Plextor DVD Burner Help

[BloodSugarWilksM]

Hi everyone, quick question for anyone interested:

I have a Plextor PX-750A DVD Burner in my machine that won't burn discs after a storm hit. The whole machine went out and I figured if I replace the PSU it would be okay, and that was true. I upgraded the PSU and the OS and everything else works fine. The only problem now is that my DVD burner won't write to discs. I get I/O errors and SCSI error's (it's just hooked up to the main IDE/ATA interface though, not SCSI).

Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone has thoughts on this. I am thinking about replacing the drive, but that would be expensive so just making sure it's not something else I can check.


Below is an image of the error I get when using ImgBurn to burn an ISO image file to a DVD.

Any help would be great, thanks!

 

[Rob Williams]

I am not positive, but to me it sounds like it's toast. You might want to replace the cable and see if that helps at all.

 

[Greg King]

Have you tried using another drive? It could be the motherboard too. If another drive works when your current drive does not, it quite possibly got hosed in the outage. I know it sucks, but it can happen. Get a decent surge protector.

Good luck.

 

[BloodSugarWilksM]

Hey thanks. Yeah, I think I may just have to replace the drive. If I do replace it i'm thinking about buying a LG Super-Multi DVD burner with a SATA interface. That way I won't have to mess with the stupid IDE cable anymore....