Solved: DVD burning problem

[sparks]

I am having difficulty burning DVD-Rs. It will go through the burn process without problems, but it will fail during verify. At first, I thought it was the drive so I RMA'd it, but I still have the same problem. I even installed a DVD burner from another computer.

I have:
changed the IDE cable
changed the IDE port
tried multiple brands of disks
burned at multiple speeds

I even installed a fresh copy of windows on my second HD to see if it was an OS problem. The only thing I haven't tried is a complete reformat.

At this point I am concluding that it may be a hardware problem on the motherboard, but every thing else seems to work correctly. Any other thoughts?

I was burning fine up until about a month ago.

Edit:
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[Kaido]

How much ram do you have?

What software are you using?

 

[EQTitan]

Originally posted by: Kaido
How much ram do you have?

What software are you using?

 

[hjo3]

Have you tried disabling the verify part? It might be burning fine and failing verification for some other reason. Also, have you only tried one piece of software for burning?

 

[AluminumStudios]

My work laptop (Dell Inspiron 1100) has a funky DVD+R drive in it, it fails on the verification most of the time (burning with Nero) The strange thing is the files seem OK. I can often verify them successfully with another piece of software (I use a utility called UwiSoft Ufc32.exe (a little file and directoy compare utility.)

Also, at work I had a system that had this problem and uninstalling and re-installing the software (I think this one was using EZ CD Creator) was the solution ...

 

[sparks]

I used Nero and DVD Decrypter. I uninstalled and reinstalled both.

Could it be a power problem? I have a 300 watt Antec PSU with an Athlon 64 3400, 6800GT, 2 HDs (74GB Raptor and 250GB Maxtor), 1GB RAM and a SB 2ZS.

I hope its not a power problem as I cannot change the power because I jammed all this into an Antec Aria case.

 

[Kaido]

Make sure you download the latest version of both pieces of software. You've got a pretty nice system, so that's not the problem.

What DVD burner are you using?

 

[sparks]

Originally posted by: Kaido
Make sure you download the latest version of both pieces of software. You've got a pretty nice system, so that's not the problem.

What DVD burner are you using?

I have the latest versions of the software. I have tried both a NEC 2510 and a NEC 3520, same problem.

My motherboard is a DFI K8M800-MLVF.

 

[Kaido]

that's very odd. maybe it's just the NEC series. I have a Pioneer 108 that works great, and the 109 just came out...you may want to try that.

 

[sparks]

I tried to burn a DVD on one of my other PCs. I havent use the PC in a while so I ran MS Updates and also installed the Update for Windows HighMAT Support. Well guess what, my second computer exhibited the same behavior as the first.

I went back to my first PC and removed HighMAT and low and behold, I can burn DVD-Rs again.

I dont know if this problem is well known or wide spread, but it happened on 2 of my pcs an A64 and an AXP. So be forewarned: DO NOT INSTALL THE HIGHMAT SUPPORT OPTION.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: sparks
I tried to burn a DVD on one of my other PCs. I havent use the PC in a while so I ran MS Updates and also installed the Update for Windows HighMAT Support. Well guess what, my second computer exhibited the same behavior as the first.

I went back to my first PC and removed HighMAT and low and behold, I can burn DVD-Rs again.

I dont know if this problem is well known or wide spread, but it happened on 2 of my pcs an A64 and an AXP. So be forewarned: DO NOT INSTALL THE HIGHMAT SUPPORT OPTION.

HIGHMAT has been installed on my AXP2500@3000-based comp since Nov 2003 w/out any issues with burning cds or dvds ...but also I'm not running sp2 either