DVD Burner Issue

[Freeker]

Ok so I bought this Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-110D drive a couple weeks ago and right off the bat it worked I copied a DVD no problem. Now I can't use it for anything. I first noticed when trying to view a small quicktime movie off a CD-R, it wouldn't load and appeared to be hung. Then I noticed I couldn't copy audio cd's it just sat there waiting for a disc to be inserted when it already was. I put in a copy of a game (retail version) and the icon next to the drive in "my computer" dissappears and becomes one of those "specify which program you would like to use to open..." icons and when clicked it gives me a "Not a vaild win32 app" error. When I run the drive speed test program with Nero 6.6.0.8 I get "No Additional Sense Information" Errors. When I burn i get I/O ERRORS i can't even listen to audio cd's they just skip constantly.

What should I do? Should I just return it or do i have options.

[bradm]

Have you checked the cables/connectors from the drive to the motherboard? It might be worthwhile to pull them out and plug them back in, to make sure they're seated properly. (Do this with the power to the PC turned off, of course.)

Aloha,

Brad

[Basher]

See if there is a ROM update for the drive available from the manufacturer's website.

[headygouda]

Is the drive setup as a master or slave? I had the same type of problem when I first hooked up my pioneer dvr108 as a slave, burned at first, then had I/O issues and burned discs with skips/unlistenable.

Set it up as a master, no problem. I've also experienced similar unreliable dvd burner problems with a BenQ dvd burner setup as a slave (which led me to buy my pioneer drive, but now that I've figured it out...well..2 dvd burners can't hurt).

[Freeker]

Good advice I'll check the jumpers to see what it set up as.

[bouche]

I think that by default it would be set to master.