Guys,
Originally I had a thread on some strange behavior exhibited by my LiteOn DVD+/-RW drive (SHW-160P6S). For whatever reason it suddenly would cause my system to go to a black screen and reboot whenever I would insert a rewriteable DVD. The only thing that I can recall changing on my system was a Java update.
System configuration: EPoX 9NPA+Ultra board (nForce4 Ultra chipset), Athlon64 4000+ S939, 2GB PC3200 (4x512MB), Leadtek PCIex nVidia 6600GT 128MB video, Samsung 160GB SATA 7200RPM (partitioned C & D), BenQ 16x DVD-ROM, LIteOn DVD+/-RW (BenQ on primary master, LiteOn on secondary master), Windows XP Pro SP2 (fully updated/patched), Nero Express 6.6.1.4, InCD 4.3.23.2.
Long story short, I did a lot of troubleshooting: swapped out two different drives, different cables, tried both optical drives as master/slave on primary and secondary channels, tried opticals on Promise IDE controller, all to no avail. I restored my system from a month old Acronis TrueImage backup, and issue went away.
In anticipation of troubleshooting this issue, I also purchased a new Seagate 250GB SATA drive when I bought the Promise card. I did an Acronis recovery to this drive, and due to my error, ended up with a 160GB drive out of it. So, I've done a lot of "jumping through hoops" to get this system back up and running, and trying to get rid of the DVD+/-RW drive issue.
I finally threw in the towel and did a clean Windows XP install, on the Seagate HD. Guess what, the DVD+/-RW drive issue is still with me. I can put in a blank DVD+ or - R disc, and all is well. It will burn w/o issue, and read. It will read other burned DVD's. But, just like before, almost immediately upon accessing a rewriteable DVD the system goes to black screen and reboots.
So, I'm down to three possible solutions. One is to attempt to find another nForce4 Ultra board and swap it in. This is not impossible, but getting "trickier" by the day, as supplies of these S939 boards dry up. Second solution is to get a SATA DVD+/-RW drive. Third solution is to get a new mobo/processer/memory. I'm not too hot on the third solution. Right now the solution I see as the next best step is a SATA DVD+/-RW drive.
Any thoughts on why I'm experiencing this? Any suggestions re troubleshooting that I've missed? I'm wide open to any ideas or suggestions at this point.
TIA,
Jeff
P.S. Another thought - all my rewriteable DVD's are Fuji DVD+RW, some 2x, newer ones 4x. Is there any chance that these are the culprit? Prior to this issue arising they hadn't been problematic. I know, getting another brand of DVD+/-RW is simple enough. I'll do that as a next step.
Originally I had a thread on some strange behavior exhibited by my LiteOn DVD+/-RW drive (SHW-160P6S). For whatever reason it suddenly would cause my system to go to a black screen and reboot whenever I would insert a rewriteable DVD. The only thing that I can recall changing on my system was a Java update.
System configuration: EPoX 9NPA+Ultra board (nForce4 Ultra chipset), Athlon64 4000+ S939, 2GB PC3200 (4x512MB), Leadtek PCIex nVidia 6600GT 128MB video, Samsung 160GB SATA 7200RPM (partitioned C & D), BenQ 16x DVD-ROM, LIteOn DVD+/-RW (BenQ on primary master, LiteOn on secondary master), Windows XP Pro SP2 (fully updated/patched), Nero Express 6.6.1.4, InCD 4.3.23.2.
Long story short, I did a lot of troubleshooting: swapped out two different drives, different cables, tried both optical drives as master/slave on primary and secondary channels, tried opticals on Promise IDE controller, all to no avail. I restored my system from a month old Acronis TrueImage backup, and issue went away.
In anticipation of troubleshooting this issue, I also purchased a new Seagate 250GB SATA drive when I bought the Promise card. I did an Acronis recovery to this drive, and due to my error, ended up with a 160GB drive out of it. So, I've done a lot of "jumping through hoops" to get this system back up and running, and trying to get rid of the DVD+/-RW drive issue.
I finally threw in the towel and did a clean Windows XP install, on the Seagate HD. Guess what, the DVD+/-RW drive issue is still with me. I can put in a blank DVD+ or - R disc, and all is well. It will burn w/o issue, and read. It will read other burned DVD's. But, just like before, almost immediately upon accessing a rewriteable DVD the system goes to black screen and reboots.
So, I'm down to three possible solutions. One is to attempt to find another nForce4 Ultra board and swap it in. This is not impossible, but getting "trickier" by the day, as supplies of these S939 boards dry up. Second solution is to get a SATA DVD+/-RW drive. Third solution is to get a new mobo/processer/memory. I'm not too hot on the third solution. Right now the solution I see as the next best step is a SATA DVD+/-RW drive.
Any thoughts on why I'm experiencing this? Any suggestions re troubleshooting that I've missed? I'm wide open to any ideas or suggestions at this point.
TIA,
Jeff
P.S. Another thought - all my rewriteable DVD's are Fuji DVD+RW, some 2x, newer ones 4x. Is there any chance that these are the culprit? Prior to this issue arising they hadn't been problematic. I know, getting another brand of DVD+/-RW is simple enough. I'll do that as a next step.