HP8250i 4/4/24 Problems

[SerraYX]

I've had this burner since last november. Worked fine, there was a period of a month where it wasn't used at all. After that, the burner did *not* burn, didn't even mess up CD, just didn't burn. Reads fine

What I have done:
- Replaced Burner (new one mailed from HP)
- Replaced IDE Cable (new one mailed from HP)
- Reinstalled OS (both 98SE and ME)
- Formatted HD
- Reinstalled Drivers & Verified Firmware
- Spent a ridiculous amount of money while on HP's long distance support

Setup:
- Pentium 2 266, M6TFX motherboard
- Primary IDE:
- Generic 6gb HD
- Secondary IDE:
- Mitsumi 24x CD-ROM (2 years old) set at Master
- HP 8250i set at Slave

Now I thought it was the burner, until HP replaced it. I have done everything I can think of. I suspect the motherboard, and I don't have any backup boards or other setups to test on. I just thought this second that possibly the CD-ROM has a problem and is messing up the signal for the CD-RW. Any ideas? If you need any more info I'll be more than happy to provide it.

 

[divideby0]

What happens when you burn from source information residing on the HD instead of a CDROM? Also are your CDROM and burner on seperate IDE Controllers? I have seen several instances where having more than one CD drive on the same interface caused problems.

Also as a side note, if your CDROM doesn't support DAE, "Digital Audio Extraction" you may not be able to burn Audio (Music) CD's directly from disk to disk. You will first have to copy the info on the HD and then onto the burner. I learned this over the holidays after 48 hours of head banging with my new burner.

 

[SerraYX]

What happens when you burn from source information residing on the HD instead of a CDROM?
- It does not burn period. Not one bit of data is put on the CD-R

Also are your CDROM and burner on seperate IDE Controllers?
- No I'm using both CD-ROM and CD-RW on one cable and controller from the motherboard

My burner supports DAE, but that is not the problem.

 

[divideby0]

Try putting your CDROM on one IDE Controller and the Burner on the other. After all is done and said, it may well turn out to be your MB. The IDE Controllers on my last MB starting really flaking out me - so it can happen.

 

[Playitagainsam]

try changing the recording software. if possible, put the drive in another computer and see if it records there. Maybe a mom-and-pop store could help, if you go there and explain the situation.

really curious problem, never heard of it before. I doubt it's the cables, it's like the thing suddenly decided to die... good luck!