NEC Dual Layer DVD-RW problems

Hi, I bought a new NEC DVD-RW drive. So far, I've had no luck whatsoever. With most DVD tools, an error almost always occurs (usually 'whatever.exe' has generated errors and must be closed) I've tried VLC Media Player, PowerDVD, WinDVD and NVDVD and so far, no luck at all. I can play Futurama but the quality is pretty bad (all DVDs are original and with no scratches). I've already exchanged the drive once but still the same problems. Any other suggestions? Thanks!

P.S, I'm running Win2k with Athlon 2400XP, Radeon 9600XT and 512mb RAM

 

Hi mate,

I would try killing off everything running in the task manager to see if some software is holding it back in terms of your processor.

Is the DVD-RW on its own channel or is it a slave to a master of somekind ?

Other than that I dont know !

 

What motherboard are you using?

 

I'm using an MSI K7N2 Delta-L (nForce2 Chipset) board ... would this make any difference, you think?

 

That should be ok. What drivers are you using for the Nforce Chipset? Do you know which version ??

 

The nForce IDE drivers have caused problems with CD Burners, so you might want to install a standard IDE driver instead of the nForce IDE driver. Update your driver in Device Manager and choose the driver to install. From there select the Standard IDE Controller (or whatever non-nForce IDE driver there is showing up)

 

I've got the latest nForce chipset drivers ... although I can't remember what version they are! If there are other chipset/IDE drivers that could help, could you give me a link to where they might be? Bare in mind that I do have Windows 2000. But even when the guy at the store tested the DVD drive (using XP), it showed up faulty there too so maybe they could be using nForce IDE drivers ... I don't know! But it does seem to run CDs fine and my CDR drive has never had problems. I'm sure there's a solution out there! If you've seen my other post, I've been considering an upgrade to XP Pro because it may be more compatible.

 

Okay, go into Device Manager and expand IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.

The IDE Controllers should have them listed as nForce (or nForce 2) IDE controllers. Double-click on either the nForce IDE controller. When the box comes up, go to the Drivers tab and hit Update driver.

You should have 2 options here, but you want the option to install the driver from a specific location.

On the next page that comes up, select the radio button that says "Don't Search. I will choose what drivers to install."

The next thing to come up will have a list of compatible drivers for the IDE controller. You want to install the Standard Dual-Channel IDE controller and then click next.

Let it install the driver and then reboot.

 

I tried that but it didn't solve any problems, unfortunately. I'm just putting it down to hardware fault and I'll get yet another replacement and hopefully, that will solve it! I'm tempted to get another drive from a different manufacturer so hopefully, that will get rid of the possiblity of incompatibility!

many thanks!