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by harry-0

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Have ACER cdrw 10 X 8 X 32 that keeps giving a buffer under run error and will not create a disk.

Computer 650 pent 3 with 128 meg memory 94% free with a Promise 0 + 1 raid array with 4 40 gig ide drives operating under ME2000.

Suggestions were to free up memory machine uas at 84% before programs were taken out of startup.

Harry-0

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by fossil

Have you tried making the burn a two step process? I create a CD image on the hard disk, then use that for the burn. Also, you might check the HD first -- especially defrag. Lots of head moovement could slow things down.

by harry-0

Disk is defraged once a week - the raid striping makes the hard disk 2 times as fast as a normal hi speed drive. Will try image on hard disk then to burner. This appears more to be a patch rather than a fix - will try and report. Even if this works there must be a reason and a solution.

Thanks

Harry-0

by jcmcintyre

Chances are that both cd-roms are running on the same cable. The best solution is to make sure that the cd -rom drives use different IDE cables. (I'm assuming IDE cd drives).

Until then, try burning the cd's at a slower spped, maybe 4x.

Cheers

by harry-0

Both drives on separate cables and have no other drives on the cable. I have a promise raid card running a 0 + 1 raid array on hi speed drives.

Harry

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