optorite DD0203

[DonRenee]

I use dvd shrink to edit than i use nero burning rom to burn.my problem is when i burn either music or dvd the drive sounds like a jet taking off.it doesn't always do it it is most common after 80%.also when nero is leading out it never finishes.i have to unplug the computer to stop the drive.i am running windows 2000.i have been to optorite's homepage and have updated the firmware.


thanks for any help,
the Donald

[jeremyp969]

could be a media problem. The more it's burned(80%) the slower the drive should spin because it goes from inside to outside, so it should be louder at the beginning(most likely).

Could be that the media you're using is crappy and the Optorite is having problems focusing the laser.

[indolikaa]

DonRenee,

I own three of these drives and run them in Windows 2000 Pro, and never had that set of symptoms!

Nero taking forever to write a lead-out? Been there, done that! I don't have any advice for you on that one, but I can tell you how I author DVDs and never have any problems doing it this way.

1) I author the DVD in DVD-lab or DVDit! LE,
2) I have either program create the Audio_TS and Video_TS,
3) I use B's Recorder to burn the _TS folders in data mode.

I have yet to burn a disc this way that wouldn't play in a DVD player. No special codes or bitsettings. Just burn it like it was a data backup. I do this on DVD+RWs to test the quality of the encode on an old Sony DVP-S360 and Apex AD-1100W.

.indolikaa.

[DonRenee]

thanks for the reply's, i have taken the advice and bought different media,verbatum,memorex,princo.and i have totally removed all of nero, and have installed b's gold.i did a movie and worked flawless than i burned a music disc and bi's gold the top line read was 100% the bottom line write was stuck at 99%. and i noticed on my pc the hard drive light was on and locked up.this pc is anew build amd 1600, with 256 memory.

thanks
for your help.
DonRenee

[indolikaa]

DonRenee,

Have you upgraded your firmware yet? The current version for this drive is 2.30...

[DonRenee]

yes i upgraded from 2.04 to 2.30.im still trying to trouble shoot to eliminate if it is the burner or the computer.what im thinking of doing is remove the dvd burner and the dvd player and install a cd player with a cd burner and run the system that way for a process of elimination.


thanks
for any help

DonRenee

[indolikaa]

Well hey, if you've got the free time, more power to you!