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HELP...middle of project 'disk too slow' [message #104321]

Sat, 14 November 2009 19:48

drfrankencopter

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Registered: July 2009

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I need some help on this...

I'm in the middle of a recording project, 19 tracks @ 24 bit/44.1kHz live off the floor. Things were going great till end of the day, I had a 'error queing project', and rebooted. Things worked, but about an hour later I noticed Paris was not as snappy anymore. Overviews are being drawn very slowly.

Now that the band has gone home, I can't even playback for more than a few seconds. I get streaming errors. CPU usage goes up to 100% too (no DX/VST plugins in use at all).

It's an older PC (Athlon 2.1 GHz), but it's handled this kind of load before. I'm not sure what's up...maybe a drive packing in, or CPU failing?

Anyone have any ideas that may help me pull off tomorrow's session?

Cheers

Kris

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Re: HELP...middle of project 'disk too slow' [message #104322 is a reply to message #104321]

Sat, 14 November 2009 20:02

drfrankencopter

Messages: 137
Registered: July 2009

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Some further information...

It seems my audio drive is stuck in PIO mode...no DMA access available. Does this seem like a hard disk issue, or Mobo problem?

In the BIOS screen, ultra-dma is available, but not in windows. I'll try a new IDE cable....but I'm grasping at straws here.

Cheers

Kris

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Re: HELP...middle of project 'disk too slow' [message #104323 is a reply to message #104322]

Sat, 14 November 2009 20:23

drfrankencopter

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Registered: July 2009

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I may have answered my own question here...

I plugged a different hard disk into the IDE controller, and sure enough it goes into DMA mode 5.

Rebooting with my regular audio drive re-installed gets me back to mode-5 access. Dunno what happened....maybe my drive is going bad. Prolly ought to back up tomorrow morn.

Cheers

Kris

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