spearhead Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I used to be a happy.. did'nt have any problems with any of my burners...cd's, dvd's and DL DVD's. No problem what so ever... And then a couple of days ago.. Everything I tried to burn failed..due to Logical Unit Communication CRC Error (Ultra-DMA/32) This lead to a scary amount of useless fail to burn DVD's and CD's.. Having some PC understanding I started googling the problem. There I found different solutions to this problem. From PIO/ DMA problems to physicaly removing both my burners and reinstalling them. Yet no luck what so ever. Frustration lead to desperate measures.. Un-installing burn software... As you can understand my frustration.. I am desperately seeking advice for a solution.. PLEASE HELP ME!! ImgBurn Log: I 16:41:20 ImgBurn Version 2.4.3.0 started! I 16:41:20 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3) I 16:41:20 Total Physical Memory: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinningwheel Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Since you do not know how to use the search function, click this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spearhead Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Since you do not know how to use the search function, click this. I have searched the topics and even tried to run the firmare flash utility provided by firmware HQ (status: Update failed) without any luck. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Try using a new 80-wire IDE cable: set the burner as Master and connect it to the end of the cable. Also follow the DMA post of the FAQ (removing IDE controllers and rebooting). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 What controller is the drive on? Do your drives share the same cable? If they do, have you tried it with just 1 drive? Have you tried a new cable? You want as short a cable as possible - and make sure it's a decent 80 wire one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spearhead Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 What controller is the drive on? Do your drives share the same cable? If they do, have you tried it with just 1 drive? Have you tried a new cable? You want as short a cable as possible - and make sure it's a decent 80 wire one. The cable is new and I am using 2 drives, the Master drive is at the end. When I try to open Device Manager to check the controller type. the Pc freezes?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Do you know what motherboard you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spearhead Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 That I do, Motherboard: Asus P5Q Pro. Controllers: Intel ICH10 Family 2 Port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 - 3A26 Intel ICH10 Family 4 Port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 - 3A20 Primary IDE Channel Primary IDE Channel Primary IDE Channel Secondary IDE Channel Secondary IDE Channel Secondary IDE Channel Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller Does that help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Ok so basically you've got your drives on a Marvell controller - and they are awful for optical drives. I assume you've tried the latest marvell driver? http://dlsvr.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/sata/M...060_XPVista.zip Otherwise you have little choice but to get a PCI card for the drives (make sure it's got a Silicon Image 680 chipset) or buy some SATA ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spearhead Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Just like that ... THANK YOU!!! Is there anything I can do until I get hold of a PCI card. Any suggestions to which card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Did you try that driver? Did you try it with just one drive on the cable? Did you try it with a totally different cable? Card wise, just ebay 'Sil0680'. (as in 'Silicon Image 680') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Just like that ... THANK YOU!!!Is there anything I can do until I get hold of a PCI card. Any suggestions to which card? In this wonderful world of computers the only certainty is that there are NO certainties! I use to run my own computer business, selling & repairing computers etc. I recall a CD burner that for all intents and purposes was defective (unable t read CD's at all), I either had already ordered a replacement, or was about to. The client also wanted a fresh install of windows, but because the CD was "defective" the install was not going to be easy. But once I formatted the Hard drive , the CD magically came to life and worked fine for at least a year. It is sometimes impossible to determine whether the problem is software or hardware related. GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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