Audio CDs accessing hard drive?

offrdk5 · 29th June 2004, 13:43

Sitting here looking at my computer i notice that when I play an audio cd off of one of my cd dives that it is accessing my hard drive as well. Is there a way to change this feature of WinAmp?

1.8 ghz
512 mb ram
Windows 2000
WinAmp 5.03a

Thanks

ujay · 29th June 2004, 15:40

Much the same system but slower CPU. Don't get this effect at all.

Might it have anything to do with which IDE channel the respective drives are on. Perhaps the light is showing channel activity.

Are you using the Sonic engine or ASPI.
If you have ASPI installed you could try turning off the Sonic engine. (Prefs(Ctrl+P) > Input > Nullsoft CD/LinIn > Config > Use Sonic engine ...)

On the other hand Windows seems to be forever flickering away to itself even when you're doing nothing at all.

UJ

DJ Egg · 29th June 2004, 16:16

Not sure what you mean exactly...
unless it's something to do with the 5.0 to 5.03 gen_hotkeys bug where it constantly writes to the hard drive, as fixed by the update patch (see sticky)

offrdk5 · 30th June 2004, 02:31

Well, let me see if I can explain better. I insert an audio cd into my drive. Winamp sees it and adds it to the playlist and plays the cd. cd drive light blinks, hard drive light blinks, cd drive light blinks, hard drive light blinks...etc..until stop or end of cd. If I put it in my other cd drive it doesn't do this. The drive that is giving me problems is a philips cdrw 2400. Thanks

DJ Egg · 30th June 2004, 04:43

Is the drive running in uDMA mode?
If not, and it's running in standard PIO mode, then this could be why...

offrdk5 · 30th June 2004, 14:14

Not to sound computer illiterate, but where do I locate if it is in udma more in Windows 2000? Thanks

DJ Egg · 30th June 2004, 15:09

Not sure about Win2k...

First, you'll need to know which IDE Channel (Primary or Secondary) the CD Drive is on, and whether it is Device 0 or 1 (if there's another drive sharing the IDE cable).

In WinXP:

System Control Panel > Hardware tab > Device Manager

IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers -> Primary or Secondary IDE Channel
Right click > Properties > Advanced Settings tab:
Transfer Mode = DMA if available
(Current Transfer Mode will tell whether it's running in UDMA Mode 2, or PIO mode)

In Win98/ME, it was something like...

System Control Panel > Device Manager
CD-ROM Drives > Drive > right-click > Properties
Settings tab > Properties
Checkmark: DMA mode

29th June 2004, 13:43	#1
offrdk5 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3	Audio CDs accessing hard drive? Sitting here looking at my computer i notice that when I play an audio cd off of one of my cd dives that it is accessing my hard drive as well. Is there a way to change this feature of WinAmp? 1.8 ghz 512 mb ram Windows 2000 WinAmp 5.03a Thanks

29th June 2004, 16:16	#3
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,894	Not sure what you mean exactly... unless it's something to do with the 5.0 to 5.03 gen_hotkeys bug where it constantly writes to the hard drive, as fixed by the update patch (see sticky) Playlist -\|- Twitter

30th June 2004, 04:43	#5
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,894	Is the drive running in uDMA mode? If not, and it's running in standard PIO mode, then this could be why... Playlist -\|- Twitter

30th June 2004, 15:09	#7
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,894	Not sure about Win2k... First, you'll need to know which IDE Channel (Primary or Secondary) the CD Drive is on, and whether it is Device 0 or 1 (if there's another drive sharing the IDE cable). In WinXP: System Control Panel > Hardware tab > Device Manager IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers -> Primary or Secondary IDE Channel Right click > Properties > Advanced Settings tab: Transfer Mode = DMA if available (Current Transfer Mode will tell whether it's running in UDMA Mode 2, or PIO mode) In Win98/ME, it was something like... System Control Panel > Device Manager CD-ROM Drives > Drive > right-click > Properties Settings tab > Properties Checkmark: DMA mode Playlist -\|- Twitter

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29th June 2004, 15:40	#2
ujay Forum King Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: London Posts: 6,072	Much the same system but slower CPU. Don't get this effect at all. Might it have anything to do with which IDE channel the respective drives are on. Perhaps the light is showing channel activity. Are you using the Sonic engine or ASPI. If you have ASPI installed you could try turning off the Sonic engine. (Prefs(Ctrl+P) > Input > Nullsoft CD/LinIn > Config > Use Sonic engine ...) On the other hand Windows seems to be forever flickering away to itself even when you're doing nothing at all. UJ

30th June 2004, 02:31	#4
offrdk5 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3	Well, let me see if I can explain better. I insert an audio cd into my drive. Winamp sees it and adds it to the playlist and plays the cd. cd drive light blinks, hard drive light blinks, cd drive light blinks, hard drive light blinks...etc..until stop or end of cd. If I put it in my other cd drive it doesn't do this. The drive that is giving me problems is a philips cdrw 2400. Thanks

30th June 2004, 14:14	#6
offrdk5 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3	Not to sound computer illiterate, but where do I locate if it is in udma more in Windows 2000? Thanks