Dual burners, one doesn't work

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Byron Gibson

Anyone have problems installing two burners (in my case one Lite-On CDRW
and one Samsung CDRW/DVD (not DVDR)) and having one or both not be able
to work? I can read and burn CDs fine with the Lite-on, but the Samsung
is disabled in the Device Manager and cannot be enabled. Both work fine
separately, but when installed together only one works. They're on the
same EIDE cable b/c my two hdd's are on the other one. Anyone know what
I can do to get both working? Here's the Device Manager info in case
that illuminates the problem any:

The one that works:

LITE-ON LTR-52327S SCSI CDROM Device
Bus Number 1, Target ID 1, LUN 0
This device is working properly.

The one that doesn't work:

SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-352B SCSI CDROM Device
Bus Number 1, Target ID 0, LUN 0
This device is disabled. (Code 22)
 
Im having similar problems-

i have a Creative CDRW (8433E - old!) and a Pioneer DVD-ROM (106s - i think
the s stands for shite). Up until i rebuilt my PC the CDRW worked like a
dream as always, and the DVD worked but the computer was a bit slow for DVD
playback, but at least it worked! Since the rebuild the DVD drive wouldnt
load disks - it WOULD load them, but couldnt OPEN any of the files within.
I tried swopping master/slave jump settings and positions on the IDE cable
etc. Still the CDRW worked but not the DVD, so i unplugged the CDRW, and the
DVD worked! It works fine on its own on the cable but not shared with the
CDRW. I also have 2 HDDs on the other IDE cable, so couldnt put one on
there.

I have just spent £50 on a Samsung CDRW/DVD-ROM combo drive from ebuyer.com
(http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X
292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=48654)
to solve this problem, so if there's a cheaper solution i'm gonna cry, but
i'd still like one please if anyone can help! I'd also like info on that
drive i've just bought if anyone's got one! I dunno much about it!

Thommo
 
Hi;
Only One burner is One Pc.

Keep the most proficient/capable/versatile one.

Apart from conflict between drivers and the mish-mash of counter-indications
(speed - capabilities - formats accepted, etc) in the REGISTRY the reason
becomes obvious once you answer:

"Can you run two CD-Burners on two different compilations or also burn 2 of
the same CD-Roms at a time"?

Mikey
 
Thanks Mikey. What if I want to run a two burners, but one is a DVD
burner and the other a CD burner? Will XP accept that configuration?

Byron
 
Hi;

You EVENTUALLY could but a lot of fiddling with "buffers limits" (for each
of the drives) which is akind to "ranges of memory addresses" that need be
adjusted.

Note that the DRIVERS used by the 2 brands could still conflict
nevertheless.

ONE goof in there and you're back to stage "0".
There are pages, letters,articles addressing (again that word) the issues on
a few of the Microsoft's sites.

It's so easy with "Nero StartUp Manager" to "tab between" either DVD or CD
burning when a DVD/CD-Rom combo drive is installed and that works so
flawlessly.

It just fail to see the point of having (and fighting) two or more burners
when one does it all.

It went thru the "fiddlings".

Once... everything was "OK-DOKEY" then realized nothing worthwhile had
happened.
There just was nothing gained.

?Did you read the numbers of threads about the same subject?

Most of them are from very obstinate (?) folks that
1- just won't admit defeat.
2- will do anything to buck simplicity.
3- want even more than 2 burners but don't really know why nor can give a
reason other than "braggard's rights".

Anyway you can't burn 1 DVD and 1 CD at the same time even if you succeeded
with the "buffers"

Reading and Fixing for 2 or + takes many (says: 5) hours at least.
Goofing often costs a reinstall and re-register.
I burn 2-300 CDs OR 25 DVDs in the meantime laughing my b*tt-out!

....but it's been said many times: "It's your PC...and your decision".

Mikey
 
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