is my cdrw drive really knackered?

[robwalford]

I thought i'd run this past you, just in case.
I wiped my harddrive and removed all my PCI cards except my SCSI H/a for my hard drives in order to do a ground up reinstall of two partitions for win98 and winme. Once done, i would ghost the two partitions before installing all my apps.
My CDRW drive is the master (and only) drive on my IDE port.
I only noticed the problem when i tried to use Nero.
When i run nero, it scans the ide/scsi buses. It is here that it freezes.
I have to use task manager to end task. But if i then open "my computer", that is frozen too. I have to reboot. I can still read and use Cds in the drive, although it seems slow to respond. If i disconnect the drive, nero opens up ok, so it is obviously the drive causing the problem. I have tried the other IDE port, but it is still the same. I have tried a format and OS reinstall. I have also tried an earlier Nero and EZCD Creator, but still the same. Could the SCSI card be causing a conflict with the CDRW (although it was ok before), or is it coincendence that the drive just decided at this moment to give up the ghost? Any suggestions gratefully received.

[Sefy]

Have you installed the latest IDE drivers and ASPI layer for your system ?

[robwalford]

thanks, but i found the problem.
I installed the latest via 4in1 drivers which by default set DMA to the IDE ports. This screwed my CDRW drive. Once unchecked in system properties, all was ok.

[Sefy]

Yeah I suppose if your CDRW doesn't support DMA it could cripple it, i'm glad to hear your problem is solved! sorry I wasn't of any help.