Hi there..i am not sure if i am posting this in the right forum but please if anyone can help me i will greaty apprceiate it. i have a cyclone external USB2 ( firewire) DVD-R burner.. i used to be able to write to dvd-r's but after reloading my OS. i cant pick up blank dvd media.. i can read dvd movies, can burn regular cds.. just cant figure out whats wrong. can anyone help me.
hi not sure with usb drives as i dont think they need dma settings??? but since you reloaded and it did work? then have you installed the usb2 drivers corectly? or does your drive need aspi layers? sorry not sure on usb..
thanks for the reply..dont think its the firewire ..i went on to site of the manufacture for the driver and they say i dont need drivers at all. still cant figure out why i cant burn dvds.. it just doesnt pick them up at all.. but the drive picks up everything else..n e more sugestions n e one
Hello Shiggi ? question do you say your dvd burner worked fine before you re-installed your O.S ?? and if so did you make sure that you closed down the sytem and rebooted in the correct nmanner? You do not state which operating sytem you are using? Win xp win 2000 win me Sometimes when we re-install O.S it is nev er simple ?? hope this help a little, i have not ever used firewire myself, but USB (universal serial bus) is usually a very stable format?
Just to clarify a few things. my burner is a cyclone dvd revo that works on iee1394 ( Firewire). it used to work before i formated my pc and reloaded win xp. now it does not pick up blank dvd r media. i can however burn regular cd rs or cd rws or watch dvd roms. i have updtaed my system with service pack 2 also. that didnt help.
