Computer Freezes on DvD burn

[grizzy]

Hi all,

first of all heres my comp specs:

P4 3.00ghz
512mb Ram
ATI Sapphire vid card
Lite-On SOHW 1213S DVD+RW
OS : Windows XP

Now the problem:

I found a few people on the internet with a similar problem and since i visit this site quite regularly i decided i'd try here first.

I've recently reformatted my hard drive and re-installed windows XP only to find that everytime I attempt to burn a dvd my computer locks up. I have tried going between Service Pack 1 and 2 to no avail. When I attempt to burn a DVD all encoding goes smoothly of the file when using nero. The point it locks up is when it says Writing to DvD. It almost seems as if there is no communication between the computer and the DVD burner yet i can burn Music CD's and install programs off a CD. I've tried firmware updates/ checking proper connection of the drives ribbon cables and the use of a fair amount of different DVD burning programs all of which encode the files well but cannot burn. I also used a diag. tool to check CPU temp and all seems well! Drivers are working properly apparently. I'm not quite sure as to what the problem may be? any ideas?

Thank you for your suggestions!!

[Krispy Kritter]

Are you able to burn previously created dvd images and/or data dvd's?

[normcar]

Most burning problems I encountered was when the transfer mode setting was not set to DMA if Available in Device manager. This may have changed when you reinstalled windows from scratch.