Burning - is there something im missing?

Slain · 29th June 2003, 11:47 PM

Ive just recently reinstalled windows xp and everythings working ok, exept burning music cds. I pretty sure it was working before i formatted the HDD (havent used it much), and now it will get to 80 - 90% and give up. The buffer levels seem to jump up and down and the cd slows right down and the red/orange indicator leds are on at the same time.

Burner is a Liteon 48x12x48
Tried it 3 times now to no avail.
I am using 48x media but burning at 24x 16x and 12x - all the same results.
Burning data cds is ok.
Burning music onto re-writables works ok.
Windows XP built in cd burner is disabled.

The burner is a master connected to promise ata-100 onboard channel.
Motherboard is a asus A7V133. Latest 4in1 drivers.
CPU is an athlon 900mhz.
HDD is 40gb 7200 RPM totally defragged.

Im using Nero 5.5.8.0 and winxppro.

I cant think of anything else. Any other drivers or settings i might have missed?

Slain · 30th June 2003, 12:18 AM

wait, i think i may of found it.

I have my harddrive and cdrom reader (not the burner) connected to the regular IDE channels and reading from the CDROM makes the computer slow down to a crawl, does this have something to do with DMA? It never did that before.

Brodieman · 30th June 2003, 1:45 AM

Download new drivers for the mobo may help if somehow they are corrupted.
Another option is to switch over the ide channels for hdd and mobo physically on the mobo and see if it makes any difference in speed (ie one crap ide channel).

Or you can make sure that you are using udma speeds, by having A) the correct cables, B) the correct hdd settings ie master/slave/cable select C)go view your system in the control panel and see what mode it list for your cd-rom, if it's PIO then delete the IDE Channel manually and restart the computer, the comp will then reinstall the IDE channel drivers, try another disc burn. Often if it encounters an error Win XP defaults cd burners to PIO mode.

Since this is all happening with only music CD's though,do you copy direct from cd to cd or do you copy to hdd first then burn to cd? In my experience copying to hdd first is more reliable.

Slain · 30th June 2003, 7:02 PM

Ok, everything is in DMA mode now. Latest drivers.

Ive just remembered that i installed my backup harddrive to get some files of of it, but i forgot to take it out again. So if the system was running low on power, could it cause this problem?
Do rewriteable disks take less power to burn or something?

29th June 2003, 11:47 PM	#1
Slain (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Perth Posts: 882	Burning - is there something im missing? Ive just recently reinstalled windows xp and everythings working ok, exept burning music cds. I pretty sure it was working before i formatted the HDD (havent used it much), and now it will get to 80 - 90% and give up. The buffer levels seem to jump up and down and the cd slows right down and the red/orange indicator leds are on at the same time. Burner is a Liteon 48x12x48 Tried it 3 times now to no avail. I am using 48x media but burning at 24x 16x and 12x - all the same results. Burning data cds is ok. Burning music onto re-writables works ok. Windows XP built in cd burner is disabled. The burner is a master connected to promise ata-100 onboard channel. Motherboard is a asus A7V133. Latest 4in1 drivers. CPU is an athlon 900mhz. HDD is 40gb 7200 RPM totally defragged. Im using Nero 5.5.8.0 and winxppro. I cant think of anything else. Any other drivers or settings i might have missed?

30th June 2003, 12:18 AM	#2
Slain (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Perth Posts: 882	wait, i think i may of found it. I have my harddrive and cdrom reader (not the burner) connected to the regular IDE channels and reading from the CDROM makes the computer slow down to a crawl, does this have something to do with DMA? It never did that before.

30th June 2003, 1:45 AM	#3
Brodieman Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: End-World Posts: 4,004	Download new drivers for the mobo may help if somehow they are corrupted. Another option is to switch over the ide channels for hdd and mobo physically on the mobo and see if it makes any difference in speed (ie one crap ide channel). Or you can make sure that you are using udma speeds, by having A) the correct cables, B) the correct hdd settings ie master/slave/cable select C)go view your system in the control panel and see what mode it list for your cd-rom, if it's PIO then delete the IDE Channel manually and restart the computer, the comp will then reinstall the IDE channel drivers, try another disc burn. Often if it encounters an error Win XP defaults cd burners to PIO mode. Since this is all happening with only music CD's though,do you copy direct from cd to cd or do you copy to hdd first then burn to cd? In my experience copying to hdd first is more reliable.

30th June 2003, 7:02 PM	#4
Slain (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Perth Posts: 882	Ok, everything is in DMA mode now. Latest drivers. Ive just remembered that i installed my backup harddrive to get some files of of it, but i forgot to take it out again. So if the system was running low on power, could it cause this problem? Do rewriteable disks take less power to burn or something?