12x BURNING......HELP ME

[ppaik]

I have a 12x iomega burner but it wont burn at 12x. I try to burn cd-cd and it just stops for some reason. Then I will go into files on the hard drive and everytime it underbuffers so instead of 12x its more like 4-6x burning. Could it be my cpu/mobo??? I tried taking out 1 stick of ram and same thing happens. I am clueless. HElP!!!

Luckily I have burn-proof on it otherwise I would have many coasters.

 

[IceBlue]

What is your drive configuration on the IDE controllers?

The best setup for CD-CD on the fly copying would be
IDE1(Master)-HDD
IDE1(Slave )-CD-ROM
IDE2(Master)-CDRW

My guess is:
1) that you may have been trying to rip audio on the fly, and your CDROM cannot rip fast enough to keep the CDRW's buffer full, thus the underrun.
OR
2) that your CDRW and HD are on the same IDE controller. The each controller can read/write to only one device at a time, and with them both on the same controller your performance is compromised. Separating the devices to separate controllers will improve performance when transferring between the CDRW and the HDD.

Try this config, and rip the cd to the hard drive using the CDRW before burning.

Of course, this is assuming you are burning audio. If you're burning MP3's, try converting to .wav files first and writeing "track-at-once" instead of "disk-at-once", this could help too.

Let us know on your progress!

 

[ppaik]

Iceblue....wow......very nice....thanks!!! I will try that configuration later today.

 

[Souka]

Also, if IDE, make sure DMA is enabled.

Kill all apps but explorer and systray (win95/98) by using ctrl-alt-del.

 

[chuckieland]

i heard somebody say that for cdrw it is better to have DMA off
is that true?