[Duo2400] Re: 2400 Audio Interruptus

[Larry Friedman]

When was the last time you de-fragmented and optimized your drive?


On Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at 02:17  PM, Carlson wrote:

> What kind of hard drive is it? I have an 18gb IBM in mine (400 also) 
> and no
> problems such as you describe, although I did have a similar 
> experience when
> attempting to record to an external syquest. Have you tried running 
> minimal
> extensions, is virtual memory off? What app are you recording with? 
> Which
> OS?
>
>>
>> In a message dated 03/19/2003 3:51:58, I had originally written:
>>
>> <<
>> My 2400 is a wonderful machine. I upgraded it a while back to 400MHz, 
>> 10GB HD
>> and 80MB memory.
>> but it is totally useless for recording audio. The hard drive does a
>> recalibration every 60 seconds, which interrupts the audio stream 
>> briefly. As
>> you can imagine, this sucks in a profound way.
>>
>> Any workarounds, or do I need to just not use this baby for audio?
>>
>> David Reaves