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PCI-822 User’s Guide
— System Agent —
System Agent (included in the Microsoft Windows add-on) includes
utilities that scan your disk for errors and perform disk
defragmentation. System Agent allows you to schedule these activities
so they occur at specific times or when you haven’t used your
computer for a period of time. To prevent these disk-intensive
activities from occurring, we recommend that you either disable
System Agent while doing your audio work (right-click its icon in the
system tray of the Task Bar), or schedule the activities to occur when
you’re absolutely sure that you won’t be trying to record and play
audio.
— CD-ROM “Auto-Insert” Notification —
When this option is enabled, Windows may periodically poll your
CD-ROM drive to see if you’ve changed CD’s, causing the CD-ROM
access light to blink about every five seconds. If Windows Explorer is
open and detects a new CD, you’ll experience a flurry of disk and CPU
activity while the folder and filenames of the new CD are updated in
the display. The CPU activity may cause dropouts in your audio.
If you don’t load a CD during audio operations, you may not
experience this problem, but it’s a nice opportunity to rid your
machine of that annoying flashing LED!
1. Open the Windows Control Panel (Start
g
Settings
g
Control Panel), and
double-click the System icon.
2. When the “System Properties” dialog box appears, click the “Device
Manager” tab and then click ‘+’ to open the “CD-ROM” sub-tree. A list
of installed CD-ROM drives appears (there may be only one in the list).
3. Double-click the line that describes your particular model of CD-ROM
(“NEC CDR-74” for example).
4. When the “Properties” dialog box appears, click the “Settings” tab and
uncheck ‘Auto insert notification.’
5. Click ‘OK’ to confirm the change, and then close the Control Panel.
