Try replacing the IDE cable. Both the HD and IDE controller have error detection/correction over that cable (if I'm not mistaken). If it's getting errors, it may affect throughput. On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Yaron wrote: > Hi, > > Well, I've narrowed it down to bad performance only occuring during HDD > activity. It's IDE, it's supposed to be ATA/66, but when you accesss the > drive intensly (untar, mkisofs) the load avarage goes WAY up and all other > apps are affected. Playing mpeg/avi files off the thing is near > impossible. > > The video capture works really badly as well... no idea what do to about > THAT one... > > > -Yaron > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Houck thouck at thouck.com www.thouck.com