NiKo Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 Either my Cd burner is f**ked up, or the CDs I'm using are f**ked. everytime I try to burn a music CD, there's hissing noises in the background when played, or the CD just plain doesnt work. I've waisted 34 CDs trying to burn one single CD. all of them are now in the trash can. also, I had over 50 albums on my computer. they were taking up too much space on my computer so I burned them all neatly on CDs, then I deleted them all from my comp. now my computer doesnt even respond to those CDs, meaning I just lost 50 CDs. I'm so f**king frustrated I can feel myself getting leukemia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjølen Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 Did you try playing the CDs somewhere other than your computer, like a CD player? What brand of CD burner or CDs are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JofaGuht Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 I tend to buy CDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien426 Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 I buy CDs, too. But then I encode them to MP3. I don't know why people burn CDs and then delete the stuff. What could be more handy than accessing the files on a HD? That said, I ran out of space again. Guess I need to swap the small one (80 gig) for something BIG. Re-installing the OS, programs... ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiKo Posted March 29, 2005 Author Share Posted March 29, 2005 Originally posted by JofaGuht I tend to buy CDs. I work at a record store, ofcourse I buy CDs! yeah, I tried playing them on my CD player, my stereo, my DVD player etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighteyes Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 Give your computer a virus. That'll teach it to **** up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinkie Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 I've had a few CD burners that pulled that kind of stuff on me. How old is yours? Mine were ususally a couple years old when the started to go bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Invest in an MP3 player. Seriously, it will make your life alot easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiKo Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 Originally posted by Darth Groovy Invest in an MP3 player. Seriously, it will make your life alot easier. thing is, I need CDs. an Mp3 player is nice and all, but I dont really have any use for one. I'm in charge of the music where I work, so I burn CDs with all kinda songs I want on them, and they get played all through the store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiKo Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 Originally posted by Skinkie I've had a few CD burners that pulled that kind of stuff on me. How old is yours? Mine were ususally a couple years old when the started to go bad. I've had it for some years now, yeah. maybe 6-7 years or something but I still dont see why it should get destroyed just like that for no reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighteyes Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Because the world would be a happy harmonious place to live in, if bad stuff didn't happen to people who don't deserve it. And that would never do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrik Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Being physical pieces of machinery, computers do tend to "just die". Wait until your first hard-drive does the clunk of death, if it hasn't already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toenail1 Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 I've had that problem before, make sure that your burning software is converting them to cd format, and not burning them as mp3's. And don't get me started on computer troubles.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Originally posted by Alien426 That said, I ran out of space again. Guess I need to swap the small one (80 gig) for something BIG. Re-installing the OS, programs... ... I wish my primary hard drive was 80 gig. My brand spanking new laptop came with 40 gigs on it. Seriously, what am I meant to do with that? Run XP. I had to buy and extra 160 gig and that only runs via USB (and an external power source, I'm not made of electricity... or money for that matter). Niko, what program do you use to burn your CD's, and for that matter, what make is your CD burner (for the simple act of burning CD's, I'd suggest WMP, as Microsofted as it is, it works and automatically converts MP3's into CD audio files). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fealiks Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Originally posted by NiKo meaning I just lost 50 CDs. OOOUUUCCCHH!!!! If you bought them and you work in the record store, surely you have the original CD's ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guybrush122 Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 I say go for broke-- download a file sharing client, preferably BearShare, download Adaware and Spybot, and go download crazy until you get up to exactly the point you were before, then delete the file sharing client, all the while continuing to check your computer with Adaware and Spybot (and if you've got Norton Anti-Virus, it's pretty spiffy)...then you'll be back where you started, and can experiment with the whole burning thing. Normally I would say never download music files for free because, honestly, it fcks your computer hardcore, but if you're gentle.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toenail1 Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 So, on computer troubles. Here's mine. About 2 weeks ago, my power supply died on me. This of course led to mass turning on and off. After I bought a new one, my video card starts f***ing up after I installed the newest drivers. I reformat, thinking it was just the new drivers. I got it all done, but didn't have time to test it, my friend was having the biggest LAN party at any of our houses ever and I wanted to get there quickly. You can guess what happened. Nothing worked, and it was the worst LAN party ever because of it (well, at least for me. Everybody else thought it was amazing.) I finally get the chance to test my card out, and I come to the conclusion that it's dead. I then figured out it must've died from the pwoer surges of my power supply (sort of like how if you keept turning on and off a light bulb) So right now I have an original Riva TNT in mine. I have to throw down a couple hundred bucks for a new one. I am looking forward to the upgrade though. It'll be nice having a nice card in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Originally posted by Guybrush122 I say go for broke-- download a file sharing client, preferably BearShare, download Adaware and Spybot, and go download crazy until you get up to exactly the point you were before, then delete the file sharing client, all the while continuing to check your computer with Adaware and Spybot (and if you've got Norton Anti-Virus, it's pretty spiffy)...then you'll be back where you started, and can experiment with the whole burning thing. Normally I would say never download music files for free because, honestly, it fcks your computer hardcore, but if you're gentle.... Or you could go for a file sharing program that is more computer friendly and not an ad whore. Oh, no wait, that was just a dream. I don't really download music that much and therefore have refrained from ever putting that kind of stuff on my own computer (my parents computer got screwed up because of it, I wasn't gonna see that happen to mine), thus keeping my computer relatively safe (hey, it's not perfect). I'd suggest borrowing loads of CD's offf of friends and family and rip like crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien426 Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Originally posted by toenail1 I then figured out it must've died from the pwoer surges of my power supply. It's quite common that a power supply takes other components with it into the grave. Mine killed parts of the HD. Thank god I could rescue most of the data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toenail1 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Today, I ordered my new video card (geforce 6600 GT, I am on a tight budget of around $200, and those cards are supposedly amazing for the price). So my dad then called ASUS to see if my old card was still on warranty. It was. ORDER CANCELLED. So now I'm stuck with my old ****ty one that they're going to repair (which I know is going to be at least a week or two) instead of getting the nice new one that I was hoping to get. I was planning on getting a new one with my warranty, and giving that to my dad and buying the new one for me. But looks like I'm going to still be playing with ****ty fps for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMcCoy Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 ...Wait, your dad pays for your video card? O_o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinkie Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Wait you said you were buying it, shouldn't you get to decide what to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toenail1 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Originally posted by DrMcCoy ...Wait, your dad pays for your video card? O_o No, he pays for it with his credit cardd, then I pay him back in cash. And Skinkie, that's how things SHOULD be done. But they aren't. I have a job that I work my ass off in, and I never spend any of my money. I always have at least 100 bucks in my drawer (and more in my bank account), in case something like this happens. Cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMcCoy Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Originally posted by toenail1 No, he pays for it with his credit cardd, then I pay him back in cash. ...Well, you could just go into a shop, buy the video card you want and pay in cash... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien426 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 There are real shops? I thought that was just a mystic tale, told by old farts like McCoy who are a little behind the time. And cash is supposed to exist as well??? Ho, ho, ho, now I know that you're joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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