More fun with Microsoft! My burning program VSO/CopytoDVD has worked for me for years and now not so much. I suspected that the Primary IDE channel had reverted to the PIO mode so I uninstalled the driver and rebooted. I then successfully burned a DVD and thought that all was fine, except my second attempt failed. Some system info: IOS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Manufacturer HP Pavilion 061 System Model PX770AA-ABA A1132N System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 15 Model 47 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~2188 Mhz BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 3.47, 3/3/2006 SMBIOS Version 2.4 Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)" Total Physical Memory 3,072.00 MB Available Physical Memory 2.08 GB Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB Page File Space 4.34 GB Page File C:\pagefile.sys Optical drive info: Drive H: Description CD-ROM Drive Media Loaded No Media Type CD-ROM Name HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GWA-4166B Manufacturer (Standard CD-ROM drives) Status OK Transfer Rate Not Available SCSI Target ID 0 PNP Device ID IDE\CDROMHL-DT-ST_DVDRRW_GWA-4166B_______________1I24____\5&272C5E5A&0&0.0.0 Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 48.38 KB (49,536 bytes), 2/28/2006 6:00 AM) Drive I: Description CD-ROM Drive Media Loaded No Media Type CD-ROM Name ASUS DVD-E616P3H Manufacturer (Standard CD-ROM drives) Status OK Transfer Rate Not Available SCSI Target ID 1 PNP Device ID IDE\CDROMASUS_DVD-E616P3H________________________1.06____\5&272C5E5A&0&0.1.0 Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 48.38 KB (49,536 bytes), 2/28/2006 6:00 AM) When I access the Primary IDE channel properties it does not appear as it should. From the tutorial I read about resetting the Primary IDE channel by uninstalling the driver, after reboot the Primary IDE channel properties/Advanced Settings/Current Transfer Mode is supposed to read something like "Ultra DMA Mode 5" but mine reads "info not available". HELP! PLEASE!
Oops brain f*rt! Yes the optical drives are on the secondary, and it reads as it should. Must be a problem with the software, although it has worked flawlessly for about 3 years so I'm not sure what is going on.
I assume it's the burn part that's failing - try IMGBurn at 4x, see if it helps. http://www.afterdawn.com/software/cdr_software/cdr_tools/imgburn.cfm
This is how I reset DMA on windows xp pro. But first check and make sure it's required. Open control panel/system/hardware/device manager/IDE ATA ATAPI controllers. Getting back to DMA mode in Windows XP CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives can revert to using PIO mode, despite being set to use “DMA if Available.” Here’s how to make Windows XP redetect the DMA capabilities of the drives. This behaviour occurs with the following conditions: * Windows XP is the operating system * A CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, which is known to support DMA mode now works only in PIO mode. * The drive controller is set to use “DMA if available” but reports to be only in PIO mode. Following is the mechanism that has worked for me, please try it at your own risk, it involves hacking the registry: 1. Open RegEdit 2. Find the following KEY: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\000x 3. The last four digits will be 0000, 0001, 0002, 0003, and so on. 4. Under each key, delete all occurences of the following values: MasterIdDataChecksum SlaveIdDataChecksum 5. Reboot the computer. Windows will now redetect DMA settings. Uninstalling the drivers and rebooting usually won't reset the DMA.
