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toss5000   07-05-2004 at 03:44:22 AM

Alright, I have a plextor 708a, and I can burn dvd's. But everytime i put a normal cd or cd-r in the drive, it fails to recognize it and gives me an Input/Output error whenever i try to "explore" the drive.

I have the latest firmware. Device manager recognizes the drive perfectly. I'm running windows xp pro and have another cd-rw drive that runs fine.

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TeeTewl   07-06-2004 at 10:57:29 AM
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I had the same deal...I finally bought an NEC and gave the Plex to my son. The NEC works for me The 708A works great with a chip set it likes. Mine was nForce2 and he has Via

If it's true that guns kill people, then it's my keyboard's fault when I misspell wurds...

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toss5000   07-07-2004 at 10:20:04 AM
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im running nforce 2 also - A7N8X deluxe

well, i think it is working at least for a second. I just installed the bundled software through the 708a, so I guess it's reading a normal cd...who knows how long it will keep working.

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Kill many and you're a conquerer;
Kill 'em all and you're a god.

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TeeTewl   07-07-2004 at 10:46:53 AM
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LOL...My board too! I hope you have better luck than I did. I couldn't even drag photos to the disk. It would go 50% and an error message would pop-up...100% of the time. My son's PC has an Iwill Mobo with via chipset and the plex does everything asked of it...go figure

If it's true that guns kill people, then it's my keyboard's fault when I misspell wurds...

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JCLW   07-09-2004 at 05:35:17 AM
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It's a known problem. Try using the latest nV IDE drivers, or just uninstall the nV IDE drivers and let Windows install the default ones.

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