NEC 6500 in Presario - 100% coasters?

[binba2]

After my Sony DW-P50A refused to write RW's and was replaced after a costumer-service hell, with a whimsical Toshiba SD-R6252 that sometimes wouldn't even read original DVD movies, I went on, spent $110 and got myself a brand new NEC ND-6500A.

I hoped that that'd end the trouble - but after two first (successful) test burns, everything I burn now seems to to be useless. Writing finishes flawlessly, producing a disc which fails miserably on verification. I tried different media (MCC 03RG20, Ritek R04, Optodisc +RW) at different speeds, with identical results.

WinXP SP2, 512MB RAM; Secondary Master, UDMA on.

I feel as if someone up high doesn't want me to burn DVDs. Any ideas??


P.S. When I first installed the drive, the door didn't want to open; I had to slightly loosen the screw closest to the eject button.

[hoxlund]

make sure your using 40 pin/80 wire cables

and if possible that dma is turned on in computers bios

[Bhairav]

make sure your using 40 pin/80 wire cables

and if possible that dma is turned on in computers bios

Hox, that's a laptop drive.
@binba2 - FOrget verification. Try a CDSpeed scan. Does it give a smooth transfer curve?

[hoxlund]

Hox, that's a laptop drive.

wtf are you talking about, 2.5" hard drives are 44 pins, 3.5" hard drives are 40 pin

[Bhairav]

Hox, that's a laptop drive.

wtf are you talking about, 2.5" hard drives are 44 pins, 3.5" hard drives are 40 pin

Yeah, but the 6500 is a laptop drive. Anyway, which was the last 3.5" DVD burner that cost 110$ and wasn't called "Plextor"?

[MediumRare]

Anyway, which was the last 3.5" DVD burner that cost 110$ and wasn't called "Plextor"?

I've never seen any 3.5" burners. They've all been 5.25" to now...

G

[Bhairav]

Anyway, which was the last 3.5" DVD burner that cost 110$ and wasn't called "Plextor"?

I've never seen any 3.5" burners. They've all been 5.25" to now...

G

Oops..
Got mixed up with HDD form factors..

[binba2]

Ok, now that you're done with your cabling issues for my slimline drive, I got the test results.

Reading both CDs and DVDs looks smooth, although CD read speed was X12 - for a X24 drive! How does that make sense?

And there are the write results - since this is the first time I ever use cdspeed, I don't know how to interpret them myself.
I used Verbatim media, that the drive rated for X8.

[Bhairav]

Those read curves look fine. Issue is, your drive is writing only at 6X. The MCC03RG20 discs are 16X, have you tried 8X rated media like the MCC02RG20 discs?