External Burner problem!

[Nacimroc]

Got a new DVD burner for my external USB caddy!

The buffer keeps dropping and the burn fails at about 2 or 3%!

I thought it may have something to do with the pins at the rear of the drive but not sure!

Any ideas!

Cheers

[PhilEnfield]

More info needed m8 .....

What are your system specs ?

Is the enclosure connected via USB1, USB 2 or Firewire ?

What Burner i.e. Make/Model ?

What media are you using and at what speed ?

Are you burning on-the-fly or from HDD ?

Have you checked the DMA settings on the IDE channel for your HDD and/or DVD-ROM drive ?

Give us a few more clues eh ;)

[Nacimroc]

Managed to complete a disc earlier, but the buffer is up an down none stop!

My lappy is a P4 2.66Ghz, 512 Ram, 40 Gb HDD, usual extras!
Connected via USB1! (worked with old burner no probs)
The burner is a NEC "NEC DVD±recorder AD-5170 IDE Black OEM DVD+R/+RW/DVD-R/-RW (Dual layer)"
Burning data disc from HDD using "Datawrite Silver Printable (MCC) 8X DVD-R"

No idea about DMA settings ?

Thanks for the post anyway!

[PhilEnfield]

USB 1 is certainly not helping, as this is 40 times slower than USB 2.

Have you tried burning at 2 X Speed or 4 X Speed .... this may help.

To check your DMA settings have not reverted to PIO, go to :

Device Manager/IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers ... right click select Properties/Advanced and look at Current Transfer Mode.

[Nacimroc]

I'l give it a try! Cheers