
Whoopysnorp
New member
Pardon me if this is a foolish question, but I'm having difficulty with my recording setup. I have 352 MB of PC100 RAM and two hard drives. The C: drive (the one that's connected to the light on the PC's case) is a 17GB 5400 rpm Quantum Fireball (came in the computer), and I use it for the OS and apps. The D: drive is a 40GB 7200 rpm Maxtor, and I use it for audio. If I run a stripped-down hardware configuration and user profile (no Ethernet card, no programs besides Explorer & Systray), should the computer be accessing the C: drive when I play back audio? Somebody told me the apps should be loaded into RAM and such access should not be ocurring. The reason I ask is that I'm getting a series of nasty pops and clicks that seem synchronized with the hard drive light. It doesn't matter how many tracks I play; two or four will do it. I thought maybe it was virtual memory, so I tried moving it to the D: drive and finally disabling it entirely, and that didn't help. I set it back to 256MB min and max.
System:
-Anigma S30 w/AMD Irongate chipset & Athlon 700 Mhz
-352 MB PC100 RAM
-5400 rpm 17 GB Quantum Fireball (OS & Apps) (primary master)
-7200 rpm 40 GB Maxtor (audio) (secondary master)
-12x Aopen DVD-ROM (secondary slave)
-8x4x32 Philips CD-RW (primary slave)
-TNT2 M64 (16 16MB)
-Linksys Ethernet card
-SBLive
-Delta 66
-Win98SE
System:
-Anigma S30 w/AMD Irongate chipset & Athlon 700 Mhz
-352 MB PC100 RAM
-5400 rpm 17 GB Quantum Fireball (OS & Apps) (primary master)
-7200 rpm 40 GB Maxtor (audio) (secondary master)
-12x Aopen DVD-ROM (secondary slave)
-8x4x32 Philips CD-RW (primary slave)
-TNT2 M64 (16 16MB)
-Linksys Ethernet card
-SBLive
-Delta 66
-Win98SE