I hope I haven't asked this Q here before...
I have two CD/DVD writers, both top-end Plextor ones, 712A and 755A.
Both are IDE.
Both write CDs fine, but fail to write DVDs most of the time. There are various verify errors. The 2nd one can also do dual-layer but that fails nearly always.
There are no reports of buffer underrun, except on CD writing (where I have seen reports like "buffer underrun avoided 50 times") but as I say CDs write fine.
The 755A has been replaced with a new one, with no difference.
I've tried setting the IDE cable type to different things in the BIOS.
The machine has two HDs but they are SATA not IDE. There is no other IDE device, and each writer is connected to its own controller, via its own cable. The motherboard is a fairly modern Gigabyte one, about 2GHz, with the usual four IDE connectors. Win2000 SP4, 1GB RAM, Nero StartSmart software.
Can anybody suggest anything? I am looking at getting a USB attached writer to solve this
