Cd Burner problem

[SilverCeli]

My burner wont burn any cd's (never has). I get an error like...". A NT disc I/O operation failed (1054)"

[JohnE.]

Operating System is? Burner is? Mobo, chipset, hard disk, burning software used, blank media used, etc would also be helpful.

[SilverCeli]

XP 2500+
Abit NF7-S
Maxtor 80 GB
Running Windows XP Pro
Burner is a Lite-On 52327S
Using Nero and burning onto Khypermedia disks. (never had a prob with these)

[JohnE.]

Which version (if any) of the nVidia nForce chipset drivers do you have installed? You say the burner has never worked... is this a brand new build?

I've had nothing but problems myself with the nForce UDP (Asus A7N8X Deluxe) and attempting to update it with a new release has fubar'd my CD burning (and everything else in the process) twice now. I was able to fix my CD burning issues by avoiding the nVidia IDE drivers and sticking with the default WinXP IDE drivers.

Check out nForcersHQ for lots of info on this and similar issues with nForce boards. You may want to update the drives firmware if you haven't already: Lite-On Firmware (latest version is QS0C)

Good Luck

Edit: Forgot to mention - since you're using Nero on WinXP, avoid installing Adaptecs ASPI layer as it's unnecessary and can cause conflicts (did on my system anyways).

[Derek79602+]

I got a funky LiteOn drive several months ago (one out of about 45 so far- not too bad ) and I flashed the firmware- cleared it right up. NOt saying that's your problem- but couldn't hurt to try.

[SilverCeli]

Thanks guys, flashed the firmware, VIOLA!