I recently bought the drive mentioned from NewEgg OEM, without instructions, software, or packaging. I figured that all I would need to do is plug it in, have XP auto-detect it, then update the firmware, and voila, new DVD burner. And that's basically how it went. I had a DVD-ROM drive before (that's what I was replacing) and a CD-RW drive, along with Roxio Easy CD Creator that came with the Dell. At first, Roxio didn't recognize the DVD-RW as a burner, so I installed a friend's copy of Nero to see if there was something wrong with the hardware, but lo and behold, Nero recognized it. So I uninstalled Roxio and kept with Nero. (Also note that I was Alchohol 120% for virtual drives when I had Roxio.) Now here's the strange part. I got four good burns out of it before I got my first coaster, which stopped at 76%. "That's strange," I thought, and I tried it again, same type of media, same data. Another coaster, same stopping place. Surely this isn't a problem with the media... these are Verbatim DVD+Rs, good quality stuff. I tried burning an audio CD-R with my other burner... worked fine. I put DVD-ROMS and DVD-Video discs in the DVD-RW, and they read flawlessly from start to finish. I check my harddrive, and then take the time to fully defragment it (it was pretty messy before, so I thought that would solve the problem). Nope. I try different data, thinking that *for some odd reason* the avis I was trying to archive where corrupt. Well, two days and six coasters later, all of which stopped at the same point, I say to myself "I'm not wasting these discs, they cost a lot. I'm gonna to simulations instead." But alas, I can't for some reason; I can only do speed tests in Nero. Whatever. Y'know what? I'm babbling. Here are the symptoms: 1. In Windows Explorer, drive shows up as DVD-RW. When I put in a factory-CD/blank-CD-R/factory-DVD, AutoRun goes as normal, and it detects it. When I put in a DVD+/-R, the drive magically "turns into" a CD-Rom drive. 2. When the problem started occuring, the buffer levels would go crazy, jumping from 6% to 82% to 45% to 93% and so on randomly. The DMA would also turn off on my harddrive, but nothing else (my two burners, and ZIP drive). I messed around with the jumpers on them, switching them from Cable Select to Master (DVD-RW/Harddrive) and Slave (CD-RW/ZIP) respectively. Now the buffer stays constant, and the Device Manager says that UDMA is on for everything, but the Nero logs say that the harddrive's on PIO again and the burn still stops at 76% again, always with "error reading data". 3. In the speed tests, the read speed drops like a rock, and keeps on falling, but gets slower the lower it goes. For example, a speed test at 16x drops the read speed to 8x and lower, whereas a "write" speed of 2.4x will keep it near 12x read speed. The error? "Could only write at ___ speed, because the source data is too slow." I also completely uninstalled Alcohol, and Nero, and used the Nero Clean tool (which, incidentally, is going to require me to reinstall iTunes, because it deleted the registry data for importing songs!). I reinstalled Nero, then used the InCD remove tool, then tried again. SAME RESULTS. I'll post my most recent Nero log in the next post, since you guys will probably want it. I am very frustrated, and am about to give up...
This is the first log that I paid attention to, and this is where I thought that maybe the data was corrupt, considering it originally says "error reading FILE", not "data"... Windows XP 5.1 IA32 WinAspi: File 'Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=1, 0, 0, 0, size=16384 bytes, created 8/24/1996 11:11:00 AM ahead WinASPI: File 'C:\Program Files\Ahead\nero\Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=2.0.1.74, size=164112 bytes, created 10/26/2004 6:35:34 PM Nero Version: 6.6.0.13 Internal Version: 6, 6, 0, 13c Recorder: <_NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW> Version: 3.04 - HA 1 TA 0 - 6.6.0.13 Adapter driver: <atapi> HA 1 Drive buffer : 2048kB Bus Type : default (0) -> ATAPI, detected: ATAPI CD-ROM: <_NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW>Version: 3.04 - HA 1 TA 0 - 6.6.0.13 Adapter driver: <atapi> HA 1 === Scsi-Device-Map === DiskPeripheral : ST380021A atapi Port 0 ID 0 DMA: Off DiskPeripheral : IOMEGA ZIP 250 atapi Port 0 ID 1 DMA: On CdRomPeripheral : _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW atapi Port 1 ID 0 DMA: On CdRomPeripheral : HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8400B atapi Port 1 ID 1 DMA: On === CDRom-Device-Map === _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW E: CDRom0 HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8400B F: CDRom1 ======================= AutoRun : 1 Excluded drive IDs: WriteBufferSize: 83886080 (83886080) Byte ShowDrvBufStat : 0 BUFE : 0 Physical memory : 1023MB (1047564kB) Free physical memory: 684MB (700656kB) Memory in use : 33 % Uncached PFiles: 0x0 Use Inquiry : 1 Global Bus Type: default (0) Check supported media : Disabled (0) 10.6.2005 ISO compilation 10:58:06 PM #1 Text 0 File Isodoc.cpp, Line 6194 Iso document burn settings ------------------------------------------ Determine maximum speed : TRUE Simulate : FALSE Write : FALSE Finalize CD : TRUE Multisession : FALSE Burning mode : DAO Mode : 1 ISO Level : 2 (Max. of 31 chars) Character set : ISO 9660 Joliet : TRUE Allow pathdepth more than 8 directories : TRUE Allow more than 255 characters in path : TRUE Write ISO9660 ;1 file extensions : TRUE 10:58:06 PM #2 Text 0 File Reader.cpp, Line 127 Reader running 10:58:06 PM #3 Text 0 File Writer.cpp, Line 122 Writer _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW running 10:58:06 PM #4 ISO9660GEN -11 File geniso.cpp, Line 3293 First writeable address = 0 (0x00000000) 10:58:06 PM #5 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 3167 Turn on Disc-At-Once, using DVD media 10:58:06 PM #6 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 260 Last possible write address on media: 2295103 (510:01.28, 4482MB) Last address to be written: 2241231 (498:03.06, 4377MB) 10:58:06 PM #7 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 272 Write in overburning mode: NO (enabled: CD) 10:58:06 PM #8 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 2339 Recorder: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW, Media type: DVD+R 10:58:06 PM #9 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 438 >>> Protocol of DlgWaitCD activities: <<< ========================================= 10:58:06 PM #10 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 830 Setup items (after recorder preparation) 0: TRM_DATA_MODE1 () 2 indices, index0 (150) not provided original disc pos #0 + 2241232 (2241232) = #2241232/498:3.7 relocatable, disc pos for caching/writing not required/ required, no patch infos -> TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048, config 0, wanted index0 0 blocks, length 2241232 blocks [_NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW] -------------------------------------------------------------- 10:58:06 PM #11 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1043 Prepare recorder [_NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW] for write in CUE-sheet-DAO DAO infos: ========== MCN: "" TOCType: 0x00; Session Closed, disc fixated Tracks 1 to 1: 1: TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048/0x00, FilePos 0 0 4590043136, ISRC "" DAO layout: =========== __Start_|____Track_|_Idx_|_CtrlAdr_|_RecDep__________ 0 | lead-in | 0 | 0x41 | 0x00 0 | 1 | 0 | 0x41 | 0x00 0 | 1 | 1 | 0x41 | 0x00 2241232 | lead-out | 1 | 0x41 | 0x00 10:58:06 PM #12 Phase 24 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1832 Caching of files started 10:58:06 PM #13 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 4051 Cache writing successful. 10:58:06 PM #14 Phase 25 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1832 Caching of files completed 10:58:06 PM #15 Phase 28 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1832 Speed measurement started 10:58:06 PM #16 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 2609 Verifying disc position of item 0 (relocatable, disc pos, no patch infos, orig at #0): write at #0 11:03:56 PM #17 WINPFILE 1117 File winpfile.cpp, Line 354 The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. C:\Documents and Settings\Mini\Desktop\Initial D\Initial D - Second Stage\initial_d_2nd_stage_09_[CD396FC6].avi 11:05:22 PM #18 Phase 40 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1519 Aborted by user 11:05:36 PM #19 TRANSFER 4 File TransferWriteFileItem.cpp, Line 181 Error reading file C:\Documents and Settings\Mini\Desktop\Initial D\Initial D - Second Stage\initial_d_2nd_stage_09_[CD396FC6].avi 11:05:58 PM #20 Phase 31 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1832 Speed measurement aborted Existing drivers: File 'Drivers\PXHELP20.SYS': Ver=2.03.28a, size=20640 bytes, created 3/11/2005 5:28:09 PM (Prassi/Veritas driver for win 2K) File 'Drivers\atapi.sys': Ver=5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920), size=86912 bytes, created 8/29/2002 3:27:50 AM (Adapter driver for rec) Registry Keys: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)
And this is my most current log: Windows XP 5.1 IA32 WinAspi: File 'Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=2.0.1.74, size=164112 bytes, created 10/26/2004 6:35:34 PM ahead WinASPI: File 'C:\Program Files\Ahead\nero\Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=2.0.1.74, size=164112 bytes, created 10/26/2004 6:35:34 PM Nero Version: 6.6.0.14 Internal Version: 6, 6, 0, 14d Recorder: <_NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW> Version: 3.04 - HA 1 TA 0 - 6.6.0.14 Adapter driver: <atapi> HA 1 Drive buffer : 2048kB Bus Type : default (0) -> ATAPI, detected: ATAPI CD-ROM: <_NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW>Version: 3.04 - HA 1 TA 0 - 6.6.0.14 Adapter driver: <atapi> HA 1 === Scsi-Device-Map === DiskPeripheral : ST380021A atapi Port 0 ID 0 DMA: Off DiskPeripheral : IOMEGA ZIP 250 atapi Port 0 ID 1 DMA: On CdRomPeripheral : _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW atapi Port 1 ID 0 DMA: On CdRomPeripheral : HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8400B atapi Port 1 ID 1 DMA: On === CDRom-Device-Map === _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW F: CDRom0 HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8400B E: CDRom1 ======================= AutoRun : 1 Excluded drive IDs: WriteBufferSize: 83886080 (0) Byte ShowDrvBufStat : 0 BUFE : 0 Physical memory : 1023MB (1047564kB) Free physical memory: 644MB (659740kB) Memory in use : 37 % Uncached PFiles: 0x0 Use Inquiry : 1 Global Bus Type: default (0) Check supported media : Disabled (0) 6.7.2005 ISO compilation 6:03:19 PM #1 Text 0 File Isodoc.cpp, Line 6314 Iso document burn settings ------------------------------------------ Determine maximum speed : FALSE Simulate : FALSE Write : TRUE Finalize CD : TRUE Multisession : FALSE Burning mode : DAO Mode : 1 ISO Level : 1 (Max. of 11 = 8 + 3 char) Character set : ISO 9660 Joliet : TRUE Allow pathdepth more than 8 directories : TRUE Allow more than 255 characters in path : TRUE Write ISO9660 ;1 file extensions : TRUE 6:03:19 PM #2 Text 0 File Reader.cpp, Line 127 Reader running 6:03:19 PM #3 Text 0 File Writer.cpp, Line 122 Writer _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW running 6:03:19 PM #4 ISO9660GEN -11 File geniso.cpp, Line 3297 First writeable address = 0 (0x00000000) 6:03:19 PM #5 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 3230 Turn on Disc-At-Once, using DVD media 6:03:20 PM #6 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 267 Last possible write address on media: 2295103 (510:01.28, 4482MB) Last address to be written: 2226575 (494:47.50, 4348MB) 6:03:20 PM #7 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 279 Write in overburning mode: NO (enabled: CD) 6:03:20 PM #8 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 2433 Recorder: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW, Media type: DVD+R 6:03:20 PM #9 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 445 >>> Protocol of DlgWaitCD activities: <<< ========================================= 6:03:20 PM #10 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 830 Setup items (after recorder preparation) 0: TRM_DATA_MODE1 () 2 indices, index0 (150) not provided original disc pos #0 + 2226576 (2226576) = #2226576/494:47.51 relocatable, disc pos for caching/writing not required/ required, no patch infos -> TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048, config 0, wanted index0 0 blocks, length 2226576 blocks [_NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW] -------------------------------------------------------------- 6:03:20 PM #11 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1043 Prepare recorder [_NEC DVD_RW ND-3520AW] for write in CUE-sheet-DAO DAO infos: ========== MCN: "" TOCType: 0x00; Session Closed, disc fixated Tracks 1 to 1: 1: TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048/0x00, FilePos 0 0 4560027648, ISRC "" DAO layout: =========== __Start_|____Track_|_Idx_|_CtrlAdr_|_RecDep__________ 0 | lead-in | 0 | 0x41 | 0x00 0 | 1 | 0 | 0x41 | 0x00 0 | 1 | 1 | 0x41 | 0x00 2226576 | lead-out | 1 | 0x41 | 0x00 6:03:20 PM #12 Phase 24 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1832 Caching of files started 6:03:20 PM #13 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 4114 Cache writing successful. 6:03:20 PM #14 Phase 25 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1832 Caching of files completed 6:03:20 PM #15 Phase 36 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1832 Burn process started at 8x (11,080 KB/s) 6:03:20 PM #16 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 2643 Verifying disc position of item 0 (relocatable, disc pos, no patch infos, orig at #0): write at #0 6:03:20 PM #17 SCSI -1066 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1182 SCSI Exec, HA 1, TA 0, LUN 0, buffer 0x03767200 Status: 0x04 (0x01, SCSI_ERR) HA-Status 0x00 (0x00, OK) TA-Status 0x02 (0x01, SCSI_TASTATUS_CHKCOND) Sense Key: 0x05 (KEY_ILLEGAL_REQUEST) Sense Code: 0x24 Sense Qual: 0x00 CDB Data: 0xAD 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x08 0x04 0x00 0x00 Sense Data: 0x70 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0A 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x24 0x00 6:03:20 PM #18 SCSI -1065 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1182 SCSI Exec, HA 1, TA 0, LUN 0, buffer 0x03767C00 Status: 0x04 (0x01, SCSI_ERR) HA-Status 0x00 (0x00, OK) TA-Status 0x02 (0x01, SCSI_TASTATUS_CHKCOND) Sense Key: 0x05 (KEY_ILLEGAL_REQUEST) Sense Code: 0x20 Sense Qual: 0x00 CDB Data: 0xFA 0x10 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 Sense Data: 0x70 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0A 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x20 0x00 6:03:20 PM #19 SCSI -1065 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1182 SCSI Exec, HA 1, TA 0, LUN 0, buffer 0x03767C00 Status: 0x04 (0x01, SCSI_ERR) HA-Status 0x00 (0x00, OK) TA-Status 0x02 (0x01, SCSI_TASTATUS_CHKCOND) Sense Key: 0x05 (KEY_ILLEGAL_REQUEST) Sense Code: 0x20 Sense Qual: 0x00 CDB Data: 0xFA 0x10 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 Sense Data: 0x70 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0A 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x20 0x00 6:03:20 PM #20 Text 0 File DVDPlusRW.cpp, Line 655 Start write address at LBA 0 DVD high compatibility mode: Yes 6:14:44 PM #21 TRANSFER -25 File Reader.cpp, Line 382 Error reading data 6:14:44 PM #22 Text 0 File Reader.cpp, Line 385 Exception value: -1 6:14:45 PM #23 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 228 all writers idle, stopping conversion 6:15:12 PM #24 SCSI -1065 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1182 SCSI Exec, HA 1, TA 0, LUN 0, buffer 0x03767C00 Status: 0x04 (0x01, SCSI_ERR) HA-Status 0x00 (0x00, OK) TA-Status 0x02 (0x01, SCSI_TASTATUS_CHKCOND) Sense Key: 0x05 (KEY_ILLEGAL_REQUEST) Sense Code: 0x20 Sense Qual: 0x00 CDB Data: 0xFA 0x10 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 Sense Data: 0x70 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0A 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x20 0x00 6:15:12 PM #25 SCSI -1065 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1182 SCSI Exec, HA 1, TA 0, LUN 0, buffer 0x03767C00 Status: 0x04 (0x01, SCSI_ERR) HA-Status 0x00 (0x00, OK) TA-Status 0x02 (0x01, SCSI_TASTATUS_CHKCOND) Sense Key: 0x05 (KEY_ILLEGAL_REQUEST) Sense Code: 0x20 Sense Qual: 0x00 CDB Data: 0xFA 0x10 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 Sense Data: 0x70 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0A 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x20 0x00 6:15:12 PM #26 Phase 38 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1832 Burn process failed at 8x (11,080 KB/s) Existing drivers: File 'Drivers\PXHELP20.SYS': Ver=2.03.28a, size=20640 bytes, created 3/11/2005 5:28:09 PM (Prassi/Veritas driver for win 2K) File 'Drivers\atapi.sys': Ver=5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920), size=86912 bytes, created 8/29/2002 3:27:50 AM (Adapter driver for rec) Registry Keys: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)
Dont know what to tell you, but Ive had that burner from new egg for about 6 months now and have backed up over 200 movies without a single coaster on several types of media and VERBATIM DVD+R 8x being my favorite. I use Nero 100% of the time. I love this drive. If I had to guess I would say Roxio messed up your registry and is causing you problems. I think I read about that before, anyways stay tuned cause the people of Afterdawn will get you through this. They always do just be patient. Your not the first with this problem. Good Luck and I hope you enjoy the drive because it really is nice.
I know, I loved it at first... especially the fact that it is so quiet. What I just don't understand though is how it was working with Nero when Roxio was installed, but now it won't work after I uninstalled Roxio. For some reason, I think that's just coincidence.
minifoo I also purchased the same oem drive from newegg, it has worked perfect ever since about 3 months upgraded to the new firmware that allows dvd-r dl burning for free awesome burner. I would rma it, just give newegg a call I'm sure they won't have any problems sending you another. there really great for that
UPDATE: Very good news, with also some not-so-great news. Good news: I solved the data transfer rate problem! I used a registry DWORD value to always allow UDMA mode 5, and also read up on IDE channels. Turns out the culprit was my damn ZIP drive, which only transfers at 2.4Mb/s... which in turn slowed my harddrive down to that speed as well! Now my harddrive transfers at 100Mb/s like it should, and my drive starts writing at 16x with no slowdown... ...the key word being "starts". I used the same data as the previous tests, and although it took a lot less time to get there, it still halted at 76%. Using math(!), I concluded that on a full DVD+R, the writer stops at the 3,304.48Mb mark, so I trimmed the data down a bit and did more math. I was pretty sure it was going to stop at 95% this time, since the data was only 3,140Mb this time... I was right. It stopped and gave me the same "error reading data" BS. So Bad news: I don't know what's wrong with the drive. Is it the lens motor stopping because of some foreign object? Is there something wrong with the 40-pin connection (not likely, since the transfer rate is solid now)? Either way, should I return the drive to NewEgg and request a new one? I have a receipt, but I think I bought the drive in March (yeah, probably not as recently as I originally stated...), so that could be a problem.
how do you have your drives set up as on what cables, which is master & slave? in device manager, check the properties of the burner to see if the dma is enabled.
Nevermind, it was a corrupt file. People really need to know how to correctly encode audio into .avi... The drive works flawlessly now, and if you read my latest post ddp, I said that I enabled UDMA mode 5 on my HDD, and UDMA2 on my two burners. Heh, I solved my own problem.
im having problems with the same dvd player only i am just having a problem finding the driver for it. this sounds stupid but the computer that it is in is not connected to the internet so i cant automatically bring it up. if anyone knows where i can find the driver for this it would be greatly appreciated. thanx angelice
windows loads it's own driver. uninstall the drive from device manager & restart windows to let it load it's own driver. is there an error message??
