Grace
December 9th 03, 10:17 AM
Hi,
I use Nero, and a week ago I started having problems with
burning CDs. The Recorder Buffer empties all the time.
The CDs still come out ok, but they take much longer and
the recorder buffer empties and refills throughout the
burning procress.
The burning also effects the OS by creating pauses,
everything responds a little slower.
I've tried killing all the background programs: eMule,
KaZaA, ICQ, Firewall, Antivirus, etc... I also
disconnected from the internet - Nothing helps.
I tried burning at lower speeds - x12 worked ok, but the
OS was still very slow.
I tried defragmenting too, didn't help.
Notice that I've been burning heavy for 6 months without
any problem, and that it suddenly appeared (no, I didn't
change the Nero version or install new drivers \ firmware
for the cdr drive).
I also checked the Task Manager to see if there's any
process that consumes resources, but found nothing.
I uninstalled nero and reinstalled nero 6 - didn't help.
I deleted the drive from the device manager and restart
to let XP reinstall it - didn't help.
The only clue I found was that the transfer mode for my
secondery IDE channel is set to "PIO mode" and not DMA.
Is this the problem?
If not what could be the problem?
How can I diagnose it?
Please help
Grace
I use Nero, and a week ago I started having problems with
burning CDs. The Recorder Buffer empties all the time.
The CDs still come out ok, but they take much longer and
the recorder buffer empties and refills throughout the
burning procress.
The burning also effects the OS by creating pauses,
everything responds a little slower.
I've tried killing all the background programs: eMule,
KaZaA, ICQ, Firewall, Antivirus, etc... I also
disconnected from the internet - Nothing helps.
I tried burning at lower speeds - x12 worked ok, but the
OS was still very slow.
I tried defragmenting too, didn't help.
Notice that I've been burning heavy for 6 months without
any problem, and that it suddenly appeared (no, I didn't
change the Nero version or install new drivers \ firmware
for the cdr drive).
I also checked the Task Manager to see if there's any
process that consumes resources, but found nothing.
I uninstalled nero and reinstalled nero 6 - didn't help.
I deleted the drive from the device manager and restart
to let XP reinstall it - didn't help.
The only clue I found was that the transfer mode for my
secondery IDE channel is set to "PIO mode" and not DMA.
Is this the problem?
If not what could be the problem?
How can I diagnose it?
Please help
Grace