CD Burning more prone to underruns with XP?

[OneOfTheseDays]

Ever since i switched to Windows XP i've noticed that my system has been more prone to buffer underruns. I can't really do anything at all, as even simple web browsing seems to cause underrruns. I installed the windows update that supposedly fixes issues with burning but it really didn't help much. I'm using the latest version of NERO.

 

[Dennis Travis]

Is this with direct burns from your CDROM to your CDR/W or off files from the Hard Drive you are burning to a blank CD? Reason I ask is that with XP sometimes if your CD ROM has a problem reading a certain CD it will switch it to PIO Mode for that CD Drive and then you will get Buffer Underruns all over the place. The only way to get it back to UDMA mode for that drive is zap the driver for that channel and add new hardware and let it reinstall that IDE channel. They you can enable UDMA and it will be fine again. Drove me nuts till I figured that one out.

If it's happening from files on the Hard Drives then maybe it's the same problem but with the IDE channel that the HDD is on. Also what speed is your CD Burner?

I have had no problems at 24x here so far.

 

[Gozu]

i am using a Plextor 12X with burn proof technology under WinXP pro and it's simply perfect. never one single coaster since i first used it in conjunction with Nero. burn proof just rules. you can get it for 87 bucks now. who cares if a cd takes 7 minutes or 3 to burn?

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

yea i think i'll just get a burnproof, but before i upgrade this burner i gotta get me a burner in my gaming rig.

 

[crazychicken]

using a 40x liteon and xp pro i've had no problems doing all kinds of burns

david