CD-RW Drive Is Acting Strangely in Nero & Explorer

[cuttergallery]

CD-RW Drive Is Acting Strangely in Nero & Explorer
This is a problem that has been bugging me since I built this system in Dec 2002

My system:
WinXP Pro
AMD Athlon XP 2100+
Abit KG7-RAID
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro 128MB
1 GB Crucial DDR 2100
Enlight 420W PSU
Maxtor 7200rpm 60GB & 80GB (no RAID)
Cendyne 16x CD-ROM/DVD Drive (slave)
Cendyne 48x CD-RW (master)
SoundBlaster Audigy 2
Leadtek Winfast TV 2000 XP

After startup I can burn CD's without problem using Nero 5.5 (latest version). However, if I try to burn a CD several hours later in the day, I can experience one of the following two problems:
1. Nero cannot detect blank media in drive and won't proceed. If I use it's Medium Info utility, it says there is no disk in drive (even if I try several different disks)
2. Drive will spin at high speed, but will not burn...Drive will not eject or stop spinning. Nero won't close and PC will lock up requiring a manual reboot.

After reboot, it works OK again flawlessly for a while, but the problem eventually returns.

I believe it's either an Explorer issue or a defective drive. During problem #1 Explorer cannot detect a disk in the drive either. A few times I have been unable to eject the drive unless I rebooted first.

If anyone knows what I can do (aside from reformatting & reinstalling Windows), it would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Dave

 

[TomG]

almost sounds like an issue with the OS to me.

 

[minus200]

although i do not run XP - I think you need to disable the CDRW software in XP or uninstall Nero to avoid problems

cuttergallery wrote:

CD-RW Drive Is Acting Strangely in Nero & Explorer
This is a problem that has been bugging me since I built this system in Dec 2002

My system:
WinXP Pro
AMD Athlon XP 2100+
Abit KG7-RAID
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro 128MB
1 GB Crucial DDR 2100
Enlight 420W PSU
Maxtor 7200rpm 60GB & 80GB (no RAID)
...

 

[Enkidu]

cuttergallery wrote:

CD-RW Drive Is Acting Strangely in Nero & Explorer
This is a problem that has been bugging me since I built this system in Dec 2002

My system:
WinXP Pro
AMD Athlon XP 2100+
Abit KG7-RAID
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro 128MB
1 GB Crucial DDR 2100
Enlight 420W PSU
Maxtor 7200rpm 60GB & 80GB (no RAID)
...

Dave,

Try a different power connector. I had a similar problem with a CD-ROM which would work just fine for awhile, and then suddenly fail. Sometimes the IDE access light would go solid. Other times it would lock up Nero when using it to copy directly from CD to CD-R, or Explorer when accessing a disk. The most maddening thing about it was that it would only do it *sometimes* making it terribly difficult to troubleshoot. Like you, a reboot would clear it up.

I tried everything I could think of, reinstalling all the relevant software, drivers, and WinXP components, IDE ribbon, different configurations, and opening and cleaning the drive. Nothing helped. Eventually, I tried a known good power connector and it miraculously went way. I guess the short or poor connection in the molex connector would unpredictably disrupt communications. The crazy thing was that it would fail *after* but not (usually) during heavy use.

Good luck,

Enkidu

 

[Colin Smith]

Upgrade Nero if you are not using the latest, also check for the latest firmware on your writer. As others have suggested it could well be your OS, I see you have installed an ATI 9000 if it uses a separate power supply see it is not spurred from the writer. You have your writer as master and your Dvd/cd as slave not on the same ide channel I hope. disconnect the Dvd /cd and see if that helps.

"cuttergallery" wrote:

CD-RW Drive Is Acting Strangely in Nero & Explorer
This is a problem that has been bugging me since I built this system in Dec 2002

My system:
WinXP Pro
AMD Athlon XP 2100+
Abit KG7-RAID
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro 128MB
1 GB Crucial DDR 2100
Enlight 420W PSU
Maxtor 7200rpm 60GB & 80GB (no RAID)
...

 

[Bob Troll]

Give bios 9M a try and let us know if it behaves any better. I have had issues like that and more with the CT, DM and DS bios.

Bob Troll

cuttergallery wrote:

CD-RW Drive Is Acting Strangely in Nero & Explorer
This is a problem that has been bugging me since I built this system in Dec 2002

My system:
WinXP Pro
AMD Athlon XP 2100+
Abit KG7-RAID
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro 128MB
1 GB Crucial DDR 2100
Enlight 420W PSU
Maxtor 7200rpm 60GB & 80GB (no RAID)
...