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cd-rom uses 100% cpu
Name: AndRey Date: February 15, 2005 at 03:56:48 Pacific OS: WinXP SP1 CPU/Ram: 1.5GHz/256MB
Comment:
When I copy something from cd to hd the cpu jumps to about 100% but the speed of copying stays only at about 2000KBs. My cd-rom drive is Asus S520A 52x. This happens with all cds (but not on my cd-rw drive Asus CD-RW5224A)no matter the position of the drive slave or master. this cd drive used to be very fast. what's happenin'?
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