I TOTALLY hear you. I just bought the playwrite CD burner
too, and the instructions...they might as well not have
included any! Not only did it mess up my mouse, the guy on
the phone from tech support told me to unplug the SCSI
cable while my computer was on, and then the computer froze
and froze and kept freezing and getting invalid file
entries and lost clusters till I removed the card! And it
STILL doesn't work! -MB, who's no help at all, but just
thought she'd vent.

Mark Brown wrote:
>>And I'm just the guy to do it!!
>>
>>OK, I purchased Sonic Foundry Sound Forge
>>
>>Stupid Question # 1:
>>Why in heck did I recieve a Microboards Playwrite CD
recording system
>>with a manual that has
>>"CD-R Drive Unit(In German and French too!) CW-7502-B/CW-
7502-C" on it
>>that has absolutely
>>nothing in common with the unit?! I mean, the back of the
unit is
>>completely different than the
>>illustrations in the manual, their are ZERO markings on
the back of
>>the unit to let me know what
>>is an in, an out and two RCA plugs that my stupid assed
country self
>>has no idea what the use
>>is?
>>
>>Stupid Question # 2:
>>I also got a disk that is supposed to be Advansys SCSI
adapter driver
>>diskette, that promptly
>>erased my drivers to my CD-rom with the computer(restored
instantly
>>with my rescue disk). I
>>cannot record to the new unit,my pc won't even recognize
it, the SCSI
>>board is in place properly,
>>and I ain't recording doo doo!!
>>
>>Thank god for my Cakewalk, ADAT and TEAC 3340!! But I
would like to
>>make a CD in my
>>lifetime:-)
>>
>>Setting this unit up is a terror for people who are new
to computers
>>and digital audio. Hell, I
>>grasped Sonic Foundry and CD Architect in a minute, but
getting the
>>unit to communicate with
>>my PC has really disappointed me. I'm gonna keep
plugging, but you
>>guys really need to look
>>at the manuals, drivers and written instructions you send
out with
>>this stuff. It's enough to drive
>>this old guitarist back to analog!!
>>
>>Stupid Question # 3: I use Cakewalk audio as my digital
multi
>>track(other than my ADAT). Is
>>there a way to use the cool(you guys kicked major ass
here!!) FX in
>>Sonic Foundry with
>>Cakewalk?
>>
>>Remember, I'm new to this plug-in stuff so I'm gonna ask
alot of
>>these kinda questions.
>>

I have the same problem with my computer slowing to a snail's pace
when I place a cd in the drive.
When I take the cd out, everthing's ok.

I hope that somebody has had the following problem with the
Professional CD Factory from Sonic
Foundry. More importantly, however, I hope somebody has found a
solution to it. I bought the
bundled package from Sonic Foundry. I installed the version of CD
architect that ships with the
package. I installed the Advansys PCI SCSI card, and I connected the
Playwrite 4040 cd-r
(cr-7502b) board to the SCSI card with the SCSI cable. Everything
looked great in the device
manager. There were no yellow exclamation points. The problem arose
when I placed a CD in the
cd-r. When I did this the computer slowed to a snails pace. It
doesn't matter what software I am
using. I could be looking at the desktop, and the problem still
persists. I even have all of my
programs closed except Systray and explorer. I am running win95 with
a P180 and 128 megs of
ram.

I eventually contacted tech support at microboards via e-mail. They
had a quick response time, and
they suggested to look for devices which may be using the same IRQ
#'s. There were. My Gina
and my SCSI were using the same one (11). After a week of trying to
figure out how to manually
change the IRQ's (via this newsgroup and others), I finally just
removed my Gina from the computer
and reinstalled it into another PCI bus slot. This cleared up the IRQ
conflict. My gina has 10 and
my SCSI has IRQ 11. However, my core problem still persists.

I contacted tech support at Sonic Foundry and they suggested getting
the latest Firmware for the
CD-R, getting the latest patch for CD Architect, and getting the
latest driver for the SCSI card. I
have done all of this with one exception. When I went to
Microboards' site to get the latest
firmware, they said not to download and install it if you have
Firmware version 4.10 or higher. That
is the version of Firmware that I have for my CD-R.

I know that at least one other person has had and solved this problem.
They have had to have sold
alot of these bundles, and I am certain somebody else has had the same
problem. I will post this
message with all pertinent tech support departments. I will also post
this on ProREC.com and other
locations where I can hopefully get some help. If that fails, I will
have to return the merchandise.

I hope that somebody has had the following problem with the
Professional CD Factory from Sonic
Foundry. More importantly, however, I hope somebody has found a
solution to it. I bought the
bundled package from Sonic Foundry. I installed the version of CD
architect that ships with the
package. I installed the Advansys PCI SCSI card, and I connected the
Playwrite 4040 cd-r
(cr-7502b) board to the SCSI card with the SCSI cable. Everything
looked great in the device
manager. There were no yellow exclamation points. The problem arose
when I placed a CD in the
cd-r. When I did this the computer slowed to a snails pace. It
doesn't matter what software I am
using. I could be looking at the desktop, and the problem still
persists. I even have all of my
programs closed except Systray and explorer. I am running win95 with
a P180 and 128 megs of
ram.

I eventually contacted tech support at microboards via e-mail. They
had a quick response time, and
they suggested to look for devices which may be using the same IRQ
#'s. There were. My Gina
and my SCSI were using the same one (11). After a week of trying to
figure out how to manually
change the IRQ's (via this newsgroup and others), I finally just
removed my Gina from the computer
and reinstalled it into another PCI bus slot. This cleared up the IRQ
conflict. My gina has 10 and
my SCSI has IRQ 11. However, my core problem still persists.

I contacted tech support at Sonic Foundry and they suggested getting
the latest Firmware for the
CD-R, getting the latest patch for CD Architect, and getting the
latest driver for the SCSI card. I
have done all of this with one exception. When I went to
Microboards' site to get the latest
firmware, they said not to download and install it if you have
Firmware version 4.10 or higher. That
is the version of Firmware that I have for my CD-R.

I know that at least one other person has had and solved this problem.
They have had to have sold
alot of these bundles, and I am certain somebody else has had the same
problem. I will post this
message with all pertinent tech support departments. I will also post
this on ProREC.com and other
locations where I can hopefully get some help. If that fails, I will
have to return the merchandise.

Hi David,

It sounds like you have a Protected mode driver problem or something!!! I have seen this
happen to a friend's laptop before. The computer would immediately slow down as soon as a
CD was put into the CD-ROM drive. As soon as it was taken out the computer was back to
normal.

It turned out that the CD-ROM drive was running in MS-DOS Compatibility mode. There are a
few ways to check to see if this is happening. Go into the System Properties (Right-click on 'My
Computer' and choose 'Properties'). Then go to the Performance tab. Sometimes it will say
"You computer is configured for optimal performance". It should say that right under the 'PC
Cards:...'. If it says anything else, like for example "The following drives are running in
MS-DOS compatibility mode." and then has a list of drives underneath it, you most likely have a
problem.

To undo the problem, you will most likely have to edit your config.sys and autoexec.bat and
remove any mention of a CD-ROM drive (usually will mention something about MSCDEX.exe). if
you are nervous about deleting stuff because you are not sure what it is, you can simply put a
semi-colon";" at the beginning of the line. This will tell the computer to ignore whatever is
written on the line after the semi-colon. It is almost like erasing it, but it is easier to undo if
you by accident erased the wrong line. :-) There may be some other steps you need to do,
depending on how your system is configured. If you do try this and it still is not getting rid of
the MS-DOS compatibility mode error, go to microsoft's knowledge base (support.microsoft.com,
I think?) and do a search for MS-DOS compatibility mode and you should find more info about it
and how to get rid of it.

One other idea I have (completely different from above) is to try turning DMA off for your
CD-ROM. Go back to System Properties (see above for directions on how to get there) but this
time, click on Device Manager. Then Click on CDROM. You then see a CD-ROM device appear
underneath the CDROM heading. Double-click on it to open the Properties window for it. In the
Properties window, go to the 'Settings' tab. Look to see if you have a checkbox somewhere in
this dialog box called 'DMA' (you may not, depending on what type of CD-ROM drive you are
using). If you do have it and it is checked, uncheck it.

Those are the only two ideas I can think of that might cause this type of problem to happen for
you. If not, I am not sure what else it could be! :-(

Good luck and I hope this helps.







David Cummins wrote:
>>I hope that somebody has had the following problem with the
>>Professional CD Factory from Sonic
>>Foundry. More importantly, however, I hope somebody has found a
>>solution to it. I bought the
>>bundled package from Sonic Foundry. I installed the version of CD
>>architect that ships with the
>>package. I installed the Advansys PCI SCSI card, and I connected the
>>Playwrite 4040 cd-r
>>(cr-7502b) board to the SCSI card with the SCSI cable. Everything
>>looked great in the device
>>manager. There were no yellow exclamation points. The problem arose
>>when I placed a CD in the
>>cd-r. When I did this the computer slowed to a snails pace. It
>>doesn't matter what software I am
>>using. I could be looking at the desktop, and the problem still
>>persists. I even have all of my
>>programs closed except Systray and explorer. I am running win95 with
>>a P180 and 128 megs of
>>ram.
>>
>>I eventually contacted tech support at microboards via e-mail. They
>>had a quick response time, and
>>they suggested to look for devices which may be using the same IRQ
>>#'s. There were. My Gina
>>and my SCSI were using the same one (11). After a week of trying to
>>figure out how to manually
>>change the IRQ's (via this newsgroup and others), I finally just
>>removed my Gina from the computer
>>and reinstalled it into another PCI bus slot. This cleared up the IRQ
>>conflict. My gina has 10 and
>>my SCSI has IRQ 11. However, my core problem still persists.
>>
>>I contacted tech support at Sonic Foundry and they suggested getting
>>the latest Firmware for the
>>CD-R, getting the latest patch for CD Architect, and getting the
>>latest driver for the SCSI card. I
>>have done all of this with one exception. When I went to
>>Microboards' site to get the latest
>>firmware, they said not to download and install it if you have
>>Firmware version 4.10 or higher. That
>>is the version of Firmware that I have for my CD-R.
>>
>>I know that at least one other person has had and solved this problem.
>>They have had to have sold
>>alot of these bundles, and I am certain somebody else has had the same
>>problem. I will post this
>>message with all pertinent tech support departments. I will also post
>>this on ProREC.com and other
>>locations where I can hopefully get some help. If that fails, I will
>>have to return the merchandise.
>>

Mark,

Microboards does not make the actual drives usually just the cases.
The drive that you have is actually a Panasonic drive as I can tell
by the model numbers on it. When choosing the drive look under
panasonic. I hope this helps.

John

Mark Brown wrote:
>>And I'm just the guy to do it!!
>>
>>OK, I purchased Sonic Foundry Sound Forge
>>
>>Stupid Question # 1:
>>Why in heck did I recieve a Microboards Playwrite CD recording
system
>>with a manual that has
>>"CD-R Drive Unit(In German and French too!) CW-7502-B/CW-7502-C" on
it
>>that has absolutely
>>nothing in common with the unit?! I mean, the back of the unit is
>>completely different than the
>>illustrations in the manual, their are ZERO markings on the back of
>>the unit to let me know what
>>is an in, an out and two RCA plugs that my stupid assed country self
>>has no idea what the use
>>is?
>>
>>Stupid Question # 2:
>>I also got a disk that is supposed to be Advansys SCSI adapter
driver
>>diskette, that promptly
>>erased my drivers to my CD-rom with the computer(restored instantly
>>with my rescue disk). I
>>cannot record to the new unit,my pc won't even recognize it, the
SCSI
>>board is in place properly,
>>and I ain't recording doo doo!!
>>
>>Thank god for my Cakewalk, ADAT and TEAC 3340!! But I would like to
>>make a CD in my
>>lifetime:-)
>>
>>Setting this unit up is a terror for people who are new to computers
>>and digital audio. Hell, I
>>grasped Sonic Foundry and CD Architect in a minute, but getting the
>>unit to communicate with
>>my PC has really disappointed me. I'm gonna keep plugging, but you
>>guys really need to look
>>at the manuals, drivers and written instructions you send out with
>>this stuff. It's enough to drive
>>this old guitarist back to analog!!
>>
>>Stupid Question # 3: I use Cakewalk audio as my digital multi
>>track(other than my ADAT). Is
>>there a way to use the cool(you guys kicked major ass here!!) FX in
>>Sonic Foundry with
>>Cakewalk?
>>
>>Remember, I'm new to this plug-in stuff so I'm gonna ask alot of
>>these kinda questions.
>>