Sony DW-G120A Problem!!!!!!

[Metalkid]

I bought Sony dw-g120A dvd burner
but i was not able to read ne media so i replaced it n now again in this i m facin the same problem.

i searched the forum n came to kno bot the firmware i tried mys3 , myr3
both r givin same prob n in mys3 dos it says "NO divice found"

n win walla upgrade shows
unable to flash firmware plz contact ur vendor.


so awat is the prob with my rom
n in nere info tool der no serial no. n date for my rom

here r snapshot

[kundra.nitin]

you shouldnt be having any trouble READING media with any of those firmwares(i've tried them all)
if its new, you could ask for replacement

MY problem is that i cant write to BenQ +rw dvds
any solutions?

[teknoPhobia]

Have you checked your drive cable? Have you checked whether any other DVD Drive manages to read any media on your PC? Did you try to use the DOS version in XP itself or using a boot disc?

[digiFriend]

check which parallel cable you are using. if you use old ATA 40 wires cable,it won't work.
you have to use "ULTRA DMA/66" 80 wires cable.
both wires will have same 40 pins connector, but in ultra DMA cable ,the wire will be very thin and there will be 80 wires, while in OLD ATA cable wires will be thick and total 40 wires.
"ultra ata " 80 wire cable will cost around 30/40 Rs.

2)check that ULTRA DMA support is enabled in BIOS(it depend upon your system bios)

[jack// ani]

Originally Posted by digiFriend

your problem is: you are using old ATA 40 wire cable.
check which parallel cable you are using. if you use old ATA 40 wires cable,it won't work.
you have to use "ULTRA ATA/66" 80 wires cable.
both wires will have same 40 pins connector, but in ultra ATA cable ,the wire will be very thin and there will be 80 wires, while in OLD ATA cable wires will be thick and total 40 wires.
"ultra ata " 80 wire cable will cost around 30/40 Rs.

c'mon dude....this is not a problem anyway!!! probably there is some other trouble....like master/slave jumper setting. for me the same drive...work fine on 40 and 80 wire cable as well.....

[Metalkid]

ok
i donot kno wat was the prob

but i removed my second dvd rom
n kept only writer on cable select (ata40)

before it was like writer on master n dvd rom on slave on ata 40


now it is workin fine
burned bot 6 dvds

all fine.


y can't i use both the drive 2gether

[teknoPhobia]

Then see if putting both the drives to cable select works for you, and try changing the cable, it does make a difference