I just came from the Soyo site, and on their FAQ pages, they were talking
about this...  They said to disable DMA. "Possibly?" on both the CD-ROM
and the hard drives...  http://www.soyo.com.tw/faq/ideburner.htm
Note: Following their instructions will generally slow down the system
for any hard drive access.  Removing the busmaster drivers is sometimes
hard to reverse...  I have not tried this.   Proceed at your own risk.
                  Rick Glazier
Here is what they say at Soyo...  (I would look at your MB WEB site.)

>Why does my IDE CD-Writer not work properly?

>This problem is very likely caused by the DMA setting being enabled. Make sure that DMA is not enabled by taking the following
steps:
>If you are using an Intel chipset board, the support for DMA has to be switched off in Windows. Follow these steps to disable DMA:
>
>a. Click the 'Start' button.
>b. Select 'Settings' and then 'Control Panel'.
>c. Now double click the 'System' icon and go to the 'Device Manager' Tab.
>d. Select 'Disk Drives' from the list and double click 'Generic IDE Devices'.
>e. Now select the 'settings' Tab and in the 'options' section, and make sure that DMA is disabled.
>
>Note that if there is no mention of DMA on the 'settings' Tab, this means that it is already enabled. If you have for instance
installed Bus Master >Drivers the DMA option will disappear from the Tab.
>
>To disable the busmaster drivers for a non-Intel chipset, go to the control panel and select add/remove programs. Select the
busmaster >drivers (if listed) and remove them.

>Having disabled DMA should solve the problem with your IDE CR-ROM writer.

----- Original Message -----
From: "meister" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 1:55 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] CDRW Problems


> Hello everyone.  I have a problem with my CDRW that I was hoping someone
> could help me with.  ABout two months ago I replaced my Abit BH6
> motherboard with an Abit BE6.  Ever since that time I have been unable
> to burn CD's for the most part.  I can always erase a CDRW, but EZCD
> Creator and CDRwin always give me a bufferunderun problem.  I never had
> this problem until after the new mobo was installed.  Nothing else has
> changed.  I am using a BE6 with a PIII 450, 128 meg PC 100 RAM, a
> Yamaha, 4261 IDE CDRW, and two Hardrives.  The rest is just standard
> video and sound cards, along with a modem.  My mobo has been upgraded to
> the latest bios version.

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