Please click on firmware 1.0q or higher.
Acer CRW 620, Acer CRW 622, A-Open CRW 620, A-Open CRW 622, CD-REWRITER-2A, Dysan CR-620, Dynatek CDE260R, Hi-Val 2x6x2 Rewritable, Lite-On LTR-511, Memorex CRW-620, RW226, Nomai 680RW (only SCSI!), Philips Omniwriter 26, Philips Omniwriter 26A, Pinnacle RCDW226, Pinnacle MP6200S, Ricoh MP6200S, Ricoh MP6201S, Ricoh MP6211 or Ricoh MP6200A
and not yet at least firmware 2.40
Please click on firmware 2.40 or higher.
HP 6020, Mitsubishi CDVR2X6, Mitsubishi CDVR, Philips CDD2600 or a Wearnes CDR-632P
then you should read audio tracks with maximum of 2x. In particular towards the end of the CD, the quality becomes progressively worse.
While track saving / burning deactivate the antivirus programs
A whole load of CD-ROM drives have got problems reading audio data if the CD inserted is a Mixed Mode CD. Then the audio data is written in the same way as computer data. The difference between the two reading modes among other things is that with computer data all blocks have a clear identification and also that significantly more sophisticated checking mechanisms can be implemented. With audio data the CD-Rom itself has to ensure that the right data is read. There are drives with which even the smallest adjustable speed leads to unusable results.
Primary IDE Controller (single FIFO)
Standard Dual PCI IDE Controller
Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller
then the configuration of your system is incorrect as it does not recognize the chip set correctly. Please download the following file to update the file MSHDC.INF.
One of the causes can also be that you have a PCI VGA graphics card connected. The following article is worth reading on this: http://www.sekd.com/support/techpap2.htm
This article says that many PCI VGA graphics cards are operated outside the specification so that they do particularly well on benchmark tests. This can be dampened on many graphics cards. Add the section mentioned into the respective System.ini file (unless it is already there) and add the following entry or if it is already there, change the corresponding parameter.
[mga.drv]
PCIChipset=1
Under screen properties->Powerdesk Button
Busmastering
to be activated
Use Automatic PCI Bus retries
to be deactivated
Use Write-Combining
on Pentium Pro or newer processors tp be deactivated
[display]
busthrottle=1
or bus-throttle=1
(try both)
Mmio=0
[hercules]
optimization=1
newer drivers appear not to cause the above mentioned problem
[VideoLogic SVGA]
TuningControl=0
RealizeControl=16
If you are using a Cyrix processor, then please deactivate the linear frame buffer caching
option if this option exists.
PCI latency
settings.write posting/write-combining
.