CDR drive "disconnecting" mid-burn?
I am having a very frustrating problem with my Yamaha 8424E in Win2000. No matter what program I use of the 4 I have installed: (Nero 5. 0. 1. 8, EZCD4 4. 02, CDRWin 3. 8B, or Fireburner v1. 06) when I press the write button (figuratively speaking), most of the time the program will just appear to freeze up and I c ...
I am having a very frustrating problem with my Yamaha 8424E in Win2000. No matter what program I use of the 4 I have installed: (Nero 5.0.1.8, EZCD4 4.02, CDRWin 3.8B, or Fireburner v1.06) when I press the "write" button (figuratively speaking), most of the time the program will just appear to freeze up and I cannot eject the cd from the cdr drive. My only solution is to turn the computer off and then on. This last time it happened, I tried going into the device manager to check properties, etc. and when I right-clicked the yamaha and chose properties, the device manager locks up.
It's almost like the cdr drive disconnects from the system and freezes anything associated with it.
I did a search for "aspi" and "cdr" and looked over some of the other problems, and none seem to be related to this.
For what it's worth, this computer is on a NetWare network, and I'm not logged in as the Administrator, but am using an account that has administrator rights.
Please help! I'm tired of formatting! hehe.
It's almost like the cdr drive disconnects from the system and freezes anything associated with it.
I did a search for "aspi" and "cdr" and looked over some of the other problems, and none seem to be related to this.
For what it's worth, this computer is on a NetWare network, and I'm not logged in as the Administrator, but am using an account that has administrator rights.
Please help! I'm tired of formatting! hehe.
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The good news is, I logged in as the Administrator to this Win2k machine (which doesn't logon to the NetWare network) and burning appears to be fine.
The bad news is, this doesn't really narrow down if my problem is related to other software installed, or if it has something to do with being on the network.
The bad news is, this doesn't really narrow down if my problem is related to other software installed, or if it has something to do with being on the network.
It is possible to have the network card cause delays on the system bus which would easily crash a CD writer. What kind of network card are you using? Is it fully PnP? Does it have the ability to detect if the cable's unplugged?
If you don't have these features I'd recommend grabbing a new card. Personally, I'm using a Netgear FA310TX and it works great. I have used different cards in the past and I have had some 10base that caused lots of headaches on my network so be carefull what you get. The best adapters out there are Intel, of course, but most >$25 10/100 PCI cards work very well.
If you don't have these features I'd recommend grabbing a new card. Personally, I'm using a Netgear FA310TX and it works great. I have used different cards in the past and I have had some 10base that caused lots of headaches on my network so be carefull what you get. The best adapters out there are Intel, of course, but most >$25 10/100 PCI cards work very well.
holy cow, I just re-read my reply after Hornet303 replied, and I see it came out all wrong, hehe.
I meant to say, now that I know my problem is probably not hardware related, i might explorer a software conflict or something, since it works fine with the Admin account.
sorry for the confusion, hehe
I meant to say, now that I know my problem is probably not hardware related, i might explorer a software conflict or something, since it works fine with the Admin account.
sorry for the confusion, hehe
