Greetings everyone: I have a HP DVD+RW DVD200e drive Externally hooked up via Firewire running Windows XP Professional SP1 and I'm having some weird CDR recording problems. The first drive I had, I messed up the firmware because I forgot to switch to the USB port when flashing. So I went to exchange the drive and got a new one which was manufacturered in May 2002. The new drive would not record on the media that worked fine with the first drive even though it had the same firmware at any speed. What happens is with VideoCD bin/cue images using CDRWin 3.9b, the disc after 1-2 minutes, the drive light would go off and stay off and even the physical buttons are not responsive until I pull the power on the drive and reconnect it. For VideoCD's, it did work with a second media at 12x when I tried it. The problem is with AudioCD's under Nero 5.5.9.9. With Wave files, it does the lead-in and then after a minute or two, the light on the drive goes off and then never comes back on again with the drive buttons being unresponsive until I pull the power on the drive and reconnect it. This happened to 18 CDRs. So I went for another exchange and got a September 2002 drive this time. I haven't tested any VideoCD's on this one but with AudioCDs, the first AudioCD worked fine but everything else had the same problem as the second drive, anyone knows what can actually cause this problem and if it's a software, OS or hardware problem? I have tried firmware versions 1.06, 1.27, 1.36 on all the drives. Thanks for any help and input in advance!
I have an HP DVD 200i. It reads and writes to CDRW and CDR no problem. If I put any DVD+RW or +R in, it does not recognize a disc is inserted. It is a September 2002 model with 1.36 firmware. Any ideas.
