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candyman8
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26. October 2004 @ 07:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi there. I have been using my DRU-530A for some time now with Nero 6 Ultra on Windows XP and have had no problems.

I recently updated its firmware to 2.1c and eversince then, Nero has not been able to burn any discs (DVDs or CDs). It constantly gave a "focus or tracking error" So... I thought that I might need to update the ASPI drivers as I still had the old 4.5 ver on my computer.

I manged to get a hold of them form Adaptec and then downgraded them to 4.6 using Force ASPI.

Now Windows or Nero will not recognise any discs that I put into the drive. Nero cant burn any discs and I can not even play a normal CD-Rom or audio CD. The whole computer freezes up!

I am really stuck and can not figure out what could be causing this. According to all the ASPI check softwares (ASPI check, Nero InfoTool and ASPI_you) the drivers are working perfectly and the Sony diagnostics software says that the firmware has been updated propely.

If anyone has any idea what I should do or give me an idea where they think the problem might be... I would be truely greatfull.

cheers
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candyman8
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26. October 2004 @ 07:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   

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26. October 2004 @ 07:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What brand/type media are you using? Have you tried using different media after the flash?



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26. October 2004 @ 07:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ello mate ... thanks for the post. I have tried several media formats.

CD-R - Verbatim
DVD-R - Maxell
DVD+RW - Imation

Hope that helps

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26. October 2004 @ 08:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hmmmm, it sure sounds like a bad flash. Are you positive the firmware you used was for your model drive? Did you follow the directions exactly? I'm not trying to imply you don't know what you're doing, I'm just asking because sometimes those things happen :)

Have you tried to reflash the drive? Maybe the first flash didn't take.



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26. October 2004 @ 08:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Nero has been updated recently so you might want to try updating. The new version is compatible with more drives. You never know, it might help.

Windows XP SP2
Intel P4 2.8 GHz
2048MB DDR-RAM
120GB Seagate SATA
ATI Radeon X850 XT
Plextor PX-716A DVD+-R(DL)
Sony CRX-320A CD-RW/DVD-ROM
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26. October 2004 @ 08:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
lol 8-) no offence taken.

Here is an odd one. I tried everything and in the end I found the ASPI driver for Nero. I installed it. rebooted the computer and now everything is running fine. I havent tried to burn any dvd's as yet but all the cd and cdr functions seem to be running swimmingly.

I will try to burn a dvd and let you know how it goes.

Thanks for your help.

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26. October 2004 @ 08:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Strange how thing go isn't it?

Keep us updated :)



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