you are on Win2K, then you can go to admin tools / Computer Management - and take a look in the <System Information / Hardware Resources / Conflicts/Sharing> tree, it should tell you there. There is also a folder for IRQs, which will tell you what IRQ each component is set to.

 

If not on Win2K then you can look at your IRQ settings within your BIOS set-up, usually within PNP Configuration I think - but don't hold me to that :P

 

What is the set up you are having problems with Ep?

 

Mark

 

 -----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kevin Kostyszyn
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 17:51
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Subject: RE: system trivia (groove/programming): DOS prompt/etc and choppy

We use a Plextor at my office and I run Veritas Backup Exec, surf the internet or any other programs and have never had a problem.  Very impressive burner.  Now my one at home is being a big pain in the arse because it doesn't want to operate at it's maximum transfer speed.  very troubling...

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kimberly Smith
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 12:06 PM
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Subject: RE: system trivia (groove/programming): DOS prompt/etc and choppy

I don't think its memory related at all.  I have more then enough for what I do and it does

the same thing.  That being said, before I cut a music CD it even tells me not to launch

any other applications as it is a "sensitive operation".  I have been snared where I was

making a mp3 and I launched an application and now there is a dead spot in the song.

-----Original Message-----
From: Koivu, Lisa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 7:11 AM
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Subject: OT: system trivia (groove/programming): DOS prompt/etc and choppy

Really?  I thought it was only because my personal pc has so little memory.   I run into that behavior with explorer and playing mp3's at the same time.  This also becomes a problem when burning a cd or changing formats, and even though I leave it alone, sometimes it ends up a bit garbled.

How much memory do you have, EP?  If I remember right you are the gamer and bought the big huge system for the pc games?

-----Original Message-----
From:   Jared Still [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent:   Saturday, August 25, 2001 6:51 PM
To:     Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject:        Re: system trivia (groove/programming): DOS prompt/etc and choppy sound




Here's a stab in the dark:

Windows still doesn't know how to gracefully
handle software interrupts?

Jared

On Friday 24 August 2001 18:15, Eric D. Pierce wrote:
> system trivia question:
>
> when using windows explorer, etc., dos prompt (e.g., sqlplus) and
> running music CD, the sound get choppy intermittently, usually when
> starting a program, or when opening/saving files.
>
> why?
>
> thanks,
> ep
>
>
>
>
>
> ok, if you reeeeeeeeeeeeally *have* *to* *know*:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000071FS
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