Sata Dvd Drive Not Detected

[skulldrinker]

I have 2 DVD drives hooked up. Both work fine in all other programs but not 2010 Pro (or 2009 so I upgraded thinking but still no work). 1st DVD drive is a Plextor IDE drive this one works fine and Roxio 2010 Pro detects it and let me burn with it. DVD drive #2 is a new SATA ASUS with Blue-Ray reading capability (not writing). 2010 will not detect the #2 Blue-Ray drive. I have read a few threads and tried installing the PX engine and the update also. Still will not detect SATA DVD Drive #2. I open up Burn Options and still only have one choice the IDE Plextor drive #1.

 

What is going on here? is it a SATA issue?

 

Pentium 4 - 3.0mhz

2 gig ram

Win XP home

 

Thanks

Matt

[ggrussell]

Sounds like a great deal. See if you can find out who makes it for HP. I can't see the model number clear enough on the package.

[gi7omy]

"The unit is manufactured by Phillips and Liteon, and integrated under HP. Bestbuy should have advertise that this unit also has an impressive 8MB buffer."

 

Now this sounds a bit strange (from the HP site)

 

Hewlett Packard - BD340I

 

Operating Systems Supported: Windows Vista Business 64*, Windows Vista Business 32*, Windows Vista Home Basic 32*, Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Home 32*.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) WS4, 5 Desktop/Workstation Novell SLED 10 & SLED 11

 

No mention of Windows 7

 

also: Includes Roxio Easy Media Creator and Intervideo WinDVD* software

 

Now if EMC is included - I wonder which version and whether that version includes Blu-Ray capability

[cdanteek]

I have 2 DVD drives hooked up. Both work fine in all other programs but not 2010 Pro (or 2009 so I upgraded thinking but still no work). 1st DVD drive is a Plextor IDE drive this one works fine and Roxio 2010 Pro detects it and let me burn with it. DVD drive #2 is a new SATA ASUS with Blue-Ray reading capability (not writing). 2010 will not detect the #2 Blue-Ray drive. I have read a few threads and tried installing the PX engine and the update also. Still will not detect SATA DVD Drive #2. I open up Burn Options and still only have one choice the IDE Plextor drive #1.

 

What is going on here? is it a SATA issue?

 

Pentium 4 - 3.0mhz

2 gig ram

Win XP home

 

Thanks

Matt

 

Creator 2010 system requirements are XP at service pack 3..

 

Does drive #2 write to anything?

 

Post drive # 2 ID string from device manager like the pic below shows...

 

[skulldrinker]

Just installed this burner in my machine. And hell yeah Roxio acknowledges it!! Yes on the box Windows 7 in at the top of the list 32 & 64.

The included software is

 

CyberLink BD Solution V. 6

 

The Suite consists of;

 

Power DVD 8 BD

PowerProducer 5

PowerDirector 7

Power2Go 6

PowerBackup 2

LabelPrint 2

 

 

skulldrinker

[skulldrinker]

installation update:

 

after having Roxio recognize the new BR burner I had to try it. Roxio came up with under run errors, - made 2 coasters. Darn it so I installed the included software to try it. I enabled buffer under run protection, = made 1 more coaster. Darn, darn, I had been trying to write 20 gigs of MP3 files. So I decided to just try a small file just to see if it would write anything so i choose a 1K text file and it wrote it successfully. I then said lets try a little more So I tried about 10 MP3 files, whats that about 50 meg and since I didn't close the disk i tried to add it beside the text file. FAILED = 1 more coaster. 5 coasters in all. WTF? Roxio and the included software failed. So I get out the box and read "Requirements" Says min 3.0G which I have, Pentium D so I look up what "D" means and I see it's dual core which I don't have. I only have the old Pentium 4 478 socket. So I conclude that after shelling out almost $300 to write a darn BR I find now I'll have to shell out another $200-300 for new MB and Ram just to get started again.

 

PS I was able to write a DVD full with MP3's with the burner but not BR disks.

 

I should of bought 1 rewritable disk to play with

 

Any comments welcomed

 

skulldrinker

 

Win XPsp3

Pentium 4 3.0G

Ram 2G

plenty of HD space

Phillips BD-R 2x disks

[Jim_Hardin]

 

...I should of bought 1 rewritable disk to play with

 

Yes!!!!

 

Now try it with Creator Classic and one of your BD R's only set the Burn Option to Test Only…

 

This way it will go through the entire process without actually turning the BD Laser on.

[skulldrinker]

Yes!!!!

 

Now try it with Creator Classic and one of your BD R's only set the Burn Option to Test Only…

 

This way it will go through the entire process without actually turning the BD Laser on.

 

 

Been so long that I had to worry about coasters with all the disk prices dirt cheap but these BR's prices are bringing back old memories. I totally forgot all about TEST. Thanks

[skulldrinker]

Well I wouldn't know if it writes to anything since Roxio won't detect it. I can read from it with all other programs and explorer. There it is the ASUS DVD.

[Jim_Hardin]

Been so long that I had to worry about coasters with all the disk prices dirt cheap but these BR's prices are bringing back old memories. I totally forgot all about TEST. Thanks

I want to use the Test Only feature of Creator Classic to see if the drive will do the job without errors! (and without wasting a BD R disc )

 

I will try Roxio Burn with an RE but I am pretty sure it will go OK, as I have done it before…

 

But I know what you mean about getting used to reliable burns

[sknis]

ROM = Read only.

 

Read specs here.

 

You need a blu-ray combo type drive in order to read Blu-ray and write to standard DVDs.

[Brendon]

Yes, that drive is a READER of everything, and a writer to nothing as cdanteek obviously suspected.

 

Creator 2010 doesn't detect it because it's only looking for burners.

[cdanteek]

Yes, that drive is a READER of everything, and a writer to nothing as cdanteek obviously suspected.

 

Creator 2010 doesn't detect it because it's only looking for burners.

 

Well this one fooled me the other day so I was waiting for the OP's answer...

 

A Rom that writes, read the second bold text line below...

 

Optiarc BD-ROM BC-5500

 

Product specifications of BC-5500

 

This product is also available with different specifications.

Read Maximum Speed:

 

BD SL: 4x (for Data)

BD DL: 4x (for Data)

DVD-ROM SL : 8x

DVD-ROM DL : 4x

DVD+R : 8x

DVD-R : 8x

DVD+R DL : 4x

DVD-R DL : 4x

DVD+RW : 4x

DVD-RW : 4x

DVD-RAM: 5x

CD-ROM : 24x

CD-R : 24x

CD-RW : 16x

 

 

Write Maximum Speed:

 

DVD+R : 8x

DVD+R DL : 4x

DVD+RW : 4x

DVD-R : 8x

DVD-R DL : 4x

DVD-RW : 4x

DVD-RAM: 5x

CD-R : 16x

CD-RW : 10x

 

 

BD 320 ms

DVD 200 ms

CD: 190 ms

Mechanism: Tray loading

Interface: P-ATA: BC-5500A

S-ATA: BC-5500S

Burst transfer rate: PIO mode 4

Ultra DMA 33

Cache Memory: 4.5 MByte

 

Media supported:

 

BD-ROM

BD-R

BD-R DL

BD-RE

BD-RE DL

DVD-ROM

DVD-R

DVD-R DL

DVD-RW

DVD+R

DVD+R DL

DVD+RW

DVD-RAM

CD-ROM

CD-R

CD-RW with 80mm and 120mm diameter

 

Modes supported:

 

BD-ROM, BD-AV (read), DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, CD-DA, CD-ROM (XA), CD Extra, Video CD, Photo CD, CD Text

<br style="font-weight: bold;"> Writing methods :

 

DAO, SAO, TAO with zero gap, variable or fixed packet, multisession

Compatibility:

 

MPC Level 3, MultiRead, PC2001

180 gram (without Bezel)

(0.40 lbs)

 

Special features:

Buffer under run error prevention

Default drive ID CSEL

 

• Free Blu-ray faceplate

Package Content

Brand New Original SONY BC-5500H Blu-Ray Combo BD-ROM DVD Writer SATA DVD Drive Multi Burner x 1

[Brendon]

The Devil's in the Detail, cd. Why do Sony/Optiarc call this a ROM instead of a Combo?

Package Content

Brand New Original SONY BC-5500H Blu-Ray Combo BD-ROM DVD Writer SATA DVD Drive Multi Burner x 1

They're getting as bad as you-know-who's version naming system.

 

 

 

Skulldrinker's drive specs say straight out:

ASUS Black 4X BD-ROM 8X DVD-ROM 32X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Drive Model BR-04B2T - OEM

Thankfully, ASUS is specific about these things.

[ggrussell]

Yeah, from what I can find online, it is read only drive and lots of problems reading Bluray discs.

[sknis]

I wonder if he will ever come back and comment? It would be nice for him to acknowledge that he got the information.

[skulldrinker]

OMG I'm gonna be pissed if this can't even write to a DVD. I knew it was a read only Blue-Ray but I thought it could write on DVD's . $50 for a ROM. i'm mad now.

 

 

 

update----

Yes you guys are correct I looked up the specs and It only gives ROM speeds. I was fooled when I bought it looks like. All may not be lost, I think I could use it on my 2nd computer or take it along with me on a job and use via a USB adapter to read BR disk that I will now have to write on a real writer that i will have to go out and buy. What do you guys think of the HP model on sale this week at FRY's?

 

http://www.frys-electronics-ads.com/ads/2010/07/23/48966/HP-12x-Blu-Ray-Writer

[ggrussell]

Every site I've checked says the same thing. NO write at all.

[skulldrinker]

Yes I see now and all this time I was blaming Roxio. Please accept my apologies Roxio! LOL. So what do you think about the HP BR writer on sale at FRY's?

 

http://www.frys-electronics-ads.com/ads/2010/07/23/48966/HP-12x-Blu-Ray-Writer

 

Thanks

Skulldrinker

 

 

 

Every site I've checked says the same thing. NO write at all.