Burning issue! - excuse the pun...

[ptphillips]

Help!

I have a notebook with 2 DVD-rw drives.

Internal Drive - works like a charm
External Drive - LG GSA-5120D, makes great drinks coasters (firewire)

I have tried everything suggested within the forum, hardware/software and firmware appear up-to-date. I've tried burning with alcohol 120, Nero and Cyberlink prods, all to no avail.

When I burn to the external drive, it appears to hang at around 5%, whilst writing the lead-in, I generally have to power down the external drive to allow the abort to be sucessful. This happens on all media formats, and I am using good quality ones.

I have posted Machine specific info below, but if anyone has any experience of the LG-5120D I'd love to hear suggestions and your experiences.

Here's hoping, thanks for your time in advance,
Paul.

Nero InfoTool 2.27

Drive Information
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Drive : _NEC DVD+-RW ND-6450A
Type : DVD±R/RW Recorder
Firmware Version : 2.36
Buffer Size : 2 MB
Date : ?
Serial Number : CH4XQ4N32n
Vendor Specific : 04091400 CH4XQ4N32n
Drive Letter : E:\
Location : 1:0
Mechanism : Tray
Read Speed : 24 , 20 , 10 X
Write Speed : 24 , 16 , 10 , 8 , 4 X

Read CD Text : Yes
Return C2 Pointers : Yes
Read CD-R : Yes
Read CD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-ROM : Yes
Read DVD-RAM : No
Read DVD-R : Yes
Read DVD-RW : Yes
Read DVD+R : Yes
Read DVD+RW : Yes
Read DVD+R DL : Yes
Read Digital Audio : Yes
Read CD+G : Yes
Read VideoCD : Yes

Write CD-R : Yes
Write CD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R : Yes
Write DVD-RW : Yes
Write DVD+R : Yes
Write DVD+RW : Yes
Write DVD+R DL : No
Write DVD-RAM : No
Buffer Underrun Protection : Yes
Mount Rainier : No
Modes : Packet, TAO, DAO, SAO, RAW SAO, RAW SAO 96, RAW DAO 96

Region Protection Control : RPC II
Region : 2
Changes User : 4
Changes Vendor : 4

Disc Information (E:\)
-------------------
Type : - no disc inserted -


Drive Information
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Drive : HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-5120D
Type : DVD-RAM Recorder
Firmware Version : A104
Buffer Size : 2 MB
Date : ?
Serial Number : K1C47P23134
Vendor Specific :
Drive Letter : F:\
Location : 2:0
Mechanism : Tray
Read Speed : 40 , 32 , 24 , 16 , 10 X
Write Speed : 40 , 32 , 24 , 16 , 8 , 4 X

Read CD Text : Yes
Return C2 Pointers : Yes
Read CD-R : Yes
Read CD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-ROM : Yes
Read DVD-RAM : Yes
Read DVD-R : Yes
Read DVD-RW : Yes
Read DVD+R : Yes
Read DVD+RW : Yes
Read DVD+R DL : Yes
Read Digital Audio : Yes
Read CD+G : No
Read VideoCD : Yes

Write CD-R : Yes
Write CD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R : Yes
Write DVD-RW : Yes
Write DVD+R : Yes
Write DVD+RW : Yes
Write DVD+R DL : Yes
Write DVD-RAM : Yes
Buffer Underrun Protection : Yes
Mount Rainier : No
Modes : Packet, TAO, DAO, SAO, RAW SAO, RAW DAO, RAW SAO 16, RAW SAO 96, RAW DAO 16, RAW DAO 96

Region Protection Control : RPC II
Region : 2
Changes User : 4
Changes Vendor : 4

Disc Information (F:\)
-------------------
Type : Blank CD-R
CD-R(W) Info : CMC Magnetics, CD-R, 79:59.71


Interface Information
---------------------
Adapter 1
---------
Description : Primary IDE Channel

Driver
Description : system32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver

Attached Devices
Description : Master: FUJITSU MHT2080AT PL
Type : Disk Drive
DMA : On

Adapter 2
---------
Description : Secondary IDE Channel

Driver
Description : system32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver

Attached Devices
Description : Master: _NEC DVD+-RW ND-6450A
Type : CD-Rom Drive
DMA : On
Autorun : On

Adapter 3
---------
Description : Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller

Driver
Description : system32\DRIVERS\ohci1394.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Description : 1394 OpenHCI Port Driver

Attached Devices
Description : HLDS GSA-5120D Super Multi DVD Rewriter IEEE 1394 SBP2 Device
Type : CD-Rom Drive
Autorun : On


Software Information
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Operating System : Windows XP Professional (5.01.2600 Service Pack 2)
DirectX : DirectX 9.0c

Description : Nero Burning ROM
Version : 6, 6, 0, 3
Company : Ahead Software AG
Version Check : Ok

Description : Nero StartSmart
Version : 2, 0, 0, 4
Company : Ahead Software AG

Description : NeroVision
Version : 3,0,1,14
Company : Ahead Software AG

Description : Nero ShowTime
Version : 2, 0, 0, 18
Company : Ahead software AG

Description : Nero Recode 2
Version : 2, 2, 6, 1
Company : Ahead Software AG

Description : Cover Designer
Version : 2, 3, 0, 18
Company : Ahead Software AG

Description : Nero BackItUp Application
Version : 1, 2, 0, 33
Company : Ahead Software AG

Description : InCD
Version : 4, 3, 0, 5
Company : Ahead Software AG

Description : PowerDVD
Version : 5.00.1307
Company : CyberLink Corp.


Hardware Information
--------------------
CPU : Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz 3000 MHz
Bus Speed : 0 MHz
Motherboard : Hewlett-Packard 089C
System : Hewlett-Packard Presario R3000 (PJ899EA#ABU)
BIOS : Hewlett-Packard F.40
Memory : 512 MB (3ns)
Sound : SoundMAX Digital Audio
Video : ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000/9100 IGP

ASPI Information
----------------
System ASPI : ASPI is installed and working properly

WNASPI32.DLL : 4.60 (1021) 45056 bytes September 10, 1999
ASPI32.SYS : 4.60 (1021) 25244 bytes September 10, 1999
WINASPI.DLL : 4.60 (1021) 5600 bytes September 10, 1999
WOWPOST.EXE : 4.60 (1021) 4672 bytes September 10, 1999

Nero ASPI : ASPI is installed and working properly

WNASPI32.DLL : 2.0.1.74 164112 bytes October 26, 2004

 

[Duracell]

looks like an ASPI/SCSI command failure;
usually i would recommend to kill your current ASPI and install Adaptec's ASPI v.4.6 (1021); but as i can read in your log, v4.6 (b1021) is already proper installed;

however, two thoughts:
- try it without ASPI layer; use ForceASPI's kill function for uninstalling;
- try a trusty Nero version; latest recommended is v6.3.1.25; still to find at Ahead's ftp servers;


Greetings from
Duracell

 

[scarecrow]

ASPI has no real functionality for USB and firewire drivers... I would rather update the chipset drivers (Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller). I know that all Intel 855 chipset based firewaire contollers can accept burners just fine under any supporting OS, but I have no real idea about this TI controller- I think the driver is the one to blame.

 

[ptphillips]

Sort of fixed..

USB2 connections now run like a dream after I upgraded the firware of the LG drive.

Firewire still no go, I can live without it, but it's a shame because firewire was one of my purchase criteria.

Thanks for you input.
Paul.