Why is my CPU maxing out at 100% and WMP breaking up?
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:38 pm
After about a half hour of recording, at least one of my CPU max's out at around 100%. The sound coming from WMP becomes distorted when my CPU usage is so high. I cannot record more than 4 tracks for a 3 minute piece, or else the computer starts running super fast. I am running Windows 7 on a Dell Vostro 1520 laptop. I have 4 GB RAM (2.99 usuable), 32 bit operating system, 196 GB free on hard drive, Intel Core Duo 2.20 GHz.
After recording, the CPU does not go back to normal, it continues to run at around 100%, and so when I attempt to play my recording using WMP, the sound comes out clipped, choppy, and starts and stops.
I am not recording the 4 tracks simultaneously. I am recording them individually. I am using the default 44100 Project Rate. When I record, I plug my digital piano directly into the front of my computer into the microphone jack. I've tried to record at a slower sampling rate, but Audacity always seems to automatically reset the sampling rate to 44100.
Someone suggested I adjust the "Default Format (Shared Mode) / Exclusive Mode and sample rate selection", but the directions were much too complicated for me to understand.
Please help. This problem has just recently appeared. I have already recorded two CD's without problem or incident, but in the last week suddenly this problem has appeared. It has now gotten so bad, that WMP can't even play a single song without breaking up (this is now happening whether or not I use Audacity).
Thanks.
Laurence
After recording, the CPU does not go back to normal, it continues to run at around 100%, and so when I attempt to play my recording using WMP, the sound comes out clipped, choppy, and starts and stops.
I am not recording the 4 tracks simultaneously. I am recording them individually. I am using the default 44100 Project Rate. When I record, I plug my digital piano directly into the front of my computer into the microphone jack. I've tried to record at a slower sampling rate, but Audacity always seems to automatically reset the sampling rate to 44100.
Someone suggested I adjust the "Default Format (Shared Mode) / Exclusive Mode and sample rate selection", but the directions were much too complicated for me to understand.
Please help. This problem has just recently appeared. I have already recorded two CD's without problem or incident, but in the last week suddenly this problem has appeared. It has now gotten so bad, that WMP can't even play a single song without breaking up (this is now happening whether or not I use Audacity).
Thanks.
Laurence