Artec CD-Rw not burning

[Neil Brandner]

My 8 month old Artec 48/12/48 suddenly stopped during the burning process.Device manager informs me that it's functioning properly.However,it relayed to me that the following is not working - 'serial cable using IrDA Protocol 2 code 43 ' . Thus I promptly installed a new serial cable (which I took to be the internal grey cable with red edges ) but without any joy.I have windows xp and a Nero Burner which now informs me that the medium is empty whenever I insert a disc.Not clue what to do!

 

[scarecrow]

Serial cable using IrDA protocol is exactly what it says: an internal or external cable that assigns a serial port of your computer to an infrared device. Absolutely no relationship with the IDE ribbon cable you have replaced... BTW how many "red edges" did you see on that cable? It's only one...