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Hanabal · 01-31-2006, 02:55 AM

Hey,

well I've got a problem with my cd-r and im hoping someone has some ideas on how to fix it. Its just going unreasonably slow

My original cd-r drive ran fine for a good 2 years, writing up to its maximum speed of 48x everytime. then last year, after not writing anything for a few months, suddenly it has problems. I notice the record buffer is constantly being drained where that never happened before. Of course this causes the buffer underrun to kick in and it slows the recording down. the buffer is oscillating between empty and full every second or so, so you can imagine how badly this is affecting the recording. So far I havent detected any dead disks, but the speed is less than half of what it should be.

My first thought was nero was responsible, but every other program showed the same performance. Now a few days ago I decided to get a DVD recorder as they were cheap enough, But annoyingly my brand new DVD drive is showing exactly the same symptoms as my CD R drive, whether I am writing a DVD or CD the same thing happens, causing the process to be agonisingly slow and probably not as reliable. I am hoping to be able to fix this without needing to buy any new hardware and if possible not reinstalling windows.

So I come to you, can you please help me.

tinfoil · 01-31-2006, 11:43 AM

I'm curious about what new programs you've installed and what programs are currently resident in memory.

Hanabal · 01-31-2006, 10:04 PM

ha, moments after posting this i figured it out.

Apparently my optical drives were on IDE channel 3, even though i only have 2 channels, not sure how it happened, but anyway i forced them to be IDE ch 2 and now everything is fine, weird but eh,.

01-31-2006, 02:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
Hanabal Insane Location: Auckland	Tricky CD-R problem Hey, well I've got a problem with my cd-r and im hoping someone has some ideas on how to fix it. Its just going unreasonably slow My original cd-r drive ran fine for a good 2 years, writing up to its maximum speed of 48x everytime. then last year, after not writing anything for a few months, suddenly it has problems. I notice the record buffer is constantly being drained where that never happened before. Of course this causes the buffer underrun to kick in and it slows the recording down. the buffer is oscillating between empty and full every second or so, so you can imagine how badly this is affecting the recording. So far I havent detected any dead disks, but the speed is less than half of what it should be. My first thought was nero was responsible, but every other program showed the same performance. Now a few days ago I decided to get a DVD recorder as they were cheap enough, But annoyingly my brand new DVD drive is showing exactly the same symptoms as my CD R drive, whether I am writing a DVD or CD the same thing happens, causing the process to be agonisingly slow and probably not as reliable. I am hoping to be able to fix this without needing to buy any new hardware and if possible not reinstalling windows. So I come to you, can you please help me. __________________ I am Hanabal, Phear my elephants

01-31-2006, 11:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
tinfoil Fucking Hostile Location: Springford, ON, Canada	I'm curious about what new programs you've installed and what programs are currently resident in memory. __________________ Get off your fuckin cross. We need the fuckin space to nail the next fool martyr.

01-31-2006, 10:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
Hanabal Insane Location: Auckland	ha, moments after posting this i figured it out. Apparently my optical drives were on IDE channel 3, even though i only have 2 channels, not sure how it happened, but anyway i forced them to be IDE ch 2 and now everything is fine, weird but eh,. __________________ I am Hanabal, Phear my elephants