Hi Folks:

I have a Plextor 740 DVD/CD writer and RSJ 6.0.  I can burn a CD
without a problem using RSJ.  I can play back CDs with RSJ.  I
cannot write a data DVD.  I've doubled the cache and slowed the
speed to 1X, and it still fails.  It fails in a rather
spectacular fashion: the DVD blank attaches, I start the process
with the xcopy command, the computer reports that it is reading
the files, the light on the front of the burner flashes, and
then after a while everything comes to a screeching halt -- the
system has completely frozen up.  This is a hard freeze which
requires a power switch cycle and a new boot.  As a result,
there are no error logs to be had (that I can find, at least).

I've reported this problem before and RSJ hasn't been able to
help.  Someone suggested that the power supply might be
inadequate.  This made sense, so I upgraded the power supply
from 300 W to 375 Watts.  It made no difference.  I then decided
that the drive itself must be defective, so I went out and
bought another DVD burner.  It fails in exactly the same fashion
as the Plextor.

Now what?  Could it be that my computer is too slow?  It's an
Epox 8 board running an Athlon 800 MHz processor with eCS 1.13. 


What is going on when the system freezes?  What is the xcopy
function trying to do that it all of a sudden can't do?  I was
counting on the burner to provide me with a backup  function,
but...

All guesses welcome (and actual knowledge doubly so).

Thanks,

Jerry 
--
"Many religions are worth dying for; none are worth killing for."
					- Me, circa 1998



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