CDRW problem that has me befuddled

vsp · 07-11-2003, 06:10 PM

Since I got my computer two summers ago, I've been using an LG 12x8x32 burner with it. (Other major specs -- Athlon 1300, A7V133 motherboard, 256MB RAM, 60GB HD (WD60 0BB-32CCB0), Win98 SE.)

I had problems obtaining the full 12x speed out of that burner -- Nero generally ran into buffer problems at faster than 8x, CDRWin got twitchy above 4x, and only DiscJuggler seemed happy at 12x. That model didn't have buffer underrun (having an 8MB RAM buffer instead), so I chalked it up to a quirk of the software and moved on.

I decided to replace it with a faster model, and settled on an LG GCE-8520B (52x24x52) from eBay. I received it today, hooked everything up, and everything seemed fine -- Windows recognized it right away, it read discs properly, Nero liked it once I applied the most recent Nero upgrade, and I threw in a disc to test the speed.

Much to my chagrin, it's actually SLOWER on my system than the 12x burner! The buffer underrun protection kicks in constantly, with the buffer jumping back and forth between ~20% and ~50-60%. I tried a simple data burn at 48x and an audio burn at 32x, using different brands of CDRs, and _both_ came out at around eleven minutes for a full disc.

The HELL?

Obviously, there's a serious bottleneck somewhere on my system, but I'm at a loss as to where to begin looking.

07-11-2003, 06:10 PM	#1
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	CDRW problem that has me befuddled Since I got my computer two summers ago, I've been using an LG 12x8x32 burner with it. (Other major specs -- Athlon 1300, A7V133 motherboard, 256MB RAM, 60GB HD (WD60 0BB-32CCB0), Win98 SE.) I had problems obtaining the full 12x speed out of that burner -- Nero generally ran into buffer problems at faster than 8x, CDRWin got twitchy above 4x, and only DiscJuggler seemed happy at 12x. That model didn't have buffer underrun (having an 8MB RAM buffer instead), so I chalked it up to a quirk of the software and moved on. I decided to replace it with a faster model, and settled on an LG GCE-8520B (52x24x52) from eBay. I received it today, hooked everything up, and everything seemed fine -- Windows recognized it right away, it read discs properly, Nero liked it once I applied the most recent Nero upgrade, and I threw in a disc to test the speed. Much to my chagrin, it's actually SLOWER on my system than the 12x burner! The buffer underrun protection kicks in constantly, with the buffer jumping back and forth between ~20% and ~50-60%. I tried a simple data burn at 48x and an audio burn at 32x, using different brands of CDRs, and _both_ came out at around eleven minutes for a full disc. The HELL? Obviously, there's a serious bottleneck somewhere on my system, but I'm at a loss as to where to begin looking.

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