scarlemthug

Ok,

I am running windows 98 and I have adaptec gold. I have tried to use Nero 6 aswell and i still have the same problem when attempting to burn cd's. What happens is the cd will start being burned and then the write speed will just drop from 4x to 2x to 1x and then it just stops writing and i end up with a useless cd. How can I go about troubleshooting this problem? Do you think its the actual cd writer or what are the other culprits?

imported_94EG6HB

What specs are the machine?

Shut down any applications running in bottom right corner..

Turn off or disbale antivirus..

Sounds like your getting killed on disk access..

Cynikal.Mindset

please dont tell me u have some whack *** system and tryin to burn direct mp3s into an audio cd...cuz that will eat alot of ram and if u dont have alot in the first place...well there it all goes and out comes a coaster

try converting audio to wav first then burn an audio cd...also defrag your computer and as said before disable antivirus and screensaver during the burn process and dont try to use the computer during burning...and if all else fails use an older version of nero like nero 5 or sumthin

J

thats what i'd say, on my comp at home, i couldn't have anything running, not explorer or even messenger, if i did i would just get acouple songs done and it would quit.

i've never liked nero that much, i've always used cd creator platnium, downloaded off of kazza, works perfect...as long as nothing is running.

scarlemthug

I'm trying to burn mp3 file type cd's and ive tried wav cd's aswell, neither works. The computer is an HP 9682C and the burner is from LG. I have tried the not doing anything at all but I havent tried it with the antivirus disabled.

imported_loudsubz

chris can you try burning a TEST cd and see if it works, bypasing the physical portion?

have you tried using the disk speed check in nero to see what kinda flow of data your getting?

could very well be the burner I had a similar problem on my ricoh i had a few years ago and it was dead.

scarlemthug

i did the test thing wit nero and it was around 30-40kbps or something?

Im trying to think, im pretty sure the Test cd worked and then i would do the actual cd and it fucked up.

Maybe what i need is a 40x external cd writer?

imported_loudsubz

Chris:

In nero you went to FILE >> PREFERENCES >> CACHE

Test all drive speeds? and got 30-40 kb/s


if so somethings def wrong there, Im getting 21,000 kb/s on my C drive and 6,600 kb/s on my D drive.

imported_loudsubz

haha ewww external, even worse

your bound to run into more porblems running those.

burners are cheap now, like $50 for a 24x + write RW

but try and get this one workign if you can

scarlemthug

nope didnt do that......it was the test for the cd speed or something like that. I already deleted nero, so i cant do the test again.

Should i try doing a cd with the antivirus and task scheduler off?

imported_BoOsTd

sounds like u are lacking RAM ... is it a buffer underun errors u getting??..maybe the HD aint quick enough...


external 40X requires firewire setup, or USB 2.0 or faster...most sytems stock are USB 1.0


oh if nero dont work nothing will get it back .... easy cd creator is a gimpy program :thumbs down bigtime:

scarlemthug

I really have no idea what to do, I guess I will try burning a cd with the antivirus and everything in the bottom right turned off or gone and see how that goes.

imported_loudsubz

chris

boot up in safe mode and see if you can access your cdrw and burn that way

Cynikal.Mindset

use an older version on nero...nero 6 gobbles ram and if u dont got any to spare its gonna make coasters... nero 5 or lower is windows 98 style and should work...worked perfect for my buddy with the same problems

scarlemthug

any idea where i can get nero 5?

imported_loudsubz

http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=nero

scarlemthug

which out of these should i get?

Nero Burning ROM 5.0.0.3 (4.8 MB)
Nero Burning ROM 5.5.7.8 (11.1 MB)
Nero Burning ROM 5.5.8.0 (11.1 MB)
Nero Burning ROM 5.5.9.0 (11.9 MB)
Nero Burning ROM 5.5.9.9 (12.1 MB)
Nero Burning ROM 5.5.9.14 (12.4 MB)
Nero Burning ROM 5.5.9.17 (12.7 MB)
Nero Burning ROM 5.5.10.42 (13.0 MB)

scarlemthug

BTW thanks for the link matt

imported_loudsubz

id give 5.5 a shot chris, i used it before switching to 6 and loved it, wasvery stable and no problems.
if it still dotn work go back to 5.0 first release

scarlemthug

Awesome, I will do and ill let you guys know if this works........i really hope it does.