When attempting to write a DVD nero freezes after 2 seconds elapsed time, after the message "Caching of files started"
I have downloaded the latest drivers for my new (ie has never succesfuly burnt a dvd) Samsung SH W162C and upgraded Nero6 to the latest version (6.6.1.4) without any change to the problem.
I have changed the drive on which files are to be cached with no effect.
When I configured Nero to not cache files (and ensured that all files were in the same dir on primary drive) it froze again after 2 seconds but this time with progress reading "burn process started.."
I know that nero and the drive aren't tottally useless as i am able to burn normal cds with it. However whenever i attemept to burn a dvd this happens.
It is also not possible to shut nero down using the windows task manager at this stage although the system is seemingly responsive it is very slow.
I have also noticed that in both cases (caching on and off) the hdd light comes on and stays on, even after the "crash".
Any suggestions as to where the problem might lie would be welcome as i have exhausted all avenues i can think of.
@coldcam
Welcome to aD!
Check and make sure you are in dma mode and not pio mode. Here's a link if needed:
http://home.comcast.net/~bbmayo/checking%20DMA.pdf Make sure your firmware is up to date on your drive - the latest is TS10 and can be found here:
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=2078 Also what blank media are your using?
See if Nero saved a log in c:program files>ahead>nero>nerohistory.log
Look for the last one. If it did copy and paste it.
@Gwendolin
I'm using 6.6.1.4 as we speak so far the only problem I've had with this version is no auto burn w/ shrink. I don't have 7 yet so don't know - at this point I don't really see the diff or reason to get it for what I use it for.
@binkie7, thanks for that, I was talking to GlueEater in another thread and he said there was problems with 6.6.1.4 and I wasn't sure.
here's what alkohol thinks of latest version of 7
alkohol
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7. February 2006 @ 04:37 Report an offensive post
The new Nero 7.0.5.4 has a few bugs, it's sad but true. I can confirmed it. I don't know about others, but I've downloaded directly from Nero's website and installed on my system twice (installed, uninstalled, then reinstalled, and go back to 7.0.1.4 which worked flawlessly). This is the first time ever that happened to me, which I've never experienced any bugs or issues with Nero 7 before. Again, it's sad but true.
I found that Nero Recode 2 doesn't work, you can't even "recode an entire movie, recode the main movie, remake a dvd & recode main movie to Nero Digital", all you can do is "recode dvds and video to Nero Digital" only. Plus Nero Vision doesn't have the "make DVD tab", so I end up went back to 7.0.1.4. This is quite unusual for me because I've never experienced any bugs or issues since the very first Nero 7.0.0.0 that came out until 7.0.5.4 and thus I've seen the bugs now.
Just a note that's all. I guess I'll wait for the next updates (version). In the mean time, I'm good with 7.0.1.4 (it has been burning flawlessly as it always been for me).
