i've read faq's..done searches...need help

[dmbphan7]

Ok i used to think i was fairly smart..till i tried burning DC ISOs.

Anyway here's the deal...as far as hardware goes..got a may2000 DC, burning on plexwriter 12/10/32, 64MB ram, DJ 3, burning at 1x....

I've been trying to burn outtrigger and JGR, have .cdi of both. Now what's killing me is i've read all the posts and done searches..everyone just says its so easy..."open dj, load .cdi, burn". Ok..so I do that. Outtrigger I got to load to the title screen..the intro works fine. WhenI press ####t...frozen...every time, same place. This was on a shitty generic disc. Switch to sony's, reburn...now I just get a black screen..nothing loads. I've burned JGR a few times, all I get on that is the now loading icon in the lower right corner and the disc stops spinning after a while. So here are my questions...

Am I using the wrong type of discs?? Everyone says sony's are fine...i've never had problems with them. Would a CDRW work better? not at all?

What should the settings be on dj3? and before you say don't change a thing on it...just freakin humor me and tell me what the setttings should be? mode 1 or mode2 xa? file system...this shouldn't matter since its an image...but i'm desperate at this point. Its frustrating to read a tutorial that makes it sound so easy..then i follow the steps and it doesn't work.

Can someone point me to an absolute asshole's guide to DC burning? cause thats what I feel like

-C