AutoCAD and Raid 0

[ABJ]

Hi Guys.
I have upgraded my machine to raid 0 and I am finding AutoCAD extremely slow to load. :( When it is working it seems OK. Can anyone help as it is a bit frustrating as other programs seems faster.

Thanks

[CADTutor]

The first thing to say is that this may not be anything to do with your RAID setup. There are a number of resons why AutoCAD is slow to load.

Once loaded, is AutoCAD still slow? If not, I suspect some other issue. Very often it's a network problem. On loading, AutoCAD does a bunch of network stuff, including connecting to the internet. If any of these connections are slow or absent, the load will be slow.

[ABJ]

Many thanks Cad Tutor
AutoCAD seems to run OK once it is loaded and the PC is not on the net, but I see where you are coming from.(the program will still try to connect). I spoke to the network chap at my college, and he said they had a similar problem. He seemed to remember a page file issue but would not be specific. He sent me to Autodesk forum but I got no joy there.

Nice to know somebody cares about us learners. Thanks.

[brooksn]

Try setting the Live enable options to NEVER, found in TOOLS>OPTIONS>SYSTEM

Also so the 'general options' also under the system tab set startup to Show traditional.

I found the Today window used to slow my PC down to a crawl.

[ABJ]

Hi Brooksn
I have checked my settings and the options are different. I am using AutoCAD 2004 so that might be the difference.
Many thanks for your reply.
Nice to know somebody cares about us learners. Thanks.