On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 08:27:13 +0100, robcanning wrote: > > > > when ripping a cd my clock slows down and my modem grinds to a halt. > > > any ideas why this is happening? > > > i'm using redhat9 and grip 3.0.4 > > > > Probably you need to turn on DMA for your cdrom. > > > > Regards... > > Michael > Thanks Michael, > i don't think this is the problem. > anyone on the LAU list have any ideas? Its more likly to be the opposite, if you have DMA on the IDE DMA controller can hog the bus. Try turning DMA off, your CPU load will go through the roof, but it might stop this behaviour, if it does there could be something that can be done about it. - Steve
