Another Write Error

[spearhead]

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

[spinningwheel]

Since you do not know how to use the search function, click this.

[spearhead]

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?

[mmalves]

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).

[LIGHTNING UK!]

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.

[spearhead]

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??

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Do you know what motherboard you have?

[spearhead]

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?

[LIGHTNING UK!]

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.

[spearhead]

Just like that ... THANK YOU!!!

Is there anything I can do until I get hold of a PCI card. Any suggestions to which card?

[LIGHTNING UK!]

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')

[snowman]

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