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Old October 8th 06, 05:06 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.cdr
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Default 2 burners at the same time

I have several burning and ripping programs. I also have 2 burners. Is it
possible to rip a CD on one burner while burning a wav file on the other,
using 2 different programs. So far I haven't been able to; the computer
reboots when I try it.

Thanks,

Norm Strong


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Old October 9th 06, 04:11 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.cdr
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On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 09:06:01 -0700, wrote:

| I have several burning and ripping programs. I also have 2 burners. Is it
| possible to rip a CD on one burner while burning a wav file on the other,
| using 2 different programs. So far I haven't been able to; the computer
| reboots when I try it.

Are you so pinched for time that you can't spare enough to let a burn proceed
without possible interference? CD and DVD burning is a rather fragile
undertaking at best. That's one of the few things I do on a computer that
always remains a total solo operation.

Larc



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Old October 9th 06, 11:00 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.cdr
Paul Heslop
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Default 2 burners at the same time

Larc wrote:

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 09:06:01 -0700, wrote:

| I have several burning and ripping programs. I also have 2 burners. Is it
| possible to rip a CD on one burner while burning a wav file on the other,
| using 2 different programs. So far I haven't been able to; the computer
| reboots when I try it.

Are you so pinched for time that you can't spare enough to let a burn proceed
without possible interference? CD and DVD burning is a rather fragile
undertaking at best. That's one of the few things I do on a computer that
always remains a total solo operation.

Larc

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Yeah, I keep saying this to my son. He is much better now but he was
always getting fails because he assumed having buffer this and extra
that that he could just carry on doing memory intense and drive
intense stuff like gaming while burning a disc. My answer is 'why take
the risk? Set it to a lesser speed than top and let it be!'
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Paul (why dont you call me i feel like flying in two)
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Old October 9th 06, 12:05 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.cdr
Dan G
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I have several burning and ripping programs. I also have 2 burners. Is

it
possible to rip a CD on one burner while burning a wav file on the

other,
using 2 different programs. So far I haven't been able to; the computer
reboots when I try it.

Thanks,

Norm Strong




The drives have to be on separate IDE channels to be successfully used at
the same time. There's no reason for your PC to be rebooting though, and
this needs to be sorted out. Sounds like a driver problem, so be sure that
your IDE controller driver is the default MS driver, not Nvidia or similar
3rd party driver. You should also set Windows to BSOD instead of rebooting,
so you can see an error message.

Most people who need/want to be doing multiple jobs with optical drives will
get a PCI controller card and move hard drive(s) to that, leaving the main
IDE open for burners. (PCI cards do not work well for opticals) Some
systems will be able to use multiple drives on firewire or USB2, but results
can vary widely.


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Old October 9th 06, 05:07 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.cdr
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"Dan G" wrote in message
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I have several burning and ripping programs. I also have 2 burners.
Is

it
possible to rip a CD on one burner while burning a wav file on the

other,
using 2 different programs. So far I haven't been able to; the
computer
reboots when I try it.

Thanks,

Norm Strong




The drives have to be on separate IDE channels to be successfully used at
the same time. There's no reason for your PC to be rebooting though, and
this needs to be sorted out. Sounds like a driver problem, so be sure that
your IDE controller driver is the default MS driver, not Nvidia or similar
3rd party driver. You should also set Windows to BSOD instead of
rebooting,
so you can see an error message.

Most people who need/want to be doing multiple jobs with optical drives
will
get a PCI controller card and move hard drive(s) to that, leaving the main
IDE open for burners. (PCI cards do not work well for opticals) Some
systems will be able to use multiple drives on firewire or USB2, but
results
can vary widely.


Both burners are on the same IDE channel; both burners are set for CS (cable
select). I have only one hard drive, but it's an SATA drive, so I don't
know how to add a parallel device to that channel. HOWEVER, I do have a
Promise card that will add 2 more parallel channels to the computer. It's
currently sitting in a box, doing nothing. I bought it because I wanted to
transfer a bunch of stuff from a parallel HD to my computer. I suppose I
could install the Promise card and put one of the burners on that channel.

I was surprised when I couldn't use both burners at the same time since I
can easily copy a DVD or CD on the fly using one burner to read and the
other to write.

Norm


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Old October 9th 06, 05:10 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.cdr
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"Larc" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 09:06:01 -0700, wrote:

| I have several burning and ripping programs. I also have 2 burners.
Is it
| possible to rip a CD on one burner while burning a wav file on the
other,
| using 2 different programs. So far I haven't been able to; the
computer
| reboots when I try it.

Are you so pinched for time that you can't spare enough to let a burn
proceed
without possible interference? CD and DVD burning is a rather fragile
undertaking at best. That's one of the few things I do on a computer that
always remains a total solo operation.

Larc


No, I'm not pinched for time. But I'd like to solve the problem,
nevertheless. I'm the type of person that isn't completely happy until I
know the why. It's probably a personal failing.

Norm


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Old October 12th 06, 01:42 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.cdr
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Default 2 burners at the same time

In article , wrote:

"Dan G" wrote in message
...


I have several burning and ripping programs. I also have 2 burners.
Is

it
possible to rip a CD on one burner while burning a wav file on the

other,
using 2 different programs. So far I haven't been able to; the
computer
reboots when I try it.

Thanks,

Norm Strong



The drives have to be on separate IDE channels to be successfully used at
the same time. There's no reason for your PC to be rebooting though, and
this needs to be sorted out. Sounds like a driver problem, so be sure that
your IDE controller driver is the default MS driver, not Nvidia or similar
3rd party driver. You should also set Windows to BSOD instead of
rebooting,
so you can see an error message.

Most people who need/want to be doing multiple jobs with optical drives
will
get a PCI controller card and move hard drive(s) to that, leaving the main
IDE open for burners. (PCI cards do not work well for opticals) Some
systems will be able to use multiple drives on firewire or USB2, but
results
can vary widely.


Both burners are on the same IDE channel; both burners are set for CS (cable
select). I have only one hard drive, but it's an SATA drive, so I don't
know how to add a parallel device to that channel. HOWEVER, I do have a
Promise card that will add 2 more parallel channels to the computer. It's
currently sitting in a box, doing nothing. I bought it because I wanted to
transfer a bunch of stuff from a parallel HD to my computer. I suppose I
could install the Promise card and put one of the burners on that channel.

I was surprised when I couldn't use both burners at the same time since I
can easily copy a DVD or CD on the fly using one burner to read and the
other to write.

Norm


I have just tried burning using Nero 6, 3 disks on 3 different burners at the
same time . The data is the same on all 3 . I used my Pioneer A06 on the
internal Secondary Master, a Plextor 811 (?) on the Secondary Slave, and using
a Sony VRD-VC10 external DVD burner using USB 2.0

It worked flawlessly!!!

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Old October 12th 06, 03:43 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.cdr
TommyDale
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Default 2 burners at the same time

You could very well have a power supply problem. When the extra power
is sucked up with two burners going, it could be enough to cause the
power supply to arc (short) and reboot.
I have my DVD burner as Master on Secondary IDE and CD Burner as slave
on IDE1. I also have two USB 2.0 externals and can burn all 4
simultaneously in Nero with no problem. I have a 450 Watt power
supply, not the original 230 watt that came in the computer.

wrote:
"Dan G" wrote in message
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I have several burning and ripping programs. I also have 2 burners.
Is

it
possible to rip a CD on one burner while burning a wav file on the

other,
using 2 different programs. So far I haven't been able to; the
computer
reboots when I try it.

Thanks,

Norm Strong

to
transfer a bunch of stuff from a parallel HD to my computer. I suppose I
could install the Promise card and put one of the burners on that channel.

I was surprised when I couldn't use both burners at the same time since I
can easily copy a DVD or CD on the fly using one burner to read and the
other to write.

Norm


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Old October 12th 06, 09:06 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.cdr
Dan G
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Default 2 burners at the same time


"GMAN" wrote in message
...


I have just tried burning using Nero 6, 3 disks on 3 different burners at

the
same time . The data is the same on all 3 . I used my Pioneer A06 on the
internal Secondary Master, a Plextor 811 (?) on the Secondary Slave, and

using
a Sony VRD-VC10 external DVD burner using USB 2.0

It worked flawlessly!!!


A completely different scenario, as you are burning to multiple drives, not
burning separate jobs to separate drives. But even in your case, I assure
you it did not "work flawlessly", because different drives burn at different
speeds or different strategies, so one drive will have to pause while
another catches up. Even if they are all burning at 8x, no 2 will be
running at the exact same speed.


 




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