IDE drives

[Stamp]

I have a PC I built and I have always had trouble with it. It is around a year old and I have had enough.
I want to be able to copy DVDs for work. ( We have a bunch of pictures we send out on 1 DVD ) I have always had problems with the IDE drives and have tried just about everything. I recently changed my drives from TDK to pioneer 109. Re installed Windows and had a priblem with Nero. Now I have the problem again of the drive not reconising data on disks, remembering the last disk data even with a new disk in, and duplicating software freezing up. I have ditched Nero and am trying Pinical instant CD/DVD and that has now frozen and is not responding.
I have noticed the DVD player is IDE 33. The DVD recorder is IDE 66 and the HDD is IDE 100, if it makes a jot..............
Should I cut and run with a new motherboard, chip and memory or what?
This is really pi55ing me off.

MB Asus A7n8x-x

>> Edited by Stamp on Sunday 25th September 18:44

[Podie]

Nero issue is most likely that you have a slightly older version and need to download the latest update (free) from their website...

[Stamp]

Downloaded, and installed...Twice. Still no joy.

[Podie]

Have you got the DVD-R set to primary, and the DVD set to slave - on the same IDE channel.

On the other IDE channel, the HDD should be set to primary.

[dodgyviper]

what happens if you go from hard drive to dvd?

[Stamp]

DVD rw is primary, on the 2nd channel. Hdd is primary with the dvd player as slave on the 1st channel

[aldi]

Make sure the latest and correct drivers for the motherboard chipset and IDE are installed, BIOS too if poss.

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

[Plotloss]

Get some high quality ATA100 cables, brand new and replace the ones you have.