Sony CD ROM keeps crashing

[mikeroonie]

I HAVE..

NEW celeron 433
64mb
6gig hd space

mustek flatbed scanner with scsi card

wacom drawing pad

syquest - parallel

sony CRX100E spressa - new - configured at factory

writes 1 in 3 CDs

I HAVE TRIED...

2 other brands of cd writers - imation and smart and friendly

writing from cd image

writing directly from hard drive

writing in 1x 2x 4x

have turned DMA on and off of hard drive and cd writer - both off - one time tried just CD DMA off

have defragged HD

i have set computer up as network drive and read ahead as NONE as as SONY technician recommended

have turned off power standbys - screensavers - unloaded TSRs

restarted before writing to flush memory

have used 3 types of media - Imation - Smart and Friendly - HiVal

have turned of AUTO INSERT

have used Nero and Adaptec CD Deluxe

AND STILL

thing keeps crashing in the middle of writing - locks it all down - have to restart - wasted 10 disks trying to figure this out

any ideas??

would really appreciate any help - especially if you are using this drive - if not - back to the store it goes

arghhh!
thanks
mike

[Ed_S]

I've had Sony CDU928E CD-R for over a year, have had no problems since learning how. Sounds like you're mosty on the right track, turn off everything possible, fresh reboot, etc.
Are you using CD Copier Deluxe or Easy CD Creator? Both are part of same package. If you haven't ran the system tests in EZ-CD, do so. Will establish copy speeds & program will work better. Since you have enogh HD space, when using CD copier, choose "copy source disk to the hard drive first" option under advanced tab. With EZ-CD, under tools menu, choose options and uncheck "use windows temp directory", then direct it to an empty directory (folder) on HD. Immediately before starting the copy, run "verify layout" under file menu. Always choose "test and copy" with either program, takes longer, works better. Lastly, once you've started copy process, leave it alone. By that I mean totally, no multitasking, no gaming, don't even mess with the mouse! Good time for dinner, or whatever. Just don't interrupt it in any way once it's started.

Good luck!

[800XL]

As you tweak with this, always leave things set to "Test and Copy". You should get your failures on the test run instead of toasting media. I say should, because it could pass the test then fail on the write. It almost sounds to me as though this could be a SCSI termination problem. Forgive my laziness in not looking up this drive, but is this drive SCSI? I know you mention turning off DMA for the drive, so it sounds like an IDE drive but it can be hard to tell. It it is an IDE, it could be connected to a problem with your IDE drivers. Might not hurt to take a look at installing them differently somehow. What sort of motherboard are you running this on anyway?