CDRW problem that has me befuddled

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Originally posted by Bitman
That's about what 24x takes, so you're still b0rked. I'd recommed burning at 16x (about 5:00, you should get few to zero BURP hits) until you get things straightened out.

Now all I have to do is figure out what else can be straightened out. If the IDE cabling is correct (which it seems to be now), and the system has enough horsepower (which as an Athlon 1300 w/256MB RAM and a couple of free HD gigs, it certainly does)...

(Hypothesis one: I need a faster hard drive, or possibly just a new drive on which I can put a fresh install of Windows. I'm eyeing one of those 7200 RPM, 8MB Cache drives and trying to justify the cost to myself. Not easy, when I have a week at the shore coming up, and August and early September are LOADED with PS2 games that are must-buys (Silent Hill 3, VF4: Evolution, Hunter: The Reckoning Wayward, Soul Calibur II, Fatal Frame 2, Monster Rancher 4).