dvd/cd rom taking up all cpu usage

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Nav2k

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Hi guys,
Ever since I got this laptop, whenever I use the dvd rom to either burn or just copy things from the drive, it goes at normal speed but slows down all other applications..like i cant move the mouse even at a reasonable speed.

anyway, recently I installed a few widgets, one is a cpu monitor. As soon as i started burning a dvd the cpu monitor stayed on 99.9% the whole time.
Is there any settings somewhere in windows (XP) to change this? I've never had this problem with my desktop computers...this laptop isn't THAT old...(p 1.7 with over a gig ram but shared 128meg vid card).

Thanks in advance

-Nav
 
thanks for the reply suprasteve, ill try those things but im not sure if they will help as the problem had been there for the moment I got my laptop even...
 
For one, I'd drop your shared VRAM if possible. I seriously doubt you need anywhere near that much. 2nd, I'd check on drivers, both video and IDE.
 
once again thanks for the replies, very appreciative

strangehold: where would this setting be? It cant be program specific can it because it happens with a wide range of burning programs, not just Nero.
Is it in the OS somewhere?

The_Other_one: are laptop cd drives connected via IDE? Should I reinstall the drivers using the Asus recovery cd or find the model number etc. and download the latest from the net? Are you also saying that I decrease the 128meg shared video card memory? Will this have any effect on graphic applications?

Thank you

-Nav
 
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