[resolved]Hi everyone, I'm new but I do have a stupid question I need help with

Koutsi · 03-30-2007, 11:44 PM

Hi there,
I am a newbie here so please be gentle whilst I ask my stupid question!! hehehe. I presume that this may have been answered before so I apologise in advance and hope someone can put me in the right direction.

I have an Imation DVD+R/RW DL drive Internal DVD Burner

I used to be able to burn cd's and copy DVD's, but now it doesn't.
It plays cd's and dvd's fine through PowerDVD and Win Media Player. I just can't burn anything.

For DVD
Nero determines the write speed ok, but when it comes to actual burning dvd it stops and I can hear the blank disc whirling and stopping and whirling until after 2 mins it tells me that the burn failed with a drive error.

For CD
Once again Nero determines the write speed, but same issue with the actual burning with the whirling and stopping but the error message says drive not ready.

I have tried to unistall and reinstall the dvd drive but to no avail.

I am running WinXP SP2 and have Nero 6 Ultra. I have checked the firmware and it is YSI3, but doing an internet search doesn't give me any options to upgrade. So I don't know what is wrong. All IDE cables and connectors are correctly inserted.

Can anyone help??

dai · 03-31-2007, 05:50 AM

d/l and run this utility
http://www.softsea.com/download.php?id=83829768

Koutsi · 04-01-2007, 01:13 AM

Just an update on my problem. I have tried all sorts of things to fix my driver, but to no avail. in the end, I took my drive back to where I got it from (thankfully it was still under warranty), they tested it and found that the driver cacked itself. They gave me a replacement. I installed the new drive and now it works!!! Can burn and everything!! Even when I tried different media, I found that dvd-r works for the better. So no more dvd+r for me!!! My drive should accept both types, it was highly recommended when I took my driver back that I only use dvd-r or dvd-r dl

The only other change I have done was I uninstalled my combo Cyberdrive. So I am only using my new drive in the Secondary IDE connector, with this only driver.

So now I can say that my issue has been resolved.

Thanks to you all for your help.

Cheers

03-30-2007, 11:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Koutsi Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 4 OS: Win XP Home Edition	[resolved]Hi everyone, I'm new but I do have a stupid question I need help with Hi there, I am a newbie here so please be gentle whilst I ask my stupid question!! hehehe. I presume that this may have been answered before so I apologise in advance and hope someone can put me in the right direction. I have an Imation DVD+R/RW DL drive Internal DVD Burner I used to be able to burn cd's and copy DVD's, but now it doesn't. It plays cd's and dvd's fine through PowerDVD and Win Media Player. I just can't burn anything. For DVD Nero determines the write speed ok, but when it comes to actual burning dvd it stops and I can hear the blank disc whirling and stopping and whirling until after 2 mins it tells me that the burn failed with a drive error. For CD Once again Nero determines the write speed, but same issue with the actual burning with the whirling and stopping but the error message says drive not ready. I have tried to unistall and reinstall the dvd drive but to no avail. I am running WinXP SP2 and have Nero 6 Ultra. I have checked the firmware and it is YSI3, but doing an internet search doesn't give me any options to upgrade. So I don't know what is wrong. All IDE cables and connectors are correctly inserted. Can anyone help?? __________________ You learn something new everyday, whether you like it or not!!!

03-31-2007, 05:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,609 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Hi everyone, I'm new but I do have a stupid question I need help with d/l and run this utility http://www.softsea.com/download.php?id=83829768 __________________

04-01-2007, 01:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
Koutsi Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 4 OS: Win XP Home Edition	Re: Hi everyone, I'm new but I do have a stupid question I need help with Just an update on my problem. I have tried all sorts of things to fix my driver, but to no avail. in the end, I took my drive back to where I got it from (thankfully it was still under warranty), they tested it and found that the driver cacked itself. They gave me a replacement. I installed the new drive and now it works!!! Can burn and everything!! Even when I tried different media, I found that dvd-r works for the better. So no more dvd+r for me!!! My drive should accept both types, it was highly recommended when I took my driver back that I only use dvd-r or dvd-r dl The only other change I have done was I uninstalled my combo Cyberdrive. So I am only using my new drive in the Secondary IDE connector, with this only driver. So now I can say that my issue has been resolved. Thanks to you all for your help. Cheers __________________ You learn something new everyday, whether you like it or not!!!