Dvd-r in External Enclosure Problems Burning

[dohmai]

Hi, I wasn't totally sure which forum to put this in so I apologize if it's misplaced! Sorry the post is sort of long, I just wanted to make sure I documented my problem accurately as possible..

I have a Pioneer A05 dvdr (actually Cendyne rebagged) with the 1.33 firmware. I have been using it in my desktop for a few months and never had any issues.

Recently I purchased a laptop and wanted to continue use of the dvd-r using an external enclosure. I purchased the Bytecc ME320-U2 external enclosure. On the Dealsonic website it indicates this enclosure uses a new "Ali" chipset.

Anyway, I plugged in the dvdr into the enclosure and then plugged it into my notebook via Usb 2.0. My notebook (Dell Inspiron 600m) supports USB 2.0. I am running Windows XP Home edition, SP 1.

My computer detects the drive as Pioneer DVR-105 USB in the Device Manager so I know it is detecting it.

Using the A05 drive, I can actually read DVDs (not too sure if it reads well, w/o skipping, etc. but it definitely can read DVDs). My problem is that I cannot burn a thing with it!

I can rip DVDs fine using DvdDecrypter, but can't burn DVDs. I've tried Ritek G03 media and TDK media. I've tried using Instantcopy and Nero but it fails during the lead-in writing (it looks like) using both/all media. After it fails, it spits the disc out and there is a clear ring that has been written and the disc is unusable afterwards and can't even be detected/read afterwards. I have also made sure to have no other USB devices plugged in while attempting to burn.

I downloaded the ASPI 4.7 updater thing and it installed two files: ASPI32.SYS and WNASPI32.DLL, both version 4.71.1. Two other files were not installed but from what I gather from the readme, those are not installed in XP.

After I installed these, I was able to burn a small file using Nero onto a CD using the A05 as a cdrw. But I still cannot burn a DVD!

This is the error I get with Instantcopy:

An error occured while writing track 1 at position 780. Extended information: #1Device: Pioneer Dvd-Rw Dvd-105 (E NO SENSE: NO ADDTIONAL SENSE INFORMATION
0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2A 00 00 00 03 0C 00 00 1A 00


I have no idea what any of it means or what the problem is! I'm not sure if it's because the Bytecc enclosure's chipset doesn't support the drive and dvd burning or what. Their website says it supports dvd-rs and their tech support hasn't helped me out.

I appreciate any and all advice, suggestions, possible fixes, opinions, or anything that could help me out! Thanks in advance for all the help everyone!

[redwudz]

I have a Pioneer A04 and I tried the same thing about 6 months ago. It would read but not write from my laptop. I used a case with firewire and USB 2.0. I can't remember for sure, but I think I got it to work with the firewire connection, not sure why. I put the A04 into a pc so I can't test this. Not sure if it will work with USB 2.0. Maybe someone else out there has had similar problems and knows the answer.

[The village idiot]

I've used my Panasonic by firewire without problems. I don't think it is the burner at fault, more like the USB2 chip in the external box.

[jamesf303]

Could be a power issue - how is the DVD-RW powered in the enclosure?
If it takes its power from USB then there might not be enough current for writing.
If you use an external power supply (which I guess is more likely) then I'm not really sure...

[ccbadd]

I tried my A05 in an external combo (usb 2.0 and Firewire) and it would do the same on usb 2.0, but worked fine on the firewire port. I don't think usb 2.0 has matured enough.

[dohmai]

hrmm i see.. unfortunately neither this enclosure nor my laptop supports firewire so i can't test it out =\

has anyone heard of any success burning via external enclosure and usb 2.0?

oh and yeah the enclosure uses it's own power supply

[draganong]

I have EIGHT various USB 2.0 external enclosures: Pioneer 104, Pioneer 103, HPuke DVD+RW writer, 100 GB HDD (3.5"), CDRW 32X, 74 GB HDD, 30 GB HDD (2.5"), various other crap hooked to 2 machines, one desktop, one laptop. Can read/write DVDRs no problem, even when copying data from a USB2 HDD to a USB2 DVDRW.

Works very well.

/draganong

[dohmai]

well i'm glad to hear that ppl have gotten a usb2 external enclosure to work with their writer.. hopefully i can figure out how to get mine to work

draganong.. do you happen to know which chipsets your enclosures use?

did you have to do anything beyond plug and play.. ie updating firmware, drivers, etc etc?

i'm thinking it's my enclosures chipset.. i have a bytecc me320 with a ali chipset... any idea?

[Vanderlow]

dohmai, is your enclosure self powered by the USB hub or does it has its own p/s with electrical plug?

[dohmai]

it has it's own power supply

the external enclosure model is the bytecc me320-u2 i believe

there are tech specs at dealsonic.com

[nufan292]

If I were you, I would go to the dell support forums, there are a lot of users who've had this problem, and you may find an answer that works for you.

[dohmai]

i've found that my external enclosure uses the ali 5621 chipset...

i cant find any updated drivers for it so i assume there are none

anyone know anything about this chipset? is it incompatible with dvd burning?

[twoteg]

Am using a ME-320F(USB2.0 and Firewire) with a Panasonic LSW-9571 burner installed. Using USB connection only. The only thing unusual is that it takes the system about 15 seconds to recognize the burner after power is applied to the external enclosure. Outside of that everything appears to work.

[ccbadd]

I did finally get mine to work via usb 2.0. I had to disable the usb 1.1 controller on my motherboard and use a PCI card. What I meant earlier about usb 2.0 not being mature enough is simply that I plugged it into a firewire port and it just worked, not so on usb. One thing to make sure of is that you are using usb 2.0 high speed. For some stupid reason they renamed usb 1.1 12mb to usb 2.0 high speed and usb 2.0 480mb to usb 2.0 full speed.

[Duchess]

I don't know if it helps but I had some problems of a similar type and the cure turned out to be a simple matter of ensurimg the burner was set to a master and not a slave. Relevent?

[dohmai]

yeah the dvdr is set as master inside the enclosure

any suggestions on which firmware for the pioneer a05 is the most stable/i should use?

[birdygal]

I do believe your problem is more the enclosure
I purchased the same brand USB only one and their USB/firewire enclosure. I have tried both DVD burner and harddrives in both
the USB only one has problems losing data however their firewire/usb enclosure works perfect all the time using the USB or firewire connection

[dohmai]

hrm i see

does anyone know what chipset is inside the usb/firewire combo enclosure made by this brand bytecc, which is a generic brand the model number is ME320Fu2 (for the combo) or just U2 for the usb2 only...

i believe the firewire only model uses some oxford chipset... and i know my usb only uses the ali 5621 chipset...

now does the combo enclosure use a differernt chipset altogether or just use them both somehow? any ideas?

their tech support (bytecc) hasnt responded at all and neither has ali's...

i have burn logs from nero if anyone thinks they can be of use to figure out wahts wrong just let me know

thanks again for all the help everyone!

[KingAdRock]

I'm having the same issue with a Bytecc ME-320U containing a Pioneer DVR-A06 connected to a Dell Inspiron 8200 through a Belkin USB2.0 PCMCIA card.

Since I have Firewire, I've got an ME-320U2F on order. I'll post the results of changing to the new enclosure and using Firewire and/or USB2.

KAR

[dohmai]

i've since returned the usb enclosure and got the usb/firewire combo version

i've been burning via firewire with no problems now... haven't tried the usb but i don't think i'll bother!

[ro-76]

SOLUTION!

I had the same problem. Pioneer 106 with a USB 2.0 enclosure worked fine until the power supply frazzled, so I got a new enclosure, different brand, and it would burn CDs but not DVDs.

I uninstalled it, updated the aspi to 4.6 and reinstalled, but still did not work.

I then had a brainwave, and uninstalled the drive in device manager->CD rom drives, and also uninstalled USB mass storage device in device manager->USB, restarted, reinstalled, and now it works perfectly!

Hope this helps ,

Ro

[xcool]

yeah the dvdr is set as master inside the enclosure

any suggestions on which firmware for the pioneer a05 is the most stable/i should use?

@dohmai, for external enclosure, change the jumper to cable select, not master or slave. It works for me now, after struggling for weeks like you.