it could also be the burner.... but you said you get static? what is your source that you are burning from, are you sure its not your track is messed up? trying using a different program.... any other program you can, does it happen with both programs you use already? try also burning at slower speed, underrun protection... because I doubt that adding memory will solve this problem unless your burning to fast and your ram is not keeping up, but try that, slow your recording speed down... let us know