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Uhhhh...what? Maybe some cheap blanks might work... the DVD burner works fine, no problems. Yes, DMA is on. I'll post what works...if I ever find anything. thx

You wouldn't believe the hell I've been thru this evening trying to get this to work, lolol. I have no hair left =o First of all, the firmware update requires you to download the iso to either a CD or a floppy. =\ Well, you know I can't burn a CD and computers these days don't usually come with a floppy drive (and mine doesn't either). Soooo...I had to go get an older computer that I had and download the iso to that pc. Then I had to take apart another older computer that had a burner in it and put that burner into a compacted HP Pavilion which I ended up having to take almost everything out of it to fit the burner in. Finally, I get it altogether and fire it up and find out the damn thing had a burner in it for YEARS and I didn't know it. It said it was a burner...but I had never been able to get it to work! After firing up the pc and then putting some burning software on it, I found this out. (OMG, what a blonde). Anyway, I've been working on this friggin thing since 3 pm and it's now almost 11 pm. I got the firmware update burned on the CD and rebooted this pc with it and updated it. No change. I've tried Lightscribe (it's a LS burner) discs and Memorex CD-RW (which it has burned on both before...but now it won't ! With the CD-RW disc...I got about the same log: I 22:41:22 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started! I 22:41:22 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 22:41:22 Total Physical Memory: 2,095,500 KB - Available: 1,467,316 KB W 22:41:22 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 22:41:22 Initialising SPTI... I 22:41:22 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 22:41:22 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD±RW/RAM! I 22:41:32 Operation Started! I 22:41:32 Source File: -==/\/[DISCOVERY IMAGE]\/\==- I 22:41:32 Source File Sectors: 359,847 (MODE1/2048) I 22:41:32 Source File Size: 736,966,656 bytes I 22:41:32 Source File Volume Identifier: DISCOVERY_IMAGE I 22:41:32 Source File File System(s): None I 22:41:32 Destination Device: [1:0:0] HP DVD Writer 840b IMA6 (E:) (ATA) I 22:41:32 Destination Media Type: CD-RW (Disc ID: 97m25s30f) (Speeds: 4x) I 22:41:32 Destination Media Sectors: 359,847 I 22:41:32 Write Mode: CD I 22:41:32 Write Type: SAO I 22:41:32 Write Speed: 8x I 22:41:32 Test Mode: No I 22:41:32 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 22:41:32 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 22:41:32 Writing LeadIn... E 22:43:41 Failed to Write Sectors 4294967146 - 4294967177 - Illegal Mode For This Track I 22:43:41 Writing Image... I 22:43:41 Synchronising Cache... E 22:43:42 Failed to Write Image! E 22:43:42 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:02:09 I 22:43:42 Average Write Rate: N/A - Maximum Write Rate: N/A I think I'll just get a router (until I can buy another burner for this) and move stuff...it seems to be much easier. It's too bad that HP is putting out junk for over $1000. I've read that a lot of customers have had this problem with this particular DVD burner. A|ice

I've been trying all afternoon to back up some of my files on a cd. I have an HP DVD Writer 840b and I've been using some Memorex discs. I've searched the 'net for an answer, but I'm not getting anything that clearly states why I'm having this problem. The only thing I could find on this forum when someone asked the same question was that ImgBurn is not a ripper. That didn't give me a clear answer or how to solve my problem, so I'm asking here. There's no update to my firmware, I've tried burning at a lower speed, etc. but nothing helps. Could someone give me a clearer answer please? Thanks...here is my log. =) I 15:45:01 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started! I 15:45:01 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 15:45:01 Total Physical Memory: 2,095,500 KB - Available: 1,443,992 KB W 15:45:01 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 15:45:01 Initialising SPTI... I 15:45:01 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 15:45:01 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD±RW/RAM! I 15:45:10 Operation Started! I 15:45:10 Source File: C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\Burning software.nrg I 15:45:10 Source File Sectors: 300,138 (MODE1/2048) I 15:45:10 Source File Size: 614,682,624 bytes I 15:45:10 Source File Volume Identifier: Burning Software I 15:45:10 Source File Application Identifier: Nero Burning ROM I 15:45:10 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, Joliet I 15:45:10 Destination Device: [1:0:0] HP DVD Writer 840b HI86 (E:) (ATA) I 15:45:10 Destination Media Type: CD-R (Disc ID: 97m26s66f) (Speeds: 16x, 24x, 40x, 48x) I 15:45:10 Destination Media Sectors: 359,844 I 15:45:10 Write Mode: CD I 15:45:10 Write Type: SAO I 15:45:10 Write Speed: 4x I 15:45:10 Test Mode: No I 15:45:10 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 15:45:10 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 15:45:12 Writing LeadIn... W 15:48:02 Failed to Write Sectors 320 - 351 - Track Following Eror W 15:48:02 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track W 15:48:02 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 15:48:02 Retry Failed - Illegal Mode For This Track E 15:48:08 Failed to Write Sectors 320 - 351 - Track Following Eror I 15:48:08 Synchronising Cache... E 15:48:09 Failed to Write Image! E 15:48:09 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:02:59 I 15:48:09 Average Write Rate: 0 KB/s (0.0x) - Maximum Write Rate: 0 KB/s (0.0x) Alice