2x burning problems - media / software?

Mistermotorist · Messages: 651 Registration: 03.25.2001

Activate DMA

M-SWEET · Messages: 670 Registration: 05.15.2002

Excellent suggestion, damn I should have thought of that. That could explain both problems. I'll post again once I've had time to try it and let you know if that did the trick. Thanks, harry349

Ben 93 325is · Messages: 51 Registration: 08.06.2001

What colour is the dye on the underside of the "TDK" discs, light purple or dark purple? Sounds like you could have faked TDK discs which are infact princo's.

e28Jay · Messages: 767 Registration: 11.12.2001

Just a little remark

Van1 · Messages: 334 Registration: 05.01.2003

Believe it or not, Pioneer technical support recommends setting the DVRs in PIO mode and NOT using 80 wire UDMA cable. Interesting!!??

JoeZ · Messages: 10,482 Registration: 05.16.2002

The Pioneer DVR-A03 has a very "picky" interface, meaning that DMA mode may not work on any mainboard which is not within the specs. The DVR-A04 has a new, but unfortunately broken, interface which mainly has the same problems as the DVR-A03 interface. That's why it is recommended to use PIO if DMA does cause trouble. However, you need an Intel chipset on your mainboard to use PIO for 2x writing.

neaks325i · Messages: 117 Registration: 05.11.2002

harry349 what's the colour of the top of the discs? It sounds very much like you have the princo's.