Problem with my burner

[venom10463]

Hi
I've had my i/o magic burner since Aug of 2004. I never had a problem with it until about 3 weeks ago. When I burn a cd in nero, it starts out normal. Then the read buffer start going down to zero and then The light on my burner stop blinking red. Its come back on in about 5 sec later. It actually complete the burn process . But the disc is only good in the beginning, it starts messing up at the middle or the end. I went to the i/o magic website and spoke with one of the technician. They told me I should try and used TDK, MAXWELL and some other discs. That wasn't no help, I'm still having the same problem. By the way, Sometimes this happen and sometime it don't. I can burn a dvd r without experiencing this problem at all.

[budz]

Is your I/O MAGIC dvdrewriter a rebadged BENQ 1620? You can check by going to device manager and click on DVDROM/CDROM, the brands of dvdrw, cdrw would show up. If it shows BTC then your drive is a rebadged BTC. If it shows ATAPI followed by some numbers then the drive is a rebadged BENQ 1620.
You can post your question at the BENQ FORUM at cdfreaks.com. I do recall seeing a post regarding problems with burning certain brands of cds.

[venom10463]

Nope. It a generic dvd rw 8xmax

[budz]

It's probably a rebadged BTC drive. What did device manager say it was? generic dvdrw? I am wondering if it could be a rebadged BENQ 8x burner. The BENQ FORUM is down at the moment. Try posting your question there when the site is up.

[-jsl-]

generic dvd rw 8xmax = OEM Accesstek

[nelson133]

I had a series of similar problems with a different no name 8x drive, my solution was an NEC3520 from new egg for less than $60 plus $3.50 shipping. All my problems were cured.
Being a bargain hunter works sometimes, but you have to know when to let go.
Nyah Levi