Burning CD/DVD restarts computer - "serious error"

**Quality's Proof** · 26 Feb 2004, 08:23 PM

It's not unusual to have a "Name Brand" computer with a "rated" 250 watt power supply that is actually "bench-marked" to be really only 180 watts or so. Sometimes an "under-powered" power supply can cause many weird things to happen when using the computer and can cause false error reports.

You could verify the power supply's "actual" power by determining the make model, labeled "watts", etc., and do a 'net search for that and see what others have "bench-marked" that particular power supply at. All you have to do is type in the name, model and "actual power", power failure, etc., for some search "hits". If you can determine that particular power supply is questionable, then you could have it "bench-marked", by the local "techie", etc..

Also, you can go into windows and increase the amount of "virtual" memory very significantly......."error reports" are not always accurate, especially when there is a power supply "problem".

DVDShrink is "processor intensive" (uses processor at ~ 100 % ) and so a Deep Analysis could be the trigger to such a problem , also, as you describe, if your power supply is significantly less than 250 watts, as you do have 2 hdd's of significant size. This is aggravated when both hdd's are used at the same time. There are also many instances of such "crashes" when ripping "C.R.C." discs.

Also, you could make sure that there are not may softwares running in the background. And, use 'Shrink in "low priority" mode when doing a Deep Analysis", if system has a problem when using 'Shrink to process (the burning problem was when you were using Nero).

You could try this and determine if the problem is Nero specific : Do a D - 5 disc back-up with the freeware DVDDecrypter v. 3.1.9.0. To do so, make sure that the movie disc is a D - 5 (not a D - 9), and rip the D - 5 to the larger hdd in the ISO mode of DVDDecrypter, To do so :

Start up DVDDecrypter, click on MODE, Click, ISO, Click Read, and click the green arrow. In less than 20 or so minutes, the rip should be complete, then close DVDDecrypter, and wait 30 or so seconds.

Then put a blank DVD/r into the burner, wait about 30 seconds or so, then start-up DVDDecrypter and then, on the interface : click MODE, click ISO, click Write, (the supported write speed is then displayed in scrolldown of right side of interface, if you do know there is a power supply problem, then choose the lesser supported speed (such as 1 X instead of 2 X), etc.), then choose the Write speed (speed selector is in bottom right side of interface) , then click that folder symbol (top middle part of interface), click through pop-up to ISO image (not MD), click 'til pop-up disappearsthen then click that green arrow.

If the dvd write is okay, then you do know a method to do the dvd movie back-ups with the computer, "as-is". If it was my 'puter, I would want at least a "bench-marked" 300 watt power supply, even though a "good" 250 watt supply "might" be okay, "for a while".

Do post results, to help the newbies, and some "oldies".

**skavoovie** · 16 Mar 2004, 07:39 AM

Well, I figured out the simple solution... Reformat, reinstall a fresh copy of Windows XP, and just like magic I can burn DVD's. BTW, it is a 300-watt power supply. Thanks for the reply... looks like I got everything working now.

Burning CD/DVD restarts computer - "serious error"

Burning CD/DVD restarts computer - "serious error"

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