first off i would like to express gratitude for this groups existance. i
see a lot of pc related problems get resolved here so i feel asure i am in
the right group!

ok on to my problem. to put it in a nutshell, all appears to be good with
my cd writer. it shows up in the boot screen, shows up in windows explorer
without any strange characters and nero info detects it and gets all the
correct info. what is killing me is that when i put a blank disc in the cd
rom i get no prompt whatsoever! nor nero or roxio will see a blank disc
when i put a blank disc in the drive. i have enabled & disabled "record on
this drive" with no success! what could be causing this? i am at my wits
ends with this less than a 2 years old cdrom. can anyone shed some light on
this please?

system info:

Mainboard
Manufacturer : Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : 2 Processor(s)
MPS Version : 1.40
Model : 8IPE1000-G/L
Version : x.x
System BIOS : 08/19/2005-i865PE-6A79ZG0SC-00
Chipset : Intel 865/848 (Springdale)

General Capabilities
Channel : Slave
Type : ATAPI
Interface : ATA
Removable : Yes
Present : No <-----------------------------------see what i mean?
Model : LITE-ON CD-RW SOHR-5238S
Revision : 4S07
Serial Number
ATA/ATAPI Approved Version : 5.00
Warning : No devices found.<-------------------------i had a brand new blank
disc presently in the drive

Partitions Information
Partition 0 : MBR FAT32 2.00GB

Logical Drives
Logical Drive : F:

CD Reader Capabilities <--- obviously it sees a cd rom.
CD-ROM : Yes
CD-R : Yes
CD-RW : Yes
Multi-Session : Yes
Audio Play : Yes

CD Writer Capabilities
CD-R : Yes
CD-RW : Yes

Properties
CMD Request Type : Accelerated DRQ
CMD Packet Size : 12
IORDY Support : Yes
IORDY Disableable : No
DMA Support : Yes
LBA Support : Yes

Features
S.M.A.R.T Support : No
Security Support : No
Power Management Support : No
ACPI Power Management Support : No
Power-up in Standby : No
Packet Command Interface : Yes
Removable Media : No
Look-Ahead Buffer : No
Write-Back Cache : No
Host Protect Area : No
Microcode Update : No
Acoustic Management : No
48-bit LBA : No
Device Config Overlay : No

Transfer Modes Support
Width : 16-bit
Maximum PIO Mode : PIO-4
Maximum DMA MW Mode : MWDMA-2
Maximum UDMA Mode : UltraDMA-2 / ATA33

Transfer Modes Active
Current Active Mode : UltraDMA-2 / ATA33

thanks in advanced!

Why run the 3rd party cdwrite software,they dont help in xp...Also,try moving
youre cdrw to another IDE connection,make sure the jumper pins are either
slave or master.Install the intel chipset utility for youre board,get from
intel.
Also,go to:http://www.liteonit.com Get the cdrw firmware for youre model.

"kreepz" <(remove" _-" wrote:

> first off i would like to express gratitude for this groups existance. i
> see a lot of pc related problems get resolved here so i feel asure i am in
> the right group!
>
> ok on to my problem. to put it in a nutshell, all appears to be good with
> my cd writer. it shows up in the boot screen, shows up in windows explorer
> without any strange characters and nero info detects it and gets all the
> correct info. what is killing me is that when i put a blank disc in the cd
> rom i get no prompt whatsoever! nor nero or roxio will see a blank disc
> when i put a blank disc in the drive. i have enabled & disabled "record on
> this drive" with no success! what could be causing this? i am at my wits
> ends with this less than a 2 years old cdrom. can anyone shed some light on
> this please?
>
> system info:
>
> Mainboard
> Manufacturer : Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
> Multi-Processor (MP) Support : 2 Processor(s)
> MPS Version : 1.40
> Model : 8IPE1000-G/L
> Version : x.x
> System BIOS : 08/19/2005-i865PE-6A79ZG0SC-00
> Chipset : Intel 865/848 (Springdale)
>
> General Capabilities
> Channel : Slave
> Type : ATAPI
> Interface : ATA
> Removable : Yes
> Present : No <-----------------------------------see what i mean?
> Model : LITE-ON CD-RW SOHR-5238S
> Revision : 4S07
> Serial Number
> ATA/ATAPI Approved Version : 5.00
> Warning : No devices found.<-------------------------i had a brand new blank
> disc presently in the drive
>
> Partitions Information
> Partition 0 : MBR FAT32 2.00GB
>
> Logical Drives
> Logical Drive : F:
>
> CD Reader Capabilities <--- obviously it sees a cd rom.
> CD-ROM : Yes
> CD-R : Yes
> CD-RW : Yes
> Multi-Session : Yes
> Audio Play : Yes
>
> CD Writer Capabilities
> CD-R : Yes
> CD-RW : Yes
>
> Properties
> CMD Request Type : Accelerated DRQ
> CMD Packet Size : 12
> IORDY Support : Yes
> IORDY Disableable : No
> DMA Support : Yes
> LBA Support : Yes
>
> Features
> S.M.A.R.T Support : No
> Security Support : No
> Power Management Support : No
> ACPI Power Management Support : No
> Power-up in Standby : No
> Packet Command Interface : Yes
> Removable Media : No
> Look-Ahead Buffer : No
> Write-Back Cache : No
> Host Protect Area : No
> Microcode Update : No
> Acoustic Management : No
> 48-bit LBA : No
> Device Config Overlay : No
>
> Transfer Modes Support
> Width : 16-bit
> Maximum PIO Mode : PIO-4
> Maximum DMA MW Mode : MWDMA-2
> Maximum UDMA Mode : UltraDMA-2 / ATA33
>
> Transfer Modes Active
> Current Active Mode : UltraDMA-2 / ATA33
>
> thanks in advanced!
>
>
>

Andrew E. wrote:

> Why run the 3rd party cdwrite software,they dont help in xp...Also,try
> moving
> youre cdrw to another IDE connection,make sure the jumper pins are either
> slave or master.Install the intel chipset utility for youre board,get
> from
> intel.
> Also,go to:http://www.liteonit.com Get the cdrw firmware for youre
> model.

Off base, Andrew. There are very good reasons indeed to use third-party
burning software in XP starting with the fact that XP's native burning
capabilities are severely limited. Fiddling with jumpers and IDE
connections will not help, either.
>
> "kreepz" <(remove" _-" wrote:

>> ok on to my problem. to put it in a nutshell, all appears to be good
>> with
>> my cd writer. it shows up in the boot screen, shows up in windows
>> explorer without any strange characters and nero info detects it and gets
>> all the
>> correct info. what is killing me is that when i put a blank disc in the
>> cd
>> rom i get no prompt whatsoever! nor nero or roxio will see a blank disc
>> when i put a blank disc in the drive. i have enabled & disabled "record
>> on
>> this drive" with no success! what could be causing this? i am at my
>> wits
>> ends with this less than a 2 years old cdrom. can anyone shed some light
>> on this please?

(snippage)

To the OP: Swap out the drive for a known-working one. If all works now,
discard the original drive as it is broken. It doesn't matter that the
drive is only 2 years old. Drives fail.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!