Seems to be worse when I try burning a cd. Have tried computer in another person's house and it is fine.Computer is working off a power pack so is not plugged directly into mains.  Would appreciate any advice.
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The computer tried in another persons house, is it the suspect computer or the homeowners computer? Burning CD's takes up alot of memory and power so if you're only using a powerpack, that could be your problem. There could be several more reasons for this problem. First thing that comes to mind is a virus or spy/ad ware. You need to have a strong anti-virus program running at all times or you might as well just toss your PC. Next, when was the last time you did a disk clean-up and defragment? if it's been more than a month and you have added programs or even done alot of web surfing then you have a build-up of tracking cookies that need to be removed. Next, is this just a recent thing?? If it is and you have found no viruses on your system, try a system restore and restore your PC to an earlier date when it was functioning properly.
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If you're using sattelite speakers check your cords and connections. You could also have a dirty laser eye, try getting some compressed air in a can (available at electronics stores or hardware stores) and spray in the CD slot. Make sure your CD's are clean. If these things don't work, hopefully you can return it to where you bought it and have it exchanged.
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pretty valid answers up there.. if u tried burning a cd.. and there is an error.. u can't burn on it anymore.. clean the cd before trying to burn.. or sometimes opening other programs while burning cd's can halt the process halfway.. ends up wasting the cd and have to put a new one in and start all over.. it sucks.. happens to me sometimes.. could be faulty cd also..
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Theres are chance it may work, but it will be very slow and there will be a high chance the burn will fail partway through.\n\nWhat kind of burner is it? does it have a buffer underrun built in? These days all cd burners come with it as standard.\n\ntry some new burning software and see if its supported by your operating sustem and cpu etc. \n\nCan you use the ram from the AMD computer in your intel computer? more ram will help a lot.
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Try a different brand of cd-r. (There are variations in the dyes used.)\n\nTry your cd writer's manufacturer website for a firmware update.
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I can only tell you what how to trouble shoot\n\nFirst, you have to understand that burning a dvd is not an excact science.So try these steps\n\n1-Try to upgrade you software as best you can, to your specficic needs. Some software may not support some of the burners option with out additional upgrades. Be aware that some of these "upgrades" cost may cost you some cash.\n\n2-Up load the latest drivers for your hardware. Meaning goto the manufactures site for the latest device drivers etc.\n\n3-Double check the settings in you computer to see if it is set up right. Windows Me and Xp both have diffrient ways of setting up the burner. For Example in windows ME there were tabs in the properties of the device that let you set DMA options etc. Now in windows XP there are multiple tabs and check marks that let you check weather or not let this device be able to record to or not. So duoble check the settings no matter wich version of windows you have.\n\n4-Experiment a little you will find that using diffrient combinations of the software may solve your problem.\n\nFor example, I was using dvd shrink with nero burning but other dvd players could not read my copies. I ruturned the drive and still had problems burning. Well, I switch to Roxio and presto, my problem went away\n\n5-try using diffrient media types. Like DVD + to DVD- and try using diffrient brands also.\n\nIt will take some time to fix your problem but well worth it when things start run smoothly.
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It's pretty bad. I used to have this happen on my old computer but it was because the window CD was corrupted in certain sectors from scratches.\n\nUsually the cause is some kind of hardware problem if it's not the cd, make sure everythings clipped in tightly. If you have an extra harddrive from a scrap computer that might help test.
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The best way I found was to slow the burning process way down, there will be less chance of an interruption in the buffered data and should help to prevent errors.  The quality of the CD also depends on the quality of the digital music you are burning.  Go with a bit rate of no less than 320kbps which is as near CD quality as you're going to get.  The media also plays a part, buying cheap CDR's will increase the failure rate.  Goto the website below for more info.  The website has info for just about any brand of blank media.  Lot's of info on everything related to burning cd's.  The only way to check for errors in the music is to listen to it completely afterward.
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maybe it's haunted......no that's not it. check the ribbon cable and make sure it didn't come loose if that doesn't help, try getting a can of compressed air and with the tray open blow the air into the cd rom. if that doesn't help, you may have to replace it.
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There many possibilities, hardware conflict, system over heating, software conflict etc.  try cleaning out the computer with a can of compressed air and monitor your system temp, that would be the simple place to start, if that doesn't work IM e and we can go deeper into the issue.\n\nThat should be worth 10 points
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I think it's a mechanical problem you are facing. Is your CD Burner able to read a CD contents?? If yes then there is some problem in writing head. Try to restart your machine and load again Nero see wheather it runs... Otherwise you have to call the Vendor for CD Burner to short out the mechanical problems
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sounds like the power supply runs on the edge. keep in mind that starting up a CD/DVD drive needs some power and this could turn the PSU over the edge, resulting in an immediate shut down.\nP.S. could also be a defective (short circuit) CD/DVD drive.
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your cd writer might be broken. try a software re-install, if that doesnt work take the drive to be tested. or start using winamp. its very good and tells you if there is something wrong wit you drive.
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You ought to set your autorun value to zero on your cd rom... otherwise the computer content of some cd's will... well, autorun and load programs that can crash your computer or affect your computer in very bad ways.\nOne CD manufacturer got into trouble recently with a lawsuit as I understand it as they were installing RootKit Changes on computers... an innocent person pops a cd in their drive just to play it and then POOF they have a corrupted system file that not only affects their drive of their cd burner, but also gives hackers something to work with.\nAlso, don't ever download games, videos or players that come "free" with a cd or dvd... do you really think they are giving you free stuff? \nAt this point you might want to reformat your harddrive and reinstall all your software. And be more careful next time.
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go to your dvd burners manufacturers web site and see if they have a patch to fix this problem, it happens alot and they usually they have a fix for it, if not contact their support team and let them know, and they will contact you with what info they have on the problem, good luck to you.
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could be alot of things, is the cd scuffed, have you ever cleaned the cd drive, is your computer healthy (viruses and what not)?
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I'm sorry to tell you but I think it's dead. The click of doom is never a good sign and if there is fire involved? Hell, you're lucky the damned thing even turned on. You need to get a new hard drive man.