nf7-s r.2 - big trouble writing cd's

[quelo]

Hi. Since I have this mobo when I write a Cd (with nero 6; gear 6 or cdrwin 5, is the same) the system freezes (also the mouse) until the cd is completely written. I have Windows 2000 and I installed nvidia drivers 2.45 to try to solve the problem, without any result (but system properties says that ide controller driver is still MS v.5.00.something, even if I install manually nvidia ide driver). CD writer (Aopen 52-24-52) is connected to a different controller than my boot HD (Quantum 80Gb). Please help me.

Other info on my system: bios 1.9 (updated yesterday w/o any sensible improvement); cpu Xp 2,5+ barton; 2*256 pc2700 ddr.

 

[Chris (2)]

"quelo" wrote:

Hi. Since I have this mobo when I write a Cd (with nero 6; gear 6 or cdrwin 5, is the same) the system freezes (also the mouse) until the cd is completely written. I have Windows 2000 and I installed nvidia drivers 2.45 to try to solve the problem, without any result (but system properties says that ide controller driver is still MS v.5.00.something, even if I install manually nvidia ide driver). CD writer (Aopen 52-24-52) is connected to a different controller than my boot HD (Quantum 80Gb). Please help me.

Other info on my system: bios 1.9 (updated yesterday w/o any sensible ...

I thought the 2.45's didnt include an ide driver? I installed the earlier ones first, then the 2.45's over the top, no probs here

NF7-S, XP2600+, 2x256 OCZcl2, xphome +sp1, LG 48x16x48x cdrw

 

[Mark H]

There is, but it only installs on winxp not win2k

chris wrote:

I thought the 2.45's didnt include an ide driver? I installed the earlier ones first, then the 2.45's over the top, no probs here

NF7-S, XP2600+, 2x256 OCZcl2, xphome +sp1, LG 48x16x48x cdrw

 

[Mark H]

Unfortunately, there may be no good answer here. My plextor doesnt freeze the mouse, so I'd check Aopen for either a firmware or software update.

quelo wrote:

Hi. Since I have this mobo when I write a Cd (with nero 6; gear 6 or cdrwin 5, is the same) the system freezes (also the mouse) until the cd is completely written. I have Windows 2000 and I installed nvidia drivers 2.45 to try to solve the problem, without any result (but system properties says that ide controller driver is still MS v.5.00.something, even if I install manually nvidia ide driver). CD writer (Aopen 52-24-52) is connected to a different controller than my boot HD (Quantum 80Gb). Please help me.

Other info on my system: bios 1.9 (updated yesterday w/o any sensible ...

 

[Sheldon Roger]

quelo wrote:

Hi. Since I have this mobo when I write a Cd (with nero 6; gear 6 or cdrwin 5, is the same) the system freezes (also the mouse) until the cd is completely written. I have Windows 2000 and I installed nvidia drivers 2.45 to try to solve the problem, without any result (but system properties says that ide controller driver is still MS v.5.00.something, even if I install manually nvidia ide driver). CD writer (Aopen 52-24-52) is connected to a different controller than my boot HD (Quantum 80Gb). Please help me.

Other info on my system: bios 1.9 (updated yesterday w/o any sensible ...

If you are using Windows drivers try running Nero with DMA transfers disabled.

 

[Wblane]

My HP 9700 CD/RW won't even function on my NF7-S, works fine on my old KT133e based board though. Any time I tried to even access the HP 9700 CD/RW the whole system would lock hard.
-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)

 

[Skid]

"Wblane" wrote:

My HP 9700 CD/RW won't even function on my NF7-S, works fine on my old KT133e based board though. Any time I tried to even access the HP 9700 CD/RW the whole system would lock hard.

Does device manager ID it properly? You might want to delete it and let Windows redetect.

Also test it with a different cable as master on a separate IDE channel.

 

[Wblane]

Skid, in the CDROM tab of device manager (win98SE) it correctly ID's the CDROM (as does the BIOS on bootup). The HP 9700 CD/RW was configured as master on the secondary IDE channel.

I'm now beginning to wonder if the
NF7-S v2.0 really does lock the PCI bus at 33Mhz, because I had some strange problems w/my WD 250GB drive that were cured by putting it on the Promise TX100 PCI controller it comes with.

I wonder if it would be best to put each hard drive (the WD 250 GB and the Maxtor 20GB) on separate channels on the Promise TX100 PCI controller or keep them in master/slave setup?

Does device manager ID it properly? You might want to delete it and let Windows redetect.

Also test it with a different cable as master on a separate IDE channel.

-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)