PioneerDVR215bk sata

[linuts]

I am having problems with this burner, it will read anything i put into it...but will not write/burn, I have tried a multitude of different Brands of DVD's, but all Fail

I can post an error log if its required (but its long).

My specs:
Motherboard: ASrock 4CoreDual-VSTA with a VIA sata controller and VIA chipset BIOS rev 1.80
Vista Ultimate
Nvidia 7300GT 256Mb PCI-E
2x 120Gb Seagate HDD's (IDE)
LG GSA 4167B ATA burner (burns everything i throw at it)

I have 2 sata connections on my board, i'm connected on sata1. In the BIOS i am using the SATA only function (non RAID).

any help in getting this drive to work will be greatly appreciated.

cheers
linuts

[mrt9888]

What are you using to burn the DVDs, maybe the progam is not compatible with sata drives, it may need an update.

[Tak]

I think I read somewhere that this drive won't work on a VIA SATA chipset. I'll try and find the link.

[Tak]

here:
Pioneer 215BK - Club CD Freaks - Knowledge is Power

Hold on, that appears to be your thread

You've had many replies, even one from a Pioneer bod.

Have you tried any of the suggestions on that thread?

[linuts]

Tak....yes ive done all the suggested things, I had an e-mail from Via to-day saying they will check into the problem, and i have updated the firmware on drive to the latest 1.18 as well as updating the Motherboard drivers with the latest Hyperion drivers from Via.

cheers