Nero and DVD writing

[Carbine]

Right, got a little problem when running/burning a cd/dvd using Nero.

Basically it makes my pc as slow as a slug plus also seems to drop my internet speed which is a pain in the butt. I can't even listen to my music when data is being burned.


Verion is Nero 7 and the DVDRW is a Sony DVDRW DW-Q28A

System spec is below. Surely it can't be right with an e6600 cpu.

At first i thought it could have been due to a high overclock on my CPU so i put it back on stock and same things happen.

Any help would be nice

[Sumanji]

Hey,

What is the CPU usage like in task manager when you are burning? And do you have any Starforce-enabled games installed by any chance?

Suman

[Carbine]

Hello,

I recently installed my computer and so no i don't have any games installed at the moment.

Seems to be a dodgey drive as i have just bought a SATA drive and for some reason its working fine and dandy.

CPU usuage was like 50% constant though which did my nut it as it kept bringing the computer to a halt.

Still want to fix the problem as i'll be using this drive as a secondary

[d3fiant]

I had similar problems on my 965 because the PATA drive was running in PIO mode, so I bought a SATA optical drive which cured the problem, however I didnt think that problem, lack of native PATA, affected 975 users.

[Sumanji]

Here's a random list of stuff that comes to mind (I'm sure you've tried a lot of this already though!):

~ Try another burning app (Windows built-in recorder, or Infra Recorder which is free and pretty good).
~ Check device manager and see what mode the DVD writer is running in.
~ Check the firmware of the drive. Google for any known issues with it and re-flash to a newer version.
~ Try burning a different brand of CD/DVD.
~ Try connecting the drive to another IDE connector, or use a SATA converter and hook it up to a SATA port.
~ Check the jumper on the back of the drive... make sure the setting corresponds to how it is connected on the IDE channel.

Thats all I can think of for now! Hope some of that is helpful

Suman