Arrow Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 (edited) I've been trying out win2k on my second machine [win2k + slipstreamed sp4 on a P3 1ghz with 512mbram ] and as I'm not familiar with it have been looking under the bonnet a little and wondered if Synchronization Manager - mobsync.exe needed to be loaded at startup.Next question concerns dvd burning. If I look in process explorer whilst burning I notice that "Interrupts" - "Hardware interrupts" is using a very high amount of cpu, is that normal? it happens regardless of which burner I use or whether it is data or a film. I've had xp on this pc in the past and it didn't suffer from cpu being overly hogged whilst burning.Other than that 2k functions very well and I'm happy with itXp is a good work horse but after all this time I still plain don't like using it.Thanks Edited December 12, 2007 by Arrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamt Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Re: mobsync.exe - do you use offline files at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mijzelf Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 If I look in process explorer whilst burning I notice that "Interrupts" - "Hardware interrupts" is using a very high amount of cpuCheck in devicemanager if DMA is enabled for the burner. You can find it in the properties of the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrow Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 No I don't browse offline.Guess I can remove it from startup then.Primary IDE was set to dmaSecondary IDE was set to pio which I have now reset to dma. guess that is the burner channelI've not time to try any burning just now, but I'll let you know how it goes.Thankyou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrow Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 An amazing difference in performance!"Hardware interrupts" cpu usage is negligible nowThanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJARRRPCGP Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Windows 2000 *always* defaults to PIO mode for CD drives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myelin Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Thanks for the answer. I myself was having problem with Burning and Music being played in the background. The music started to hang with burning. And i checked and found that Secondary IDE was set to PIO mode. I have immediately changed it to DMA mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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