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Old 24-07-2001, 16:25
Wayne Wayne is offline
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Buffer underruns can be caused by your computer doing *ANYTHING ELSE* while you're burning an image.

Make sure you close out all programs that access the hard drive. Email programs, screen-savers, virus-scan software, you name it. Shut it *ALL* down. You may have to shut some of it down by using the CTRL-ALT-DEL button to pull up a task list and then "END TASK" whatever you don't want loaded.

I know about this, all to well, as I've gotten buffer underruns when my email program ####ted #####ing my mail while I was burning. Even when someone calls me on the phone and my caller-id progam pops up, it may cause a buffer underrun.

Whatever your burn software, there should be some "buffer" indicator displayed and you should be able to see when your buffer ####ts to fall. it should always stay right around 95-100% unless it's almost to the end of the burn or it's through with a session and ####ting another. If you see it dropping down to 50 or lower, you have something using either your hard drive or your processor that is slowing down your burner software. Find it, kill it, and try again.
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