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sdspieg · 03-26-2010, 01:07 PM

Thanks all for your help. Let me document what I did:

I reset to factory settings

I tried uploading with Calibre (I have 164 books in my Calibre library, all with metadata) - still no cigar

I removed the 16Gig microSD (HC)-card. [I just want to point out that I ALWAYS saw all the books I had on that card through the file manager - whether through the Nook one, or through the Windows File Manager. But NEVER in My documents or B&N Books. I could also always open them by clicking on them in the File Manager. But that is a very cumbersome process of course AND you don't see any of the metadata. Also - Calibre also always read all 1000+ books I just copied onto that external card but that took over an hour to do so, which is why I decided to remove it for the time being]

I disabled my Kaspersky, because I saw in my resource monitor that it ate up a lot of resources during Calibre ops.

Then I tried uploading just one book (pdf, 39Mb) with Calibre -this time it did it. It took a while before Calibre actually started the transfer, but when it did it transferred the file in 1m4s.

Emboldened by this success, I then took 25 books. Calibre again waited for about 5 min before it started doing anything, but the actual transfer then took (an additional) 6m16s

I then did the rest of the books. Calibre stayed in the waiting stage for about a half an hour). When I looked in my resource monitor in that period, I saw loads of calibre-parallel.exe processes (10-15), and the calibre.exe itself was red (not responding). So I assume that initial stage just takes a long time per book. Once done, calibre unfroze and uploaded 134 books in 31m25s.

Long story short - I think I have two points to report

MAYBE a Kaspersky issue (although I can't tell for sure - I'll try again later with Kaspersky on).

Calibre is very slow (or I am too impatient ). I tried it on 3 different comps, but they all were slow and I never gave it more than an hour or so. Yes, I'm using USB 2.0 ports; the results I just reported were on an AMD Athlon 64, 1800 MHz system with 3 gigs of RAM running Windows 7.

So is this speed issue normal or is it just me?

-Stephan

03-26-2010, 01:07 PM	#7
sdspieg Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Nook, Kindle 3	Thanks all for your help. Let me document what I did: I reset to factory settings I tried uploading with Calibre (I have 164 books in my Calibre library, all with metadata) - still no cigar I removed the 16Gig microSD (HC)-card. [I just want to point out that I ALWAYS saw all the books I had on that card through the file manager - whether through the Nook one, or through the Windows File Manager. But NEVER in My documents or B&N Books. I could also always open them by clicking on them in the File Manager. But that is a very cumbersome process of course AND you don't see any of the metadata. Also - Calibre also always read all 1000+ books I just copied onto that external card but that took over an hour to do so, which is why I decided to remove it for the time being] I disabled my Kaspersky, because I saw in my resource monitor that it ate up a lot of resources during Calibre ops. Then I tried uploading just one book (pdf, 39Mb) with Calibre -this time it did it. It took a while before Calibre actually started the transfer, but when it did it transferred the file in 1m4s. Emboldened by this success, I then took 25 books. Calibre again waited for about 5 min before it started doing anything, but the actual transfer then took (an additional) 6m16s I then did the rest of the books. Calibre stayed in the waiting stage for about a half an hour). When I looked in my resource monitor in that period, I saw loads of calibre-parallel.exe processes (10-15), and the calibre.exe itself was red (not responding). So I assume that initial stage just takes a long time per book. Once done, calibre unfroze and uploaded 134 books in 31m25s. Long story short - I think I have two points to report MAYBE a Kaspersky issue (although I can't tell for sure - I'll try again later with Kaspersky on). Calibre is very slow (or I am too impatient ). I tried it on 3 different comps, but they all were slow and I never gave it more than an hour or so. Yes, I'm using USB 2.0 ports; the results I just reported were on an AMD Athlon 64, 1800 MHz system with 3 gigs of RAM running Windows 7. So is this speed issue normal or is it just me? -Stephan Last edited by sdspieg; 03-26-2010 at 06:21 PM.