Help me stop making COASTERS!

[el Gato]

I have a Pacific Digital 52x24x52x CDRW burner that lately has been more of a coaster maker. All was fine until I upgraded my PIII450 to an XP2500+. Now I cannot get it to burn anything for @#$#$!

I've tried 3 different burn software, three different types of media, and burn speeds from 8x to 32x. Nothing but coaster city.

I think it's my buffer, as it starts to drop rabidly after ~70& burn completion. I'm running xp with 256mb PC2100. Can this be my problem?

Also using XP's drivers. I cannot locate new firmware/drivers for the drive.

Any thoughts?

Thanks, el G

[icallmedan]

I don't suppose you have another burner you could swap to see if it actually is the burner do you?

[HAL9000]

Make sure DMA is enabled for the drive and if you are running under the Win9X platform, enable write behind caching for removable disk drives.

[el Gato]

icallmedan: No.

HAL9000: I'll check the DMA. FYI, I'm on WinXP.

Thanks! --- el G

[morriswindgate]

Go to the Control Panel>System>Device Manager> IDE,Atapi Controllers> Double Click the Secondary Controller and click on the Advanced Settings Tab. Make sure That the drive is set for DMA and if not use the drop down to make it that way.

[el Gato]

Originally posted by morriswindgate Go to the Control Panel>System>Device Manager> IDE,Atapi Controllers> Double Click the Secondary Controller and click on the Advanced Settings Tab. Make sure That the drive is set for DMA and if not use the drop down to make it that way.

My IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers does not list a Secondary Controller... just me NVIDIA nForce IDE Controler...

Thanks morriswindgate!