Riddle me this

[Bateluer]

Every time I try to burn a DVD with my Plextor PX-716A drive, it will cause the entire tower to power down, fans and everything, shortly after it starts burning. I've had this drive for a while and never had this happen before, or with any other burner I've owned. The drive reads disks just fine. And its running the lastest firmware, version 1.09.

Other system Specs

MSI K9N SL Platinum
2x1GB Mushkin DDR2 800
A64 X2 4200
Radeon X1900XT


Fortunately, I still have my notebook to burn disks, but I've no clue why burning a disk would cause the system to power down. I've seen them cause reboots before, but never a complete power down. It can't be a power issue because running 3D games at high res and details puts a much great strain on my power supply than a simple disk writing procedure.

 

[thescreensavers]

WHATs your powersupplie?

 

[Bateluer]

Fortron 450W

According to MSI's CoreCenter, the voltages it monitors are stable, the 3.3v, 5v, and 12v. CPU voltage is steady at 1.3v.

I doubt its power related. If the system can handle the X1900 ramping up to full speed, a little DVD burning shouldn't effect anything.

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
Every time I try to burn a DVD with my Plextor PX-716A drive, it will cause the entire tower to power down, fans and everything, shortly after it starts burning. I've had this drive for a while and never had this happen before, or with any other burner I've owned. The drive reads disks just fine. And its running the lastest firmware, version 1.09.

Other system Specs

MSI K9N SL Platinum
2x1GB Mushkin DDR2 800
A64 X2 4200
Radeon X1900XT


Fortunately, I still have my notebook to burn disks, but I've no clue why burning a disk would cause the system to power down. I've seen them cause reboots before, but never a complete power down. It can't be a power issue because running 3D games at high res and details puts a much great strain on my power supply than a simple disk writing procedure.

Is it a hard crash, or does windows go through it's whole shutdown procedure?

 

[pkme2]

First time for anything. It could be your DVD burner shorting out or as mentioned in previous thread, your power supply maybe suspect.

 

[secretanchitman]

i kind of doubt its the PSU, especially since its a fortron, but hey...try swapping out psus or dvd-rw's into another comp or something.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Burners can develop internal shorts. Some folks open them up & repair them.

You might search the forums at http://www.cdfreaks.com/

Try a different burner if you have one.


...Galvanized

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: NTB


Is it a hard crash, or does windows go through it's whole shutdown procedure?

Hard crash. Instant power down.

This burner was in my previous P4 based system, and worked without a hitch.

 

[newuser]

shorted out DVD burner

maybe try a new cable but probably internal

 

[Bateluer]

Hmm . . . you really think its an internal short? The drive reads disks just fine and dandy. Hmm, I wish more companies made SATA burners. I'll see about buying a Lite-On burner in a week or so.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Could be PSU. While you gave us voltage figures, those are software readings. Nothing beats a multimeter.

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
Could be PSU. While you gave us voltage figures, those are software readings. Nothing beats a multimeter.

Again, if it was a power issue, it would have been evident while playing a 3D game. When the CPU and X1900XT are put under load, they draw far more power than simply burning a DVD.

 

[Bateluer]

And the good news keeps coming. Some data that I put on my new 500GB drive became corrupted. Following this, I DLed and ran Seagate's SeaTools program which reported a SMART Alert fail, warning me that the drive could fail at any time. I'll be RMAing the drive to Newegg early next week. With the loss of my primary burner, my data storage capability has been severely compromised.

 

[Looney]

This would be so easy to check. Connect the burner to a different PS, and then doing what you normally do. If your computer doesn't shut off, then it's obviously the PS.

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: Looney
This would be so easy to check. Connect the burner to a different PS, and then doing what you normally do. If your computer doesn't shut off, then it's obviously the PS.

I would if I could.

 

[Bateluer]

Hmm, I seem to have fixed the issue with the Seagate drive. Upon removing the side panel to remove the drive and verify cable connections on the burner, I noticed that the SATA data connector on the 500GB hdd was slightly loose. I disconnected and reinserted it. After I powered back on, POST no longer reports a SMART Alert, and the drive passes Seagate's Windows DiscWizard diagnostics.

Burning a DVD still causes an instant power down though. I tried reinstalling the Nvidia drivers from the MSI CD, N/H. Tried reinstalling the latest firmware, 1.09, from Plextor, also N/H. Nvidia doesn't list the NF5 series chipsets under their driver section yet either.

 

[JimPhelpsMI]

Hi, Do you have to remove the AC power by unplugging or the switch on the back of the PSU to get it going again? PSUs have a safety circuit that shut them down if exessive current is drawn. The only way to get it going again is to remove the AC. Your supply seems to be adequate. The Burner may have a problem and is drawing too much current. Luck, Jim

 

[wwswimming]

i had that happen with a Sony DVD burner on a Shuttle SB51G, vintage 2003.

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: JimPhelpsMI
Hi, Do you have to remove the AC power by unplugging or the switch on the back of the PSU to get it going again? PSUs have a safety circuit that shut them down if exessive current is drawn. The only way to get it going again is to remove the AC. Your supply seems to be adequate. The Burner may have a problem and is drawing too much current. Luck, Jim

I've been phsyically unplugging it every time I open the case to work on its innards. When the drive causes its power down, pushing the power button starts the system up again. If I manually shutdown the system, unplug and replug the PSU, restart, and try to burn, it still goes down though.

 

[Auric]

Generally I think it is preferred to leave the power supply plugged in for AC ground. Simply power down, then switch off power supply and push momentary power up button just to aid in discharge.

Have you tried diff'rent power plugs to the ROM drive? Diff'rent port? Verified CMOS Setup config?

 

[meksta]

did you install a game with starforce drivers?