Strange CD/DVD-Rom/Burner behaviour.........................

[Will Hay]

I have a Pioneer A07 on secondary master with a Lite-on CDRW on secondary slave.
My main HDD is on primary master with a Pioneer DVD-Rom on primary slave.
Then a few HDD's on a Promise (chip) controller card but irrelevant for the purpose of my post (I think).
I ripped a DVD last night on my Pioneer DVD-Rom, and while it was working put a 'Learn French' CD-Rom in my CDRW to start the installation.
The drive wouldn't recognise the disk.
I put the same CD-Rom in my Pioneer A07 Burner and it wouldn't read it either.
I then tried a DVD in my Pioneer A07 and that wouldn't register either (everything is showing in Windows Explorer though, nothing is missing).
When the rip had finished, I put the same DVD back in my Pioneer A07 and it worked fine.
Whilst it was playing (via Power DVD) I put a DVD in my DVD-Rom drive and that registered fine.
So, how come I had problems while my DVD-Rom drive was ripping a disk?
Is this a common occurence or does my setup have something to do with it?
Thanks,
Will Hay

[Will Hay]

bump.

It seems if I start a rip in my Pionner DVD-Rom and then insert a disk in my DVD burner it doesn't work, it doesn't recognise the disk.
It's only when the rip is finished that the DVD burner plays the disk.
The two drves are on seperate channels by the way.
Anyone any thoughts?
Thanks,
Will Hay

[gmatov]

Will,

C'mon, can't you wait a little longer before you start bumping? It's only been a week!

Last week it was the CD that couldn't see it, this week the DVD burner.

Maybe this is just too CPU-HDD intensive. You're ripping maybe 5 gigs to the drive, through the CPU, and that lousy 2000 just can't hack it, and install another program at the same time. Or even spare the cycles to recognize the CD in the other drive.

(I'm sitting in front of a lousy 2000 right now, so don't flame me over that crack.)

I do most of my work on the other machine, so never noticed that problem. BBall game tonight, no time to try it now, might when I get home.

If mine does the same thing, hey, I might even be right.

Couple weeks till the big Birthday. Good luck.

Cheers,

George

[Will Hay]

I have WinXP, put the bi-focals back on Geo!
I'll stop worrying about it.
Yep, not long now to the big day, stomach ache beginning to set it
Still haven't a name, lets hop it's a boy and not the girl we expect, we have two boys names ready.
Will

[Craig Tucker]

I think he was referring to your processor will

[Will Hay]