This is a problem I have never seen before. My OEM NEC ND-3500AG (with
the latest firmware) is installed in a dual-boot computer. When I boot
to Linux (Mandrake), it behaves as expected. But when I boot to my Win
XP Pro system, it does the following things:

No problem recognizing and burning any CDR. It can also READ any DVD
with no problem. When I insert a blank DVD, however(no matter which,
4X, 8X, DVD+R, DVD-R, Ridata, TDK or Memorex), XP or other applications
report the DVD as media with 0 space. So any attempt to burn anything
to it results in a message about space being insufficient and a request
to insert a different disk.

Any idea what's wrong?

Thanks.

On 15 Jan 2005 07:12:36 -0800, blerer@yahoo.com wrote:

Virus or dma maybe disabled in winxp.

"bn" <bn@bn.com> wrote in message
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Which burning program are you using with XP-Pro? I use Nero and was trying
to burn a CDR on my NEC 3500 but it just wasn't working due to the fact I
hadn't specified that I wanted to burn onto a CDR instead of a DVD .... I
felt a right numpty!!

BillL

I scanned and couldn't find any virus. As to dma, it is enabled. In My
Computer/properties/hardware/device manager/IDE ATA/atapi controlers my
ide driver date 7/1/2001, the original xp driver. And under the
properties/driver tab i have the "DMA if available" options selected in
both Primary & Secondary channels.