Hi everybody, Just built a new PC, 3.0ghz on a P4P800e Deluxe Asus board. I have used my old 40gb & 120gb ide hard drives with a new Maxtor Diamondmax 10 200gb SATA drive. Everything is working perfect except for my NEC Nd 3520a DVD Writer. I have another Dvd/cd combo drive set as the Slave with the NEC set as master on the same cable. The NEC will spin when I insert a disc but will not read the contents and will not record anything. Nero recognises the drive but gives me the error during a test "LOGICAL UNIT COMMUNICATION CRC ERROR ( ULTRA DMA/32 ) ( 04083 ).

Both these units worked fine on my old PC.

I am at a loss a little bit when it comes to setups so any help in dummy english would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
Johnny

Are you using the same ribbon cables that the old PC had or are you using new ones.

Try disconnecting the combo drive that you're running as a slave and see if that makes any difference. If it does, then double-check the jumpers on the DVDRW to make sure it is set to Master and not Cable Select, and also on the CDRW combo drive to make sure that it is set to Slave and not to Cable Select.

Let us know if these suggestions help

In fact, check the jumper on the DVDRW even if disconnecting the slave drive doesn't make any difference. The Cable Select option can be very temperamental.

i have a problem with my cd writer, whenever i try to write a cd, it goes to a certain level and then i get a message saying communications failure, what cud be the problem?

this is the error log:

ashwin

1A23-6027-7047-7445-2215-4885

Windows XP 5.1
IA32
WinAspi: -
ahead WinASPI: File 'C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero\Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=2.0.1.59, size=160016 bytes, created 6/17/2003 2:25:04 PM
Nero version: 6.0.0.23 (Nero Express)
Recorder: <ASUS CRW-5224A> Version: 1.35 - HA 1 TA 0 - 6.0.0.23
Adapter driver: <atapi> HA 1
Drive buffer : 2048kB
Bus Type : default (0) -> ATAPI, detected: ATAPI
CD-ROM: <ASUS CD-S520/A >Version: 2.0K - HA 1 TA 1 - 6.0.0.23
Adapter driver: <atapi> HA 1

=== Scsi-Device-Map ===
DiskPeripheral : SAMSUNG SP4002H atapi Port 0 ID 0 DMA: On
CdRomPeripheral : ASUS CRW-5224A atapi Port 1 ID 0 DMA: On
CdRomPeripheral : ASUS CD-S520/A atapi Port 1 ID 1 DMA: Off

=== CDRom-Device-Map ===
ASUS CRW-5224A E: CDRom0
ASUS CD-S520/A F: CDRom1
=======================

AutoRun : 1
Excluded drive IDs:
CmdQueuing : 1
CmdNotification: 2
WriteBufferSize: 36700160 (0) Byte
ShowDrvBufStat : 0
EraseSpeed : 0
BUFE : 0
Physical memory : 223MB (228708kB)
Free physical memory: 88MB (90248kB)
Memory in use : 60 %
Uncached PFiles: 0x0
Use Static Write Speed Table: 0
Use Inquiry : 1
Global Bus Type: default (0)
Check supported media : Disabled (0)

3.5.2006
CD-ROM (ISO)
8:05:27 PM #1 Text 0 File Isodoc.cpp, Line 6013
Iso document burn settings
------------------------------------------
Determine maximum speed : FALSE
Simulate : FALSE
Write : TRUE
Finalize CD : TRUE
Multisession : FALSE
Burning mode : TAO
Mode : 1
ISO Level : 1 (Max. of 11 = 8 + 3 char)
Character set : ISO 9660
Joliet : TRUE
Allow pathdepth more than 8 directories : TRUE
Allow more than 255 characters in path : TRUE
Write ISO9660 ;1 file extensions : TRUE

8:05:27 PM #2 Phase 97 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1803
FlextraLink activated

8:05:27 PM #3 Text 0 File Reader.cpp, Line 118
Reader running

8:05:27 PM #4 Text 0 File Writer.cpp, Line 124
Writer ASUS CRW-5224A running

8:05:27 PM #5 ISO9660GEN -11 File geniso.cpp, Line 3882
First writeable address = 0 (0x00000000)

8:05:27 PM #6 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 3218
Turn on Track-at-once, using CD-R/RW media

8:05:28 PM #7 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 233
Last possible write address on media: 336074 (74:42.74)
Last address to be written: 307912 (68:27.37)

8:05:28 PM #8 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 238
Write in overburning mode: FALSE

8:05:28 PM #9 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 1997
Recorder: ASUS CRW-5224A;
CDRW code: 00 97 34 24; OSJ entry from: Mitsubishi Chemical
ATIP Data:
Special Info [hex] 1: 96 00 D7, 2: 61 22 18 (LI 97:34.24), 3: 4A 2B 00 (LO 74:43.00)
Additional Info [hex] 1: 66 4A 99, 2: 38 80 00, 3: 04 C4 A0

8:05:28 PM #10 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 398
>>> Protocol of DlgWaitCD activities: <<<
=========================================

8:05:28 PM #11 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 773
Setup items (after recorder preparation)
0: TRM_DATA_MODE1 (CTransferItem)
2 indices, index0 (150) not provided
original disc pos #0 + 307913 (307913) = #307913/68:25.38
relocatable, disc pos for caching/writing not required/required, no patch infos
-> TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048, config 0, wanted index0 0 blocks, length 307911 blocks [ASUS CRW-5224A ]
--------------------------------------------------------------

8:05:28 PM #12 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 942
Prepare recorder [ASUS CRW-5224A ] for write in TAO
DAO infos:
==========
MCN: ""
TOCType: 0x00; Session Closed, disc fixated
Tracks 1 to 1:
1: TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048/0x00, FilePos 0 307200 630913024, ISRC ""
DAO layout:
===========
__Start_|____Track_|_Idx_|_RecDep_|_CtrlAdr_
-150 | lead-in | 0 | 0x00 | 0x41
-150 | 1 | 0 | 0x00 | 0x41
0 | 1 | 1 | 0x00 | 0x41
307913 | lead-out | 1 | 0x00 | 0x41

8:05:28 PM #13 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 969
Removed 2 run-out blocks from end of track 1.

8:05:28 PM #14 Phase 24 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1803
Caching of files started

8:05:32 PM #15 Phase 25 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1803
Caching of files completed

8:05:32 PM #16 Phase 36 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1803
Burn process started at 10x (1,500 KB/s)

8:05:32 PM #17 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 2146
Verifying disc position of item 0 (relocatable, disc pos, no patch infos, orig at #0): write at #0

8:05:32 PM #18 Text 0 File Mmc.cpp, Line 19359
Set BUFE: FlextraLink -> ON

8:06:01 PM #19 SCSI -1024 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1427
SCSI Exec, HA 1, TA 0, LUN 0, buffer 0x02C90000
Status: 0x04 (0x01, SCSI_ERR)
HA-Status 0x00 (0x00, OK)
TA-Status 0x02 (0x01, SCSI_TASTATUS_CHKCOND)
Sense Key: 0x04 (KEY_HARDWARE_ERROR)
Sense Code: 0x08
Sense Qual: 0x03
CDB Data: 0x2A 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x2A 0x60 0x00 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00
Sense Data: 0xF0 0x00 0x04 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0A
0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x08 0x03

8:06:01 PM #20 CDR -1024 File Writer.cpp, Line 301
Communication failure

8:06:01 PM #21 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 229
all writers idle, stopping conversion

8:06:01 PM #22 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 223
conversion idle, stopping reader

8:06:06 PM #23 CDR -201 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 193
Invalid write state
ASUS CRW-5224A\H1 T0

8:06:06 PM #24 TRANSFER -18 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 193
Could not perform EndTrack

8:06:06 PM #25 Text 0 File Mmc.cpp, Line 14342
<ASUS CRW-5224A > start Close Session

8:06:43 PM #26 Text 0 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1661
Set remaining time: 0:00,000 (0ms) -> OK

8:06:43 PM #27 Phase 38 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1803
Burn process failed at 10x (1,500 KB/s)


Existing drivers:
File 'Drivers\atapi.sys': Ver=5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920), size=86912 bytes, created 8/28/2002 11:27:50 PM (Adapter driver for rec)

Registry Keys:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)

pls help me out

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