Is your dma checked in properties for your harddrive?If your dma is
not installed for your mobo it will usually be the case.
This is found under system in control panel.
Hope this helps.Yes it is not the software it is hardware related.
Let us know.:-)
I know 24 bit uses alot of cpu,but I think you should be cookin fine.
Just a suggestion to make sure!!
I also know that the more buffering you add the worse it can get,as
well as the least you add.

David wrote:
>>While working on a recent project in v1.0b, I encountered a
>>disappointing headroom limit...I'm wondering if this
>>performance limit is consistent with anyone else's
>>experience...
>>
>>Setup: An EDL containing 14 tracks of 48kHz-24bit audio, NO
>>processes, and 4 stereo output busses will not playback
>>reliably, even with maximum buffering. Tracks drop out,
>>fall out of sync, etc.
>>
>>Machine: PIII733, 256MEG of 133mHz SDRAM, Western Digital
>>7200RPM ATA66 EIDE drive.
>>
>>The "drive meter" shows condition red @ approx 89% all the
>>time. Only 50-60MEG of RAM is being utilized with maximum
>>buffering.
>>
>>It would seem that this machine would be capable of more
>>than this...Am I wrong?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.