Have Nero 6 Win 2k with PIII 800 MHz CPU, 458mb of memory. Compaq DeskPro.
Used to have CD Creator 6 but had a lot of Blue Screens of Death with "IRQL" error messages regarding NTSOKRNL.exe (or something to that extent)--Called Roxio who put my PC in worse shape than before. Had to ghost back C drive.
Anyway took about 10 MP3 downloads wrote to CD-R as CDA using Nero and my Plextor 12x writer at different rates.
Problems: A few cracks, perhaps entire skipping of song when played back, cut off song early, buzzing on one song till it went to next. Originals were fine and did not have these defects in them. I realize this is a common problem.
Burn Results:
1. Was in PI0-4 Mode and burned CD which had a few clicks/pops and repeated the end of one song. Burned at 8x. Let software do the conversion from MP3 to CDA.
2. I then manually converted MP3 files to Windows PCM WAV format so that that might get rid of clicks, songs ending early, or buzzing on song which then skipped to next.
Burned at 4x with DMA - same problems, different areas of CD-R
3. Now burning at 1x to see if this helps.
Have Memorex and Imation CD-R media.
Tried PIO and DMA modes.
Tried different burn speeds.
Tried playing CD-R at home and in car. Errors exist in same place in CD-R regardless of player.
CD is on secondary IDE channel and not on Hard Disk Channel.
Plextor drive is set as master.
Plextor 12/10/24A (or 32A) drive is about 3-4 years old. All firmware updates applied.
Is PC too slow? I am not using PC while burning - but do have firewall and Norton Script Block running and a Pop up blocker. I am aware of all services running and am not taxing the PC for regular use anyway. 5% CPU usage while running Nero.
PC is standalone.
I could buy a new CD-R drive but not sure this will correct problem.
In past experience when I used Roxio 5, I had problems now and then, but that was a long time ago-also less problems.
I would like to resolve this so I get a good CD burn at least 80% of time.
Thanks,
Peter
