Driver problems with a CD burner
September 14, 2004 12:45 PM Subscribe
My CD burner died, my little buddy in copyright crime refuses to work lately. When I tell it to copy files it comes back with an error message saying that I need a different CD, yet they were all fine two weeks ago prior to installation of the new XP service pack. (More inside)
I have a Dell Dimension 8100, and the device manager claims that it's a NEC NR-7800A burner, which I'm not certain is correct, as the properties calls it a CD/DVD player, which it's not, it's a CD player/burner.
I have a Dell Dimension 8100, and the device manager claims that it's a NEC NR-7800A burner, which I'm not certain is correct, as the properties calls it a CD/DVD player, which it's not, it's a CD player/burner.
what burner software do you use? i know SP2 told me that my copy of nero wouldn't work correctly, but nero had a patch available and now it's fine.
might consider trying different burning software anyway, that ought to tell you if it's a software problem or a hardware incompatibility thing.
from what i've seen the burner software that ships with dells by default is crap. try the nero 6 demo, and if it works for you, buy a copy. (or whatever. c'mon, you pirate cds. you know what to do. not that i encourage software piracy. 'cause that's a crime. yeah.)
posted by caution live frogs at 1:46 PM on September 14, 2004
might consider trying different burning software anyway, that ought to tell you if it's a software problem or a hardware incompatibility thing.
from what i've seen the burner software that ships with dells by default is crap. try the nero 6 demo, and if it works for you, buy a copy. (or whatever. c'mon, you pirate cds. you know what to do. not that i encourage software piracy. 'cause that's a crime. yeah.)
posted by caution live frogs at 1:46 PM on September 14, 2004
Response by poster: It won't work whether I'm burning music, I tried XP Media Player and Real Audio 10, nor data using XP, so I assume it's not software related, and I've tried various brands of CDr's
posted by Keith Talent at 2:00 PM on September 14, 2004
posted by Keith Talent at 2:00 PM on September 14, 2004
Response by poster: Unbelieveable.
Taking Cobra'a advice I began to re-scour google for bulletin board postings etc. One unrelated thread asked for where to find the drivers to reinstall, someone responded that XP installs the drivers and to rewrite them uninstall the machine and reboot. I did, and now everything works fine. Why I don't know.
Someone please pie Bill Gates again for me.
posted by Keith Talent at 2:20 PM on September 14, 2004
Taking Cobra'a advice I began to re-scour google for bulletin board postings etc. One unrelated thread asked for where to find the drivers to reinstall, someone responded that XP installs the drivers and to rewrite them uninstall the machine and reboot. I did, and now everything works fine. Why I don't know.
Someone please pie Bill Gates again for me.
posted by Keith Talent at 2:20 PM on September 14, 2004
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posted by COBRA! at 1:19 PM on September 14, 2004