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| Thread ID: 96689 | 2009-01-19 07:53:00 | DVD Burn Failure Problem Continues With New Burner | Term_X (560) | Press F1 |
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| 740242 | 2009-01-19 07:53:00 | Hi Folks, I had a semi regular problem with burning failure on my DVD-RW which happened on any type or brand of dvd blank disc where it would be burning fine and then the light just goes out and Nero abort was unresponsive. The only way to recover was to reset the pc. Nero showed the read buffer as 100% whenever this happened so at a loss to understand why it just failed. Figured the burner which was about 3 years old was stuffed so gave it the flick and bought a new one. Bought a new Pioneer DVD-RW and was going perfect for a week maybe before it started to fail burns just like the old burner. The pattern seems to be if i burn say 3 dvds one after the other.. the second or third disc will fail. What i do now is do a burn and then restart the pcand this now guarantees every burn will be a success. Running XP PRO SP2. The DVD-RW is on the primary of the secondary IDE controller. The buffer is always full when it fails so it cant be a memory/ram issue. Would the power supply be a problem? I have a few HDDs in the system so wondered if there's not enough juice to power it fully maybe.. Help! lost for ideas on what's causing the issue. Thanks in advance |
Term_X (560) | ||
| 740243 | 2009-01-19 08:00:00 | Whats the error say now? Did you try changing the IDE cable, if its the same as what was there before? What else is on the same IDE connection? Whats the PSU? Have you tried using another IDE connector, (to what you were using before)? What other cd burning programs are installed? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 740244 | 2009-01-19 08:01:00 | What's the rating on your PSU? Have you tried another burning program such as burnaware free or CDburner XP which is not just for XP, it could be a Nero problem | gary67 (56) | ||
| 740245 | 2009-01-19 08:17:00 | thanks for the replies guys.. theres a hard drive on the slave of the same secondary controller the burn is on and 2 hard drives on the primary controller. it's a 450 watt PSU. with nero there's no error message, as soon as the light goes off, that's it, can hear the disc spinning it up pretty hard out and i cant eject it. i have to hit the reset button to get the disc out. even if i take off the hard drive on the same controller, the problem persists. happens with any burning program also. no error messages come up. i only know theres a problem because the light goes out. dont think i have any spare 80pin IDE cables to test. system is xp2500 with 500 mb of ddr ram |
Term_X (560) | ||
| 740246 | 2009-01-19 08:20:00 | Try this instead of using your usual burner: www.afterdawn.com |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 740247 | 2009-01-19 08:32:00 | Disconnect the hdd then try it hmm 500mb isnt that much |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 740248 | 2009-01-19 08:34:00 | What I would've done first would been to try reinstalling Nero - or simply switching to some other program. Personally I'm sick of Nero, I use Ashampoo Burning Studio 8 now. It's not necessarily a hardware issue. | pingu45 (13461) | ||
| 740249 | 2009-01-19 09:09:00 | Also experiment with slowing down the burning speed. | decibel (11645) | ||
| 740250 | 2009-01-27 08:38:00 | Things to try in order to locate the issue: Turn off ALL other unneccessary programs. THis includes firewalls, Virus checkers, and off course, kill your internet connection before disabling these services. Look at the row of icons on your task bar. Right click and select Close / Quit / Stop / Pause for all of the programs that give you the option. Fully support the suggestion to burn at a slower speed. Also, heat can affect burners, and as you say it happens after 3 or so burns, maybe the DVD drive is getting too hot. Try leaving the drive door open for 5 minutes between each burn. It'll get a bit more air through it to cool it down with the drive door open. My original Phillips CD burner actually had a specific volume of airflow listed as being a requirement for successful operation. If it is a heat issue, check that your optical drive is not in a dead spot regarding airfolw. A trap can be having one fan blowing air in, and another fan blowing air out. The end result is a path of air between these two fans, but no air flowing through devices like your DVD, because there is no net pressure or vacuum inside the case to push or pull air through such a tightly closed unit. Setting all fans to exhaust *might* solve a heat issue in the drive. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
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