LTR-24102B can't finish burn...

[Guest]

I have installed a Lite-On LTR-24102B in a stock Gateway(my cousin's), and am having problems finishing burns unless the amount of data is small. It has an ATA66 controller card for the HD so I connected it to the secondary IDE port on the motherboard and moved the DVD/CD drive to the primary port, setting them both as masters. I can compile a CD with audio clips downloaded off the internet (as long as its not a full CD of music), but can't copy full CD from one drive to another(on the fly) or even just using the burner to read and copy sucessfully . Can get about 6 of 19 songs before it locks up the machine. You have to shut the power off to reboot. Fails at different stages, sooner each time I try (31%, 16%, 11%, etc).Using Nero 5.5.3.0. Have DMA set to on, but wondered if because this system only has a 200w power supply, this could be the problem. Have installed drive in my computer and works fine w/ a 300w PS. His system is PIII 450mhz 96mb RAM 13.5gb HD, DVD Rom, CDR-RW(of course) w/ Windows98. Nothing added til this. Can't find any info on wattage requirements, or how to spec out a system. Any suggestions?

 

[DaveGOD]

seeing as no one else is replying youre stuck with my guesses

200w is very low, i would not be surprised if that is the problem, although insufficient power usually is indicated by the machine restarting itself frequently. i'd suggest a 300w psu should be ok, tho im also wondering that maybe if his monitor is powered by the psu, to try it with a different cable so it connects to the wall socket instead, freeing up watts. if your monitor does this try swapping the cables, a new cable would be cheaper than a new psu (btw, i have no idea at all if this would work its just something i thought up right now, and thinking about it make sure the cables are same voltage, wattage and amp).

also 96mb might be a little low for copying a 640mb CD, though this should at worst slow it down (due to swapfile use), not cause it to hang like that unless theres a memory addressing problem or leak or those things that cause blue screen death. anyway a 128mb and even 256mb chips cost peanuts. well a big box of peanuts anyway.

[edit: oh yeah and if you connect a cdrom and cdrw on the same cable are they supposed to be both masters? im just asking as ive ordered a cdrw myself]

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"Yes you are!"<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by DaveGOD on 11/15/01 07:36 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[btvillarin]

They shouldn't both be set as Master. (You said peanuts...LoL :lol: )

Anyways, 200W is indeed low. The monitor's power isn't coming from the power supply. It's coming from the outlet. So, I'm 90% sure it's the power supply.

But, yeah, if there are two CD devices on one IDE cable, make sure one's a Master, and one's a Slave.

Peanuts... :lol:

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[DaveGOD]

btvillarin? you again? hello m8! lol

i thought the two masters was odd.
ahh so when you connect the cable into the psu it actually just connects directly into the socket?

uh, peanuts?

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[Guest]

What speed do you burn at...could simply be that your computer cant handle the speed of the burner...i have a 16x recorder and my computer is 800mhz athlon but i used to get errors when i try to record at 16x so i tried 12x and it never has screwd up

 

[btvillarin]

Yup! He was like, "256MB cost a bag of peanuts...a big bag of peanuts...." I thought it was hilarious!

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[Guest]

I am having the identical problem. However, I do not think it has to do with your PS. My system: T-bird 1.2, 30 gig HD, 512 mb ram (380 avail.) and a 350 watt PS. IDE's set as follows:
Primary Master - HD
Primary Slave - CDVD
Secondary Master - CD-RW
The PIO's are on Auto - mode 4
UDMA's Enabled
DMA in Win2K enabled
The first two burns worked great. Then, with each attempted subsequent burn, the pc froze up in shorter intervals. I have tried all kinds of read:burn rate ratios without any success. I have yet to figure out what is wrong. What really gets me are those first two working burns!!!!
ANY assistance or troublshooting ideas would be appreciated!

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