Re: Unable to write to CDs or DVDs with combo drive

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From: Nathan McNulty (525676_at_betaweb.com)
Date: 07/06/04 

Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 16:14:00 -0700

Two things. First, update the firmware of your drive. The firmware
contains the codes for different media. It may be that the discs you are
using are currently not supported by your drive. Also, the reason a disc
may show up as max burn of 2x even though your drive can handle 4x is
because 2x is the fastest that media is rated to burn at. Check the
link below for the firmware update from Pioneer ;)

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/hs/pioneer.html

Nathan McNulty

Jane wrote:

> Hi
> I downloaded Nero Burner. Installed well and recognized
> my drive as Pioneer DVD DVR-104. However, I wasn't able
> to burn a CD or a DVD. I suspect that the default write
> speeds are incorrect. Although I have conflicting info,
> the latest info re this drive says write speed is 2X. I
> was only given choices of 4X or 8X so I chose 4X.
>
> Tried to burn small document file to a 2X DVD and a 1X-4X
> CD. Both are RWs. Both are Memorex.
>
> Messages I was given --
> Illegal mode for this track.
> Could not perform fixation.
> Burn Process Failed at 4X(600KB/S)
>
> I like Nero though. It is really easy to use compared to
> similar software.
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Download Nero, there's a fully-functional 30 day
>>trial.
>>
>>www.nero.com
>>
>>Beats the pants off of other software I've had,
>>and I've had a lot...
>>
>>"Jane" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>
> message
>
>>news:264f501c462f2$c7eb70c0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>>>I have a Sony Vaio PC with a combo CD-RW/DVD-RW drive.
>
> XP
>
>>>Home OS. The RW drive is Pioneer, model DVR-104. I
>
> also
>
>>>have a separate CD-ROM drive.
>>>
>>>I bought this PC in fall of 2002 and have never been
>>>consistently successful in copying files to CD or DVD!
>>>
>>>Am novice when it comes to burning CDs or DVDs. All I
>>>want to do is copy documents to a CD or DVD as a backup.
>>>Also, possibly photos, but backing up the documents is
>>>very important.
>>>
>>>I have called Sony about this drive. Also, Microsoft.
>>>They have me uninstall and reinstall drive. Works
>>>sometime, then quits. Suspect shutting down and booting
>>>messes everything up again. Generally get a message
>
> about
>
>>>the media being too high speed for the drive. Using
>>>Memorex 1X-4X CDs. Originally tried higher speed CDs.
>>>I've reset the write speed for the device under its
>>>properties. This has worked occasionally in the past.
>>>The randomness gets me. I also downloaded a driver
>
> update
>
>>>which made no difference. Found literature that
>>>conflicts. Some places say write speed is 2X, another
>>>place says 4X. Have tried setting write speed to
>>>different values. Still NG.
>>>
>>>Have all sorts of writing software (OEM) since this PC
>
> was
>
>>>designed for movie making. Most progs want to write
>
> video
>
>>>stuff. Veritas doesn't like my attempts. I've
>
> generally
>
>>>used Windows, selected "File, Copy, Write these files to
>>>CD" to attempt to write to CD. Have not tried writing
>
> to
>
>>>a DVD since my other PC only has CD drive.
>>>
>>>I thought a combo drive might be trouble when I bought
>
> the
>
>>>PC. Have feeling this drive doesn't know if it's CD or
>>>DVD because of wording for the drive in Control Panel
>
> and
>
>>>wording in help.
>>>
>>>Any advice is greatly appreciated!
>>
>>
>>.
>>

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