pz3 338 Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 (edited) Im Completly stumped..... I got a MadDog DVD-ROM , CD-RW Everytime i goto burn a cd it acts liek the blankmedia cant be read.... like its looking for the empty CD but cant find it......... Ok iv tried like 4 diffrent types of CD-Rs and 2 diffrent RWs Iv uninstalled the ......... rom booted up...... reinstalled it ..... booted up and nothing works still.......... I flashed the BIOS for the cdrom drive and guess what............ It worked! but only long enough for me to make one cd then it stopped working again.............. any ideas? im gunna probly flash it again ......... Edited January 24, 2005 by Prozac360 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan 0 Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 ....update drivers? what bruning software r u using? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pz3 338 Posted January 24, 2005 Author Share Posted January 24, 2005 driver N/A windows is my burning software Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan 0 Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 try it with nero or alcohol, windows isnt the best burnination tool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pz3 338 Posted January 24, 2005 Author Share Posted January 24, 2005 nero didnt work .. matter of fact.... SP2 says my version of nero is to old and is outdated ( in so many words its trying to say suck ) i think its appropriate to go buy a dvd-rw rom now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pz3 338 Posted January 24, 2005 Author Share Posted January 24, 2005 it just starts working again no reason............ uhm........... i dunno whats worse waiting for the new heatsinc/fan or debating weather this thing is gunna give out half way threw a cd burn not to mention like 4th time i used this rom it cracked one of my old archive cds into two peices Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan 0 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 yeah id splash out and get a new one. Pioneers kick a.rse new dual layer DVDRW drive is only $110 australian. If ya like ill try to find ya some more info, a mate of mine has it, and it is the ducks guts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cobblers 12 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 I had a very similar problem as you Prozac, but with a Pioneer DVD\DVD-RW drive. Whenever I inserted a DVD, be it - or +, it would just not copy, it said please insert a diskette into the drive. Which annoyed me, as by this time I'd spent so much money on replacement discs, with the thinking I had brought the wrong type/make. I used NERO in the end, not the Windows burner, like Dan said, it crap. The only problem with NERO though is it would only burn at 1x ######!!! It should have been much higher, but it worked, which is all I am worried about. So try changing some of the settings in NERO, that should do the trick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter 0 Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 I had a very similar problem as you Prozac, but with a Pioneer DVD\DVD-RW drive. Whenever I inserted a DVD, be it - or +, it would just not copy, it said please insert a diskette into the drive. Which annoyed me, as by this time I'd spent so much money on replacement discs, with the thinking I had brought the wrong type/make. I used NERO in the end, not the Windows burner, like Dan said, it crap. The only problem with NERO though is it would only burn at 1x ######!!! It should have been much higher, but it worked, which is all I am worried about. So try changing some of the settings in NERO, that should do the trick. ← True. But it won't solve the problem of drive breaking discs in two pieces. You may want to take a look at a new drive. And right now, stick with CDr's until the kinks are worked out of the DVD-R's and RW's. I keep reading about issues with driver and software standards, and they have issues burning above 1x. Just something to think about. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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