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wullie · #1 29-06-2003, 02:58

hi i have just had a pioneer 105 installed which has a firmware 1.30 the system i have has a 500 amd / 380 mb ram / windows 98 and the software is nero i can back up cdr's fine but when i try dvd(ps2) i get a instant failure as in the buffer green light turns red and the disk ejected as i've said i am new to this and any information would be great

gh0sth@cker · #2 29-06-2003, 04:29

Try installing the Pioneer as the master if it's not already.

wullie · #3 29-06-2003, 06:27

yes the pioneer is the master - i also have a plextor writer and hitachi dvd rom

gh0sth@cker · #4 29-06-2003, 07:25

Try using another program to see what happens
Defrag your hard drive - you have a slow processor which isn't helping matters, so maybe a defrag will compensate a little for this. But for now see what happens with another authoring program.

wullie · #5 29-06-2003, 08:46

cheers - will do i see a lot of people recomending record now max or primo prassi do you have any links for any of these

bighap · #6 29-06-2003, 16:22

Primo is an outdated version of RecordNow Max. You can download a 30 day demo of RNM here

Str8Shuter · #7 29-06-2003, 16:46

Sometimes the swap memory space can compensate for the slow processor.

I've found that WIN9X doesn't usually allocate enough virtual memory and I've *always* overridden.

Typically double the installed memory rounded up to the nearest 100 is where I'd go.

In your case, 760 MB minimum - 800 MB total

380 MB actual installed X 2 = 760 rounded to 800

You could also try setting the burn software to a lower write speed.

wullie · #8 30-06-2003, 08:50

thanx to you all i've downloaded record now max and everything seems fine once again thanx to you all