[CrAckErKorEan]

This is a weird problem that we (my wife and I ) are having with our burners.
I am a tech guy so this is kinda frustrating not knowing whats going on.

At the same time we both lost usability of our burners. Sometimes the burners will burn one CD be it data or music. But when we try the second one it just fails. Some times it doenst even burn at all.

I also noticed that when firefox closes it always errors out with some memory problems that my wifes computer does also.

I have run adaware, spybot and AVG free looking for the culprit but I have found nothing.

We are both running 2k with SP4. Any ideas?

 

[clancy98]

stupid question -- new media? maybe a crappy batch of CD's? Your wife and your burners the same model or different?

 

[Andyman_1970]

I had a similar problem on my desktop - new last year Compaq - I was able to burn several CD's but then couldn't. The drive now even "hangs" when just reading a music/Data/DVD - so I'm wondering if it's either a hardware problem or the driver is kaput.

Any ideas?

 

[CrAckErKorEan]

We thought media also. We tired 3 different types at different speeds.
Her burner is a TDK 52x and mine is a phillips 8x (yes I know its old)
We tried speeds anywhere from 2x to 48x no change

 

[arboc!]

alot of times burners are picky about what company discs you use. you should try different companys and see if it makes a difference

 

[CrAckErKorEan]

We thought media also. We tired 3 different types

Media isnt the problem. Before it happened we were able to use anyhting. With my reinstall it works just fine.

 

[dogdude]

ive seen overheating cause this to happen, also not enough room to cache the info on the harddrive while burning and even not having the latest updates to the cd burning software.

 

[CrAckErKorEan]

I thought about overheating also. Our computer room is in the bonus room and is cooled by a window unit. I guess I just need to turn the thermostat down and see what happens.

I tried buffer settings on mine and it didnt help it at all. I am not sure if my wife tried hers.

 

[pixelninja]

I had a similar problem with my old desktop. I thought the burner had died (it was about 5 years old). When we bought our new laptop we gave the desktop to my father-in-law. Before sending it off, I reformatted the hd and reinstalled Win2K. Burner worked fine after that.

It might be time for a reformat/reinstall.

 

[Andyman_1970]

I had a similar problem with my old desktop. I thought the burner had died (it was about 5 years old). When we bought our new laptop we gave the desktop to my father-in-law. Before sending it off, I reformatted the hd and reinstalled Win2K. Burner worked fine after that.

It might be time for a reformat/reinstall.

I've reformatted/reinstalled twice since the problem came up and it didn't help. The burner/reader will still "lock up" reading a disk.

 

[pixelninja]

I've reformatted/reinstalled twice since the problem came up and it didn't help. The burner/reader will still "lock up" reading a disk.

Sounds like your issue is hardware related.

I'm curious if CrAckErKorEan has figured out his issue.

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

i had exactly the same problem, running xp home, nero and an external memorex cdw, and an internal burner.
sometimes it burned the cd, sometimes it displayed an error msg in the middle of the burning, and most of the times it just burned one at a time (then restart).

but then, i formatted my pc, reinstalled nero 5, and they are working fine now...

 

[dogdude]

its not just the ambient temperature of the room. if its not a stock OEM system from a reputable firm, there may not be enough space between the devices, harddrive(s), cdrom(s), burner(s), etc. ive seen some harddrives packed in there so tightly, the heat was incredible.

I thought about overheating also. Our computer room is in the bonus room and is cooled by a window unit. I guess I just need to turn the thermostat down and see what happens.

I tried buffer settings on mine and it didnt help it at all. I am not sure if my wife tried hers.

 

[SK6]

Has it ever worked properly in the first place? If it has then backtrack all of the software installs you have done to the best of your knowledge and see if there may exist a conflict. You may (and probably have) reinstalled the software.

Just a thought

 

[CrAckErKorEan]

It work and this was after all my software was installed and set up. I ended up reinstalling everything and it works beautifully.

I guess it was just time to clean house.

 

[Changleen]

I have the same issue. Damn it, I can't be fagged to re-install.....

 

[SK6]

It work and this was after all my software was installed and set up. I ended up reinstalling everything and it works beautifully.

I guess it was just time to clean house.

Congrats!

 

[Pau11y]

Could the ASPI driver gotten corrupted somehow? Watch out w/ Windows Updates and that one optional update you can get about CD burning...

Edit: also double check the Services and turn off the burning service (altho this maybe XP specific...), since you're using Nero.