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Wow, thanks a lot! It's been very kind of you I'll try to update my bios, and let you know... (in the meanwhile, i'm in the middle of a massive defrag process... you never know, maybe it's just it)

isn't it funny?

Actually Everest isn't listing CPU temp at all... Even on the latest version I just installed! Maybe it needs some external plugins... This is why I installed those other utilities (Speedfan and Nextsensor) to test CPU temp. Yes I know, I should update it... I've never done it since it seemed quite difficult, and I had problems finding the right update. Thanks for your help, it's very kind of you... please could you give me the link for the bios updates? Probably with a simple bios update I'll get more stable burn/verify processes with imgburn

Do you mean if the Motherboard is a 9PJL1 or 9PJL2? Everest shows it's "Chaintech 9PJL APOGEE / 9PJL1" I'm posting CPU-Z report:

It's strange since the other temperatures are in °C But of course it's more than strange a 127°C temperature and the pc not exploding.

I always keep my pc quite clean... As regards with bios update, I admit I've never done it, because it seems quite complicated (even just to find the correct update...) Is it normal!?

Anyhow, maybe I just worried too much about my RAM, probably it was just a false alarm... memtest gave me errors in my RAM at the first pass, just after a few minutes. Now I'+m testing it with memtest86+ , which seems to be more trustworthy: I'm at the third pass and still not getting any errors...

Ok, even if, according to what we said earlier, if I get no miscompare errors at the first verify, it would be useless to verify the dvd a second time. And if I get no miscompare errors at the second verify, it would be useless to verify the dvd a third time... and so on Don't you think?

Great!! That's exactly what I supposed, but I wanted to hear from you!! What do you mean with "the best of 3"? Thanks again.

So I assume that when I verify against an image, and imgburn gives me no miscompare errors, I should be sure that the content of the dvd is exactly like the one on my hd, apart from any possible problems with ram. The fact that at first it gives me miscompare errors may be because of bad ram, but if at a second attempt the verify is ok, i could be sure that the burn was succesful... This would be give me relief

CPU Properties: CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 CPU Alias Northwood HyperThreading CPU Stepping D1 Engineering Sample No CPUID CPU Name Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.60GHz CPUID Revision 00000F29h CPU Speed: CPU Clock 2608.08 MHz (original: 2600 MHz) CPU Multiplier 13.0x CPU FSB 200.62 MHz (original: 200 MHz) Memory Bus 160.50 MHz CPU Cache: L1 Trace Cache 12K Instructions L1 Data Cache 8 KB L2 Cache 512 KB (On-Die, ECC, ATC, Full-Speed) Motherboard Properties: Motherboard ID 05/12/2003-865-PE-JL79AC0CC-00 Motherboard Name Chaintech 9PJL APOGEE / 9PJL1 (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DIMM, Audio, LAN) Chipset Properties: Motherboard Chipset Intel Springdale i865PE Memory Timings 2.5-3-3-7 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) PAT Disabled SPD Memory Modules: DIMM1: SpecTek 256 MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz) (2.0-2-2-5 @ 100 MHz) DIMM3: SpecTek 256 MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz) (2.0-2-2-5 @ 100 MHz) BIOS Properties: System BIOS Date 05/12/03 Video BIOS Date 04/11/03 Award BIOS Type Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG Award BIOS Message 9PJL 05/12/2003 DMI BIOS Version 6.00 PG Graphics Processor Properties: Video Adapter nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 GPU Code Name NV34 (AGP 8x 10DE / 0322, Rev A1) GPU Clock 250 MHz Memory Clock Sensor Properties: Sensor Type ITE IT8712F (ISA 290h) Temperatures: Motherboard 42 °C (108 °F) Aux 31 °C (88 °F) Maxtor 6B200P0 38 °C (100 °F) Seagate ST3120023AS 48 °C (118 °F) Cooling Fans: CPU 3245 RPM Chassis 2482 RPM Voltage Values: CPU Core 1.46 V +2.5 V 1.49 V +3.3 V 3.23 V +5 V 5.16 V +12 V 11.52 V +5 V Standby 5.11 V Debug Info F 34 44 FF Debug Info T 31 42 127 Debug Info V 5B 5D CA C0 B4 3E A4 (F7)

Thanks for your suggestion. I installed the program... Should it give an advise if temperatures and voltages are an issue? I don't know exactly what to look for Anyhow, any answers to my previous question are welcome!

Yes, of course, and I'll do it soon But in the meanwhile i would like to know if i can continue to burn dvds relying on the imgburn verify process (no miscompare errors, even if with bad ram, and even if after multiple verify attempts = dvd burned ok).

So, if I got it right: - Bad ram could affect only the verifying process (and not the burning process). - Even if i get a miscompare error, the dvd could be fine, and the error message may be because of bad ram. If I don't get any message, can I be sure that there's no miscompare error? (I'm asking this because, sometimes, at a second attempt i get no error, and would like to know if it's enough to consider the burn ok, even if "verify after write" was unsuccessful) Thanks!

Recently I did a ram test with memtest, that reported an error. So my question is: could it affect my burns, and how? Sometimes, while verifying a dvd, just after burning it, imgburn shows an error. At a second verifying attempt (Verify Against Image File), with the same drive, it seems the dvd's fine (no error messages)... Could it depend on the bad ram? And which of the two verifying should be more trustworthy? Thanks in advance