Yu enable DMA for your CD drive through control panel, system, device manager. Select the rewriter and then tab to properties. You'll find an option to enable DMA there. This should come with a little health warning though. You'll be warned by Windows that changing the setting could cause the hardware not to work when your computer is restarted.
The symptoms I was suffering were that I could burn a data CD no problem at all but whenever I tried to copy an audio CD, the burn would fail 5-10 minutes into the simulation step. Changing this setting cured that immediately and I've never had the problem since. Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "mimi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 9:50 PM Subject: Re: Nero 5.5 CD-burning problem > You know, I never thought of that. How do you do that, Kevin? Maybe this > will cut down on a lot of dead CD's. > > Mimi > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 11:09 AM > Subject: Re: Nero 5.5 CD-burning problem > > > > Hi David. > > > > I suffered with this problem for a number of months. Have you tried > working > > your way through the Nero help tool? I found this very useful as it will > > run through a checklist of areas that may affect successful burning. > > > > Anyway, the answer for me was to set my CD-rewriter to be DMA enabled. > This > > meant that data could be transferred between the rewriter and hard drive > > much more efficiently. I've never had a buffer underrun since. > > > > Have you ever been able to burn CD's successfully with your current set > up? > > > > Kevin > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David R. Sky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 8:09 AM > > Subject: Re: Nero 5.5 CD-burning problem > > > > > > > Hi Mimi > > > > > > No, it was not the CD's... I've got very old equipment cuz I can't > afford > > > anything else right now. Apparently it was something called "underr un" > or > > > "underburn" or something, which meant the buffer to the CD write thingy > > got > > > empty before more info was grabbed from the hard drive. I don't know how > > > else to explain it at the moment, it's new to me. Anyway, my friend > burned > > > the CD's with his own computer and the same kind of CD discs, so they > were > > > okay. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, mimi wrote: > > > > > > > Oh, no! That means your disc devloped an error in it. If you are > using > > > > CDR's, which you can only use once, there is nothing you can do to fix > > that > > > > once it's burned. If the problem persists throughout the pack of > discs, > > you > > > > have a bad package! You might have to try a different brand of discs. > > > > Anyway, Nero should have asked you if you wanted to save the > read/write > > > > error onto a disc. Anyway, I would say no, because I don't want a > > defective > > > > write or play. > > > > > > > > I don't know what else to suggest other than try other discs to see if > > the > > > > same thing would happen. But I do know that any time your burn is > > > > unsuccessful or incomplete it's a bad disc. You cannot see the > defect. > > > > Another way to know is when you play it back on your computer's CD > drive > > if > > > > the last track will not play at all. I've had that happen a lot > lately. > > > > > > > > Mimi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "David R. Sky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 11:31 AM > > > > Subject: Nero 5.5 CD-burning problem > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi listers > > > > > > > > > > With sighted help, I learned how to use Nero 5.5 to burn mp3 files > to > > a > > > > CD. I split thirty five tracks into three folders and tried to make > > three > > > > CD's from these. At 4x speed, only 4 tracks were burned. Then, running > > my CD > > > > burner at 1x speed, the first eleven tracks are burned (and played) > > great, > > > > but each time the twelvth and last track is played, it's okay for a > few > > > > seconds, then it gets comically crazy, like a space-age > merry-go-round. > > And > > > > the CD player stays stuck on that track until I physically stop it or > > switch > > > > to another CD in my player. > > > > > > > > > > There was an error message from nero at the end of each burn > session, > > and > > > > I saved the burn log from the last session. It's 8 pages long and I > have > > no > > > > idea what it means. I can forward a copy to the list if it would help > in > > > > solving this problem. > > > > > > > > > > I'd appreciate any help, thanks in advance! > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > > > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
