Buffer Under Run Am I Right In Saying..

[Wizzandabe]

Thats it i can evern burn at 4x now, my rite is fuct, ok so than whats up, i chacked out ebuyer and they have to cd-re riters on ther that i am looking at. the specs are as follows.


The best of both worlds and now faster than ever! The GCC-4480B combines the 48x24x48 CD-RW drive with a 16x DVD-ROM drive. Complete with SuperLink for Buffer Underrun Error Protection, High Speed Media Support and Standard Connection, and Windows XP/2000/ME/98/95/3.1/NT compatibility, this internal CD-RW + DVD-ROM drive will bring you up to speed and beyond - its technology rewrites itself - again

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=45326 (http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=45326)


and the 2nd product


Benq's Internal E-IDE 52x Read/25x Write/24x ReWrite drive with Seamless Link technology. Again, leading the technology race - the BenQ 5224P 52X CD-RW delivers the same worry-free stability as our older 48x drives. Burning through an entire 80 minute CD in less than 3-minutes, the 5224P will never hold you back. BenQ's ground breaking Seamless Link Technology provides buffer under-run prevention to bring you a worry free CD recording experience with any CD-R or CD-RW media. Running late for a meeting or dinner appointment. No problem! In a couple of minutes you can backup your projects, create a music CD for the long drive, or put together a digital photo album for family & friends.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=46063 (http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=46063)

so thay both say buffer underrun,worry free CD recording.

dose this maen that i wont ruin another cd again. like it wont run out of buffer?

do i need a super fast pc for a high speed burner?

[Rocktron]

No you don't! Just buy a Lite-On Burner.. problem solved!
The Lite on web page (http://www.liteonit.com)

Good Luck!

[Wizzandabe]

you never answered my post (question), if i buy one of the above products will i ruin a cd again by buffer under run?

[Wizzandabe]

System Requirement :
CPU Pentium 166MHz or faster, 128MB DRAM required
HDD must have access time < 20ms, with a minimum of 100MB Free space

what dose this mean
HDD must have access time < 20ms, with a minimum of 100MB Free space

[Nightwolf]

Originally posted by Wizzandabe@29 March 2003 - 14:51
what dose this mean
HDD must have access time < 20ms, with a minimum of 100MB Free space
Just like it says, your hard drive must be able to access data faster than 20 milliseconds. Unless your HD is really old and slow, I&#39;m sure you meet this requirement. If you want to find out for sure, download a benchmark utility like HD Tach (http://www.tcdlabs.com/hdtach.htm).

Also, when you burn with Nero, check the box that says "Determine Maximum Speed". That will automatically adjust your burn speed to match your HD.

[Nobody1234]

Buffer underrun protection will just pause the writing process so that if the data does not arrive fast enough you don&#39;t waste a CDR. In fact you will have a hard time making &#39;coasters&#39; but it&#39;s still possible. (user error or a defective blank CDR) .. or if the source CD can&#39;t be read. (when direct CD to CD copying)

Edit: Shouldn&#39;t this be in &#39;Hardwareworld&#39;?

[Nightwolf]

Originally posted by Nobody1234@29 March 2003 - 18:40
In fact you will have a hard time making &#39;coasters&#39; but it&#39;s still possible.
Like if you accidently drop something on your keyboard while it&#39;s burning, and it hits the &#39;Enter&#39; key which, by default, cancels the operation. This isn&#39;t a joke, it actually happened to me yesterday. :o

[Acecool]

I never had probs with my 8x burner, then one day it kept going buffer underun

so I went and bought a LG for 68 euros or so, 40 x, really fast, havent ruined a cd since


I say buy one, they are useful and probably will save you that much more in the long run

[Wizzandabe]

Originally posted by Nightwolf^.`.^+29 March 2003 - 21:55--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Nightwolf^.`.^ @ 29 March 2003 - 21:55)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Wizzandabe@29 March 2003 - 14:51
what dose this mean
HDD must have access time < 20ms, with a minimum of 100MB Free space
Just like it says, your hard drive must be able to access data faster than 20 milliseconds. Unless your HD is really old and slow, I&#39;m sure you meet this requirement. If you want to find out for sure, download a benchmark utility like HD Tach (http://www.tcdlabs.com/hdtach.htm).

Also, when you burn with Nero, check the box that says "Determine Maximum Speed". That will automatically adjust your burn speed to match your HD. [/b][/quote]
yea i think my hdd id 5400 or is it 7400 any one of those will be good yea.


p.s Acecool do you think that you can get me a link for that cd burner you are on about?

[Rocktron]

Originally posted by Wizzandabe@29 March 2003 - 20:48
you never answered my post (question), if i buy one of the above products will i ruin a cd again by buffer under run?
:unsure: I NEVER had any Buffer on the run after i purchased a Lite-On burner&#33;
It has a Burn Proof option&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; (Check Clonecd at the write Tab) if you burner doesn&#39;t support that it will be disabled&#33;

Did you read the info on the link i gave you?

[Benno]

Originally posted by Rocktron+30 March 2003 - 11:58--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Rocktron @ 30 March 2003 - 11:58)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Wizzandabe@29 March 2003 - 20:48
you never answered my post (question), if i buy one of the above products will i ruin a cd again by buffer under run?
:unsure: I NEVER had any Buffer on the run after i purchased a Lite-On burner&#33;
[/b][/quote]
Same here. :)

I have the Liteon 52x and it works great for me.

[Wizzandabe]

kool beno just let me verifi what speed is you hdd, ram?cpu speed?os?

and have you ever ruind a cd r again

[Benno]

Originally posted by Wizzandabe@30 March 2003 - 13:15
kool beno just let me verifi what speed is you hdd, ram?cpu speed?os?

and have you ever ruind a cd r again
Win98
384 RAM
Seagate Baracuda V 80 GB
Athlon b 1.4 GHz

Yeah I have ruined a cd but it was my own fault. Burning, kazaa, IE, winamp and Photoshop was too much for my pc and everything crashed. ;)