DVD+RW newie!!! Need help!!!

[Paul D]

Hi!!

I've just bought a Philips PBDV1628B DVD+RW Drive and a Safecom External caddy for my Sharp PC-GP2520 laptop. (P4 2.0GHz, 512Mb DDR)

As my laptop does not have IDE2.0 capabilities I am using the Firewire port to connect the DVD+RW drive.

The problem is that I can burn CD's, CD-RW's and read DVD's fine, but the burn fails when using Nero 6.3 when it gets to either 18% or 33%????? I am using brand new Memorex 1x-4x DVD+RW discs and have even swapped one of these for a Philips 1x-4x DVD+RW disc from a mate, to no avail

I'm running Windows XP Pro SP2 (which according to the Microsoft knowledge base should pick up the DVD+RW discs in the CD Writing Wizard, which it doesn't).

I've been on the Philips site to see if I can download a newer f/w but there's none available and have resorted to e-mailing the guys there to see if they can help.

Anyone got any idea's???

Cheers!!

Paul D
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[Taelon]

If you can post your Nero log, or attach it to a message, we should be able to help you sort it out.

[LT. Columbo]

a log would help yes, it's still very possible it is simply the media---have you tried anything else?