question - running dnet client while burning cd's ok?

[merlocka]

My burner (Ricoh MP7040 + Adpatec EZCD 4.0) doesn't seem to have a problem co-existing with the dnet client.

I am trying to recruit a few peeps, and want to give them the straight scoop.

Is there any known issues with any burners (Plextor w/ burnproof in the specific) operating while dnet is running?




edit : man, i can't type today

 

[daweasel]

It should be fine. I don't think it would contribute to making coasters. I've only had one program ever thats conflicted with the cliet.

 

[Jeepin]

Dnet runs as the lowest priority thread, so it won't steal resources from anything else. I have naver had problems burning while running dnet. Most burner software will give itself high priority when burning, but you can also do it manually if you're running NT/win2k or XP.
Either way, I've personally never had any problems.

 

[GeoffS]

I do it all the time... I have the client running on every one of my machines, and two of them have burners and I've never had a problem.

Geoff

 

[IJump]

I've done it at home with a phillips burner and Adaptec Easy CD Creator. I've done it at work with an HP Burner and the crappy HP software. Never had problems at either place.

 

[LeBlatt]

SCSI Teac 4X and 8X, dnet as a service, no problems here.

 

[Sukhoi]

Heck, I've run SETI while burning.

 

[torque2k]

Running HP 12x at work on AMD TBird 800 with Nero 5.5, no probs.

If in doubt, right-click on cow and select PAUSE, then RESUME when burn is complete!

But, don't forget to resume!!!

 

[RaySun2Be]

Running a SCSI HI-VAL CD burner in a Compaq Deskpro PIII 733, no problems whatever. I thought I had some problems with a YAMAHA SCSI burner, but it turned out that the burner was flaky and going bad. Replaced it and haven't had any problems at all.

 

[BadThad]

I run it as an NT service on a work machine and that pc has a Plextor 12x10x32. It has yet to burn a coaster.

 

[BurntKooshie]

General tips:

Put the burner on a different channel than the burning source.
Defrag that drive if possible before burning (even on fast drives, a highly fragmented drive can cause problems at higher burning speeds).

Don't run RC5 or S@H on old computers while burning. The time it takes for a context switch between threads appears to be too much (not to mention the fact that some of them are just barely fast enough to burn without anything running.

I have made coasters...but none were due to RC5 (they were all due to my stupidity )

 

[cirrus1]

If you have a situation like the one BurntKooshie mentions with old puters, you could add the burner program to the clients pause-watch list. In that way the client will pause when running the program and resume when the program is terminated.

<edit>And no, I haven't had any problems with using Dnet client and burning at the same time. Except for those situations where I have had a cpu overheating due to full load, unfortunately in the middle of a write (and no, BURN-Proof couldn't save it but that's another story </edit>

 

[kmmatney]

I have Dnet running on a Celeron 400 at work, and have never had a problem burning CD's. Should have no problems, especially if your computer is faster.