XP machine dies (restarts) as soon as I try to write to a CD-R. Read and DVD write are fine.

Anyone have any ideas? My DVD writer works perfectly (Sony DL model),
but if I try to write a CD it immediately all resets and I get a back
screen and return to the BIOS start screen (full restart).

Tips welcomed! Replace writer?

Thanks

DeanB

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:53:06 -0000, dean
<deanbrown3d@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Anyone have any ideas? My DVD writer works perfectly (Sony DL model),
>but if I try to write a CD it immediately all resets and I get a back
>screen and return to the BIOS start screen (full restart).
>
>Tips welcomed! Replace writer?
>
>Thanks
>
>DeanB

Disable XP's Automatically Reboot (on system failure)
setting, then note any bluescreen information like file
names, stop codes, etc... then research those.

How about if you use another application to write a CD?
Were you using XP's integral burner support or a 3rd party
program already?

"dean" <deanbrown3d@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1192942386.789471.118780@v29g2000prd.googlegr oups.com...
> Anyone have any ideas? My DVD writer works perfectly (Sony DL model),
> but if I try to write a CD it immediately all resets and I get a back
> screen and return to the BIOS start screen (full restart).
>
> Tips welcomed! Replace writer?
>
> Thanks
>
> DeanB
>
Yes your burning program might need to be reloaded. You might want to try
downloading the Freeware program CDBurnerXP and see if that works for you.
If it does then the problem is/was your original burning program. It can be
found at http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

The burner takes more power to write a disk then it does to read one. With
that in mind a possible power supply problem might be showing up. It might
not hurt to also verify the cables between the motherboard and CD drive are
in tight, at both ends.

A memory problem can cause this kind of crash as well when the program tries
to buffer the data prior to writing it to a CD. If your lucky just
reseating the memory module(s) might fix that problem. Run a memory testing
program to verify/eliminate this kind of problem.

dean wrote:
>
> Anyone have any ideas? My DVD writer works perfectly (Sony DL
> model), but if I try to write a CD it immediately all resets
> and I get a back screen and return to the BIOS start screen
> (full restart).
>
> Tips welcomed! Replace writer?

You probably have some files permanently damaged. The most likely
reason is a temporary memory failure, possibly due to a cosmic ray,
at some time or other. (It may have been years ago). The cure for
this is ECC memory, and reloading everything from the original CDs.

--
Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net)
Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems.
<http://cbfalconer.home.att.net>



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On Oct 21, 1:26 am, "GlowingBlueMist" <nob...@invalid.com> wrote:
> "dean" <deanbrow...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1192942386.789471.118780@v29g2000prd.googlegr oups.com...> Anyone have any ideas? My DVD writer works perfectly (Sony DL model),
> > but if I try to write a CD it immediately all resets and I get a back
> > screen and return to the BIOS start screen (full restart).
>
> > Tips welcomed! Replace writer?
>
> > Thanks
>
> > DeanB
>
> Yes your burning program might need to be reloaded. You might want to try
> downloading the Freeware program CDBurnerXP and see if that works for you.
> If it does then the problem is/was your original burning program. It can be
> found athttp://www.cdburnerxp.se/
>
> The burner takes more power to write a disk then it does to read one. With
> that in mind a possible power supply problem might be showing up. It might
> not hurt to also verify the cables between the motherboard and CD drive are
> in tight, at both ends.
>
> A memory problem can cause this kind of crash as well when the program tries
> to buffer the data prior to writing it to a CD. If your lucky just
> reseating the memory module(s) might fix that problem. Run a memory testing
> program to verify/eliminate this kind of problem.

Thanks both of you. I have turned off the system boot on failure -
we'll have to wait till then...

Cheers

Dean