pc restarts while burning cd

**kabatak** · July 11th, 2004, 15:47

Hi, does anybody know how to deal with this problem. My PC suddenly restarts itself by the time I begin burning CDs. When I check, there is no burn marks on the CD yet, so I guess it restarts before even burning the CD.

This problem just started to happen this week, my last burn was last week. I am using Nero and Roxio Easy CD Creator. Anybody can help? Thanks.

**thewarrior** · July 11th, 2004, 22:11

What Operating System you use and which CD Burning Software you use?

**msn** · July 11th, 2004, 22:18

Not enough RAM?

**msn** · July 11th, 2004, 22:19

Try the virus scan first, it maght causes rebooting.

**tandoc** · July 12th, 2004, 01:17

the cpu mite have heated up too much, and rebooted as a precaution.. i know mine will do that.. and has.. but not while burning a cd... try making ur CD drive use DMA.. so it uses ram instead of cpu.. or something liek that

**atlas** · July 12th, 2004, 10:23

Have you made any upgrades to your machine lately? It could be a power issue if your power supply is not large enough for all your drives, cards, etc.

**Robert** · July 12th, 2004, 11:05

I'd have to say 2 things.

One, your PSU isn't strong enough or two, you're system is overheating

**Decker** · July 12th, 2004, 17:23

You have both Adaptec & Nero SCSI virtual drivers installed remove one of them, preferrably the Roxio ones, check device manager as it may have layed a virtual drive too.

**kabatak** · July 13th, 2004, 08:32

i think my problem is not enough memory. i have 256 MB DDR, but my 80GB HDD which is partitioned at 50GB/30GB has only 6GB/720MB free space respectively. should that have an effect on that?

Originally Posted by tandoc

try making ur CD drive use DMA.. so it uses ram instead of cpu..

how do you do that?

**Wojtek** · July 13th, 2004, 10:11

Enabling DMA in Windows XP

Double-click Administrative Tools and then click Computer Management
Click Systems Tools and then click Device Manager
Click to expand IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers
Click the specific controller for which you want to configure DMA/PIO settings.
Click the Advanced Settings tab
In the Transfer Mode box, click 'DMA if available'
Restart your computer for this change to be enabled and saved

**kabatak** · July 14th, 2004, 06:07

Originally Posted by Wojtek

Enabling DMA in Windows XP

Double-click Administrative Tools and then click Computer Management
Click Systems Tools and then click Device Manager
Click to expand IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers
Click the specific controller for which you want to configure DMA/PIO settings.
Click the Advanced Settings tab
In the Transfer Mode box, click 'DMA if available'
Restart your computer for this change to be enabled and saved

im kinda stuck in:

- Click the specific controller for which you want to configure DMA/PIO settings.

i dunno which one i should, and when i select one there is no advance settings tab.
sorry im a bit newb in these things.