Pioneer DVR-115D problem

I have recently installed the above DVR in my PC. Installed it as
"master" on secondary IDE channel with a Pioneer DVR-A06 as slave on the
same channel. Am running XP SP2. At first the 115D would write to any
media but had trouble reading them. Sometimes I couldn't see the
written files and sometimes I could see them but not open or copy them.
However, the A06 could read all media and files written by the 115D !

I temporarily solved the problem by re-installing the ASPI drivers but
this solution did not last and the problem returned after a few hours.
I have found another solution which is to disconnect the A06 completely
leaving only the 115D on the channel. It now read/writes fine.
However, I really would like to have 2 optical drives. Can anyone shed
any light (no pun intended) on this drive problem ? I am using 40 wire
cables although 80 wire is recommended for the 115D. Could this be the
cause of the problem ? (PS I used to have a CD-RW drive as master with
the A06 and that combination gave no problems).

Thanks for any input you can provide.

DeeBee.


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On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:15:33 -0500, DeeBee
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>I have recently installed the above DVR in my PC. Installed it as
>"master" on secondary IDE channel with a Pioneer DVR-A06 as slave on the
>same channel. Am running XP SP2. At first the 115D would write to any
>media but had trouble reading them. Sometimes I couldn't see the
>written files and sometimes I could see them but not open or copy them.
>However, the A06 could read all media and files written by the 115D !
>
>I temporarily solved the problem by re-installing the ASPI drivers but
>this solution did not last and the problem returned after a few hours.
>I have found another solution which is to disconnect the A06 completely
>leaving only the 115D on the channel. It now read/writes fine.
>However, I really would like to have 2 optical drives. Can anyone shed
>any light (no pun intended) on this drive problem ? I am using 40 wire
>cables although 80 wire is recommended for the 115D. Could this be the
>cause of the problem ? (PS I used to have a CD-RW drive as master with
>the A06 and that combination gave no problems).
>
>Thanks for any input you can provide.

Wrong newsgroup.
Cross-posted and follow-up set to comp.publish.cdrom.hardware
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DeeBee wrote:
>
> I have recently installed the above DVR in my PC. Installed it as
> "master" on secondary IDE channel with a Pioneer DVR-A06 as slave on the
> same channel. Am running XP SP2. At first the 115D would write to any
> media but had trouble reading them. Sometimes I couldn't see the
> written files and sometimes I could see them but not open or copy them.
> However, the A06 could read all media and files written by the 115D !
>
> I temporarily solved the problem by re-installing the ASPI drivers but
> this solution did not last and the problem returned after a few hours.

See what [Nero InfoTool, ASPI tab] says about aspi before and after the
trouble:
http://www.nero.com/enu/support-nero...utilities.html

> I have found another solution which is to disconnect the A06 completely
> leaving only the 115D on the channel. It now read/writes fine.
> However, I really would like to have 2 optical drives. Can anyone shed
> any light (no pun intended) on this drive problem ? I am using 40 wire
> cables although 80 wire is recommended for the 115D. Could this be the
> cause of the problem ? (PS I used to have a CD-RW drive as master with
> the A06 and that combination gave no problems).

If 80-wire is called for, by all means use 80-wire cable. From your
description the 40-wire must be picking up noises/interference.

"ATA133" should be 80-wire:

http://tinyurl.com/2os4dk
< http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx
?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=ide+cable&x=0&y=0 >