Hi, First of all, here is the software I use: NERO Burning 5.5.10.15a Burner: Plextor 16/10/40A Consumables: TDK CD-RWXG 80 Min. VIA Chipset drivers VIA Hyperion 4in1 v4.46 Audio: AC97 I have to say that these problems has been occurring for 6-8 weeks, before everything was fine. The Problem What happens is that when I play audio CD-RW on my standalone DVD Player (SONY DVP-S535D) after about 60 minutes the CD starts to skip and be idle, then a few seconds and starts again to play until it skips again and so on. Eventually, I can hear the spinning but no sound. I burn my CD-RW at 2x, but also I find strange that the options I get are 2x or 4x when the CDs are 1x - 4x. I have tried any other sort of CD-RW but same result. If I play the old CD-RW, meaning the ones recorded more than 8 weeks ago, they sometimes have the problem as well therefore I cannot exclude something wrong with my DVD Player. So, the question is, what can happen to a DVD player after 60 minutes playing, is it related to heating or maybe the lens are dirty? How can I check the lens? How can I clean them? In addition, I remember there was a driver that I did not want to update last year because the older version was working better, but I do not remember whether it was the AC97 one or the Motherboard one. The fact is that probably, during a run process of Windows Update, the driver has been updated and maybe this is the reason the sound is so sharp? Could also be Nero, I keep installing their new releases. Finally, I have read somewhere that Plextor and VIA Chipset are not good friends, therefore I am confused and don't know anymore what to do. Maybe you can help me in solving this problem? Thanks very much for your comments. Alex __________________ Midi Tower ATX 250W, Mainboard AOPEN AN34 S370 ATX, Processor Intel PIII 1.0 GHz S370 + Cooler, Memory 256MB SDRAM PC133, HD Maxtor Diamond Plus 40 GB U100 7200 rpm, Floppy Drive 3½ - 1.44MB, CD Writer Plextor 1610TA 16/10/40, Videocard TNT2 M64 32MB AGP, Monitor Philips 109P20 Brilliance, Ethernet adapter D-Link DE-828CT, Webcam Philips ToUCam Pro, Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional
You should be using Plex Tools, specifically designed for Plexy burners and this program is better than EAC (Exact Audio Copy). Plex Tools; http://www.plextor.be/english/technical/downld_util.html Shoey
