rds_correia Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Hi guys, I read the pink box, did all that but unfortunately didn't come up with a solution. I've never payed too much attention to the DVDInfo files that Imgburn can generate. Last night I noticed that some days ago I have enabled generating *.ibg files after burning. So I was taking a look at them when I got very upset with the blue Write CPU% line reaching so close to 100% for 4 times during encoding. Am I right or am I reading this graph all wrong? Actually I'd say that line is averaging a very high value, right? I have checked and both my IDE interfaces have DMA enabled. Unfortunately yesterday I also erased the logfile so I can't give more info at this time. I will be more careful next time when I burn another disc to see if the cpu spikes are still there so that I can post a pic and a log file. But in the meantime I'd like to hear your comments . Cheers PS: Could it be the Anti-virus eating up CPU at that moment in time? I use AOL's McAfee Special Edition and I can't find a "pause" button anywhere on it so that I can stop the on access scanner during burning process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinningwheel Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 rds; I find that I generally run btw. 20-90% usage without incident. I would suggest, however, that you do a Google for a program called 'EndItAll 2' and install it. I use it to stop/kill everything but the basic processes necessary to run the machine before I do any form of burning. I don't believe that surfing the web, doing a report or playing a game is more important than making the absolute best burn that I can of whatever data I may be burning at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornholio7 Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 although the spikes may worry you, cpu spiking doesnt seem to have a bad effect on the burn, i forgot to turn seti off on this burn and it uses around 100% cpu most of the time and the scan of the burn was just fine, take a look here http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?s=&...ost&p=59493 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rds_correia Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 (edited) Excellent piece of advise. Thanks spinningwheel although the spikes may worry you, cpu spiking doesnt seem to have a bad effect on the burn, i forgot to turn seti off on this burn and it uses around 100% cpu most of the time and the scan of the burn was just fine, take a look here http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?s=&...ost&p=59493 Interesting finding cornholio7... I wish my drive LG could output PIPO like your's so that we could compare. There ain't anything similar to DVDInfo for HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4120B A117 (ATA) drives, right? Cheers Edited January 2, 2008 by rds_correia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOCOENG Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 There ain't anything similar to DVDInfo for HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4120B A117 (ATA) drives, right? ...as in a scanning utility? There is always CD/DVD Speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornholio7 Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 no , its pretty much benq and lite on drives for scanning i think (although there may be others) sorry loco , wasn't saying no to your post, you posted whilst i was typing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOCOENG Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 No problem corny, I think we covered all the bases anyway as the question seemed a little tricky. LOL As far as drives go, if you have SATA connections, the Samsung 203B is a strong contender as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rds_correia Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 Thanks guys, you really did cover all bases here. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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