Problems with CD-RW after patch...

***Dasa*** · July 29th, 2001

Hi ya all,

Anybody else having problems with fast burners after applying the 1.01 patch? I can't burn anymore at 16x with my Plextor. Worked fine a couple of days ago but yesterday I applied the patch (needed to show a friend how it's done 'cos he's new to computers) and now 16x burn won't work. 12x and slower works ok. MP, MaxFX-tools and the patch are the only things installed this week on to my machine.

Is it the patch or just a freak coincidence? What does the patch do to help the copyprotection compatibility? I'm gonna try a fresh OS install tonight just incase...

***DrMaximus*** · July 29th, 2001

My HP 9900ci 12x Burner had 54 bufferunderuns after installing the patch!!! Something in the patch screwed up my CDRW.

***Dasa*** · July 29th, 2001

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Originally posted by DrMaximus:
My HP 9900ci 12x Burner had 54 bufferunderuns after installing the patch!!! Something in the patch screwed up my CDRW.

Hmmm so it actually could be the patch. Since the plextor has the burnproof thingy the error is not reported as bufferunderrun but Nero Burning ROM reports it as "Power calibration error" then there's some other error after that... but I still think it's weird that it works @ 12x speed and slower...

***DrMaximus*** · July 29th, 2001

My CDRW also has a burnproof eqivalent and the CD's work but it is extremely slow since it is constantly experiencing bufferunderuns and Nero now says I always get 50+ bufferunderuns recording a CD. I never got this error before the patch. Anyone Else? Thoughts? I am running Windows XP Build 2520, 1.3 ghz AMD, 512 DDR, 70GB, 12x 9900ci, Pioneer 16x DVD, Voodoo 5

***Dasa*** · July 29th, 2001

Guess I should post my specs too:
TB 1.4GHz, MSI K7TT-R, 256MBcas2, WinME, Plextor 16/10/40A, Creative 8x DVD, LeadTek GeForce3, 20+40+1,7GB harddrives.

I should also mention that I tried uninstalling MP and MaxFX tools and that didn't help.

***Dasa*** · July 30th, 2001

Thought I'd give this a little bump... just in case...

***DrMaximus*** · July 30th, 2001

Bump!

***Deviancy*** · July 30th, 2001

This makes little sense, how could a patch get into the driver files for the cdrw and mess it up??? Are the burners on a ata66 or ata100 port, are you using highpoint drivers to enable the ata66 or 100? If so, have you tried to put the burner on the ata33???

Another thing, my plextor usually burns at 8. But with certain cdrs it wont burn audio on 8, has to be 4. Try maxwell cdrs.... see what happens

***Lokken*** · July 30th, 2001

actually, burners CANT run at ata 66/100, they must run at 33.

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***Dasa*** · July 30th, 2001

Just did a clean install of WinME and the problem's still there. Can't burn at 16x [lot's of sensored words] [a few broken items]. Oh well have to take this burner for a warranty change or something tomorrow... not that I need it for anything... [more sensored words].

DrMaximus I hope your problem isn't the same as mine. Good luck.

[This message has been edited by Dasa (edited 07-30-2001).]