HP DVD200I Driver Needed

[allankyee]

I have a HP DVD200i DVD writer and I misplaced the original CD installation disc. I'm running W2K Pro and it detects the model as HP DVD200i SCSI CD-Rom. Everything seems to work fine but when I burn DVD, I get a SCSI Target Error. The CD-Writer is actually an IDE Drive. I went to HP's website but I'll have to buy the installation disc from them but it takes 3-5 business days. I don't mind paying for it but I really don't want to wait that long. I'm hoping someone who has the same cd-writer to create an image of the disc for me to download or for you to upload to me. I have AT&T Broadband.

[BJ_M]

i dont think you need any drivers .... the error you are getting is unreleated .. did you try re-installing the ascpi layer ?

[allankyee]

Yes, I did. In fact, that's the first thing I did. I have the ASPI 4.71 for W2K installed. It used to work fine with the original installation but I reconfigured my hardware and reinstalled all software from scratch recently and this problem with SCSI Target Error surfaced. However, I never did noted whether it was listed as a HP DVD200i SCSI CD-ROM in device manager from the original installation. Since it is an IDE drive, I don't know why I would have a SCSI Target Error other than the fact that windows detected it as a SCSI interface and loaded an incorrect driver.

[BJ_M]

my understanding is that all devices using the ascpi layer are treated as scsi devices (ascpi stands for scsi something) .. not really sure of this never had a problem with it ..

[allankyee]

I found my installation disks and I just ran the core install without any of the other bundled programs and the problem is still there. Device Manager still shows the drive as HP DVD 200i SCSI CD-ROM. I tried detaching my third hard drive from the same secondary IDE onboard controller that the burner is on and burned a DVD without the error. I will burn some more the same way and see if that will resolve the SCSI Target Error. Thanks for your help.

[allankyee]

I burned additional DVD without any SCSI Target Error. FYI. my firmware is still 1.06. Would anyone recommend me to upgrade to 1.37?