At 6:36 PM -0500 8/12/02, Allen Davis wrote: >If I might pipe in with an opinion, please allow me to submit the >following. When burning CDs with a Q950, if the burner software allows >for slowing down recording speed, then by all means, do it! Burn at the >lowest speed possible, and of course, with no other applications running >in the background. I've made a wheel barrow full of high-tech coasters >by trying to burn at 16x and even 8x. 4x should be about right. > >As a matter of fact, it's not really a bad idea to just restart the >computer before you burn any CDs at all. That way you know your RAM is >clean and unfragmented. This is just my two cents' worth, but its also >been a sad, repeated experience as well.
Before I moved the CD-Burner over to a PM7200 I had it connected to a Q840AV. It could burn at 8X with plenty of head room according to the simulation mode. I only burnt one coaster and I still don't quite know why. I set my system up with a 1Gb HD for the software and a 2Gb drive for mastering CDs. This way I could run a defragmenter on the Mastering drive or simply erase it occasionally. I think that avoiding disk fragmentation is probably the most important step in getting good CDs out of a 68K machine. Memory fragmentation would either leave insufficient room to run Toast or not as much space for buffers but otherwise wouldn't impact CD burning. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
