I just bought this pieace of hardware. It is an 8x DVD RW. I am happy with it itself,
although I have a few questions I need help with.
First, about installation of the actual hardware. My E-Machine has a second expansion
bay slot, directly underneath my CD-RW that came with the machine. I wanted to add
the DVD-RW under it, so I could have dual drives. However, when I got the machine
apart, I could not find any extra slots for the SCSI cable that came with the burner.
There was also a little four pronged, female plug, with the male portion on the burner, I
couldn't find an extra one of those. So, I ended up having to take both off the CD-RW
and connecting them to the DVD-RW. It worked fine, and the PC had no troubles
detecting it. Right off I went to the net and made sure I had the newest drivers.
Now, it is working, and I am trying to use it. I have always used TMPGEnc to convert
files to .mpeg, then used Nero to burn VCD's. I am trying to use Nero to burn a DVD,
and it goes through the exact same process as it always has, except that once the
encoding portion is done, and it would usually start actually burning, I get an
error message and Nero stops. I will post the error message when I get it again (am
currently encoding, trying it again). I don't know if I have to change something about
Nero, or something about my DVD-RW.
Anyone know how I can 1) re-install my CD-RW so I can use both, and 2) figure out if
the burning problems are with Nero or with the DVD-RW?