problem with drivers?

I use Nero6 to burn DVDs and have recently had a high failure rate (approx
50% of disks being unreadable). I think it could be a hardware problem but
I just wanted to check it wasn't a problem with drivers. When I look at the
DVD drive's properties in MyComputer it's got 5 different driver files, 4 of
them are Microsoft ones and dated 2001, but the fifth one is GEARAspi.dll,
by Gear Software 2004. I'm not sure where this Gear software one has come
from since I've never used anything by Gear Software afaik. I suspect this
drivers just got onto the system recently. Is it possible this could be
causing the burning problems I've been having? If it is the problem, how
can I go about removing it?

Any help appreciated.

Cheers.

No drivers files are required and the
drivers file button is greyed out.



"REX" wrote in message ...
I use Nero6 to burn DVDs and have recently had a high failure rate (approx
50% of disks being unreadable). I think it could be a hardware problem but
I just wanted to check it wasn't a problem with drivers. When I look at the
DVD drive's properties in MyComputer it's got 5 different driver files, 4 of
them are Microsoft ones and dated 2001, but the fifth one is GEARAspi.dll,
by Gear Software 2004. I'm not sure where this Gear software one has come
from since I've never used anything by Gear Software afaik. I suspect this
drivers just got onto the system recently. Is it possible this could be
causing the burning problems I've been having? If it is the problem, how
can I go about removing it?

Any help appreciated.

Cheers.

AAH wrote:
No drivers files are required and the
drivers file button is greyed out.



"REX" wrote in message ...
I use Nero6 to burn DVDs and have recently had a high failure rate (approx
50% of disks being unreadable). I think it could be a hardware problem but
I just wanted to check it wasn't a problem with drivers. When I look at the
DVD drive's properties in MyComputer it's got 5 different driver files, 4 of
them are Microsoft ones and dated 2001, but the fifth one is GEARAspi.dll,
by Gear Software 2004. I'm not sure where this Gear software one has come
from since I've never used anything by Gear Software afaik. I suspect this
drivers just got onto the system recently. Is it possible this could be
causing the burning problems I've been having? If it is the problem, how
can I go about removing it?

Whether drivers are needed depends on the OS - which neithe poster has
named.

Neither did REX identify his drive.

Under the circumstances, the best suggestion I can offer is to go to the
drive manufacturer's WWW site and look for information and drivers;
perhaps there are more recent ones that are appropriate; even if not,
you may learn something about using that drive in whatever OS you are
running.

However, the description - with no citation of any error message - is
not characteristic of faulty drivers. If we knew what sort of error on
what sort of burn with what media, there's a chance that help would be
available. A second posting may help if REX provides the missing
information.

Mike
--

http://www.mrichter.com/

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)


REX wrote:

I use Nero6 to burn DVDs and have recently had a high failure rate (approx
50% of disks being unreadable). I think it could be a hardware problem but
I just wanted to check it wasn't a problem with drivers. When I look at the
DVD drive's properties in MyComputer it's got 5 different driver files, 4 of
them are Microsoft ones and dated 2001, but the fifth one is GEARAspi.dll,
by Gear Software 2004. I'm not sure where this Gear software one has come
from since I've never used anything by Gear Software afaik. I suspect this
drivers just got onto the system recently. Is it possible this could be
causing the burning problems I've been having? If it is the problem, how
can I go about removing it?

Try deleting the DVD drive in [Control Panel, Device Manager], and let
Windows reinstall the drive.

"Mike Richter" wrote in message
...
AAH wrote:
No drivers files are required and the
drivers file button is greyed out.



"REX" wrote in message ...
I use Nero6 to burn DVDs and have recently had a high failure rate
(approx
50% of disks being unreadable). I think it could be a hardware problem
but
I just wanted to check it wasn't a problem with drivers. When I look at
the
DVD drive's properties in MyComputer it's got 5 different driver files,
4 of
them are Microsoft ones and dated 2001, but the fifth one is
GEARAspi.dll,
by Gear Software 2004. I'm not sure where this Gear software one has
come
from since I've never used anything by Gear Software afaik. I suspect
this
drivers just got onto the system recently. Is it possible this could be
causing the burning problems I've been having? If it is the problem,
how
can I go about removing it?

Whether drivers are needed depends on the OS - which neithe poster has
named.

Neither did REX identify his drive.

Under the circumstances, the best suggestion I can offer is to go to the
drive manufacturer's WWW site and look for information and drivers;
perhaps there are more recent ones that are appropriate; even if not,
you may learn something about using that drive in whatever OS you are
running.

However, the description - with no citation of any error message - is
not characteristic of faulty drivers. If we knew what sort of error on
what sort of burn with what media, there's a chance that help would be
available. A second posting may help if REX provides the missing
information.

Mike
--

http://www.mrichter.com/


Hi, I'm using Windows XP and the drive is an LG Electronics GSA4082B.
What's happening is that Nero appears to burn everything ok, but then when
it goes through the verify stage it reports that some of the files are
inaccessible. If I then try to access these files through windows explorer
some error message appears and the file can't be read. I updated to the
latest version of Nero a few weeks ago, I wondered if this could have caused
the problem but after uninstalling it and reinstalling the version I was
using before, the problem is still there. I've been burning to DVD +RW
and -RW media, creating ISO DVD ROMs. The disks I'm using are Verbatim,
Datawrite, Imation and Memorex, all 4x. The problem does seem to occur more
often with some particular disks, but I used to be able to use all these
disks without ever having any problems. I haven't tried using any
recordable media recently.

I'm thinking that the drive itself is probably faulty. I'm not sure if
there's anything else I can do.

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:54:36 +0100, "REX" wrote:

I use Nero6 to burn DVDs and have recently had a high failure rate (approx
50% of disks being unreadable). I think it could be a hardware problem but
I just wanted to check it wasn't a problem with drivers. When I look at the
DVD drive's properties in MyComputer it's got 5 different driver files, 4 of
them are Microsoft ones and dated 2001, but the fifth one is GEARAspi.dll,
by Gear Software 2004. I'm not sure where this Gear software one has come
from since I've never used anything by Gear Software afaik. I suspect this
drivers just got onto the system recently. Is it possible this could be
causing the burning problems I've been having? If it is the problem, how
can I go about removing it?

Any help appreciated.

Could be anything but you didnt upgrade to SP2 did you for WIN XP?
Make sure your hard disk isnt corrupted too and that you have enough
disk space. My PC alwyas gets flaky when its really low on HD space
and if I get lazy and keep dumping files on my HD , eventually it
seems to bog down and get corrupted.

That may not have anything to do with it but I recently had some
weirdness burning DVD video with NERO. That may not be it though but I
did upgrade right before I had the flakiness.

Ive had problems before though. One obvious thing is quality of media.
Even the same brand changes suppliers and formulations. I had really
bad problems with white vinyl top COMPUSA brand 6 months ago. Now they
work OK since about 3 months ago. However I recently had disasterous
results with Khypermedia , These were all with an NEC 1300a. Now I
have the 2510a which worked well too with a variety of media. But
after upgrading (and this may not be the cultprit) up intil then , my
DVD disks worked with ANY player no problem using any old cheapo
media.

Suddenly ALL the media I burned would only work with my Pioneer DVD
656a player but had huge problems with a cheap older APEX , Sony and a
Lennox - both. It would freeze at random spots etc. Worked perfectly
with the pioneer though.

I then started reducing the speed - no 4x burns and not using my PC at
all and upgraded my ASPI layer and reinstalled NERO and now it works
on all the players but Im not sure what exactly was the problem since
I also upgraded the firmware on the NEC.

" wrote in message
...

Could be anything but you didnt upgrade to SP2 did you for WIN XP?
Make sure your hard disk isnt corrupted too and that you have enough
disk space. My PC alwyas gets flaky when its really low on HD space
and if I get lazy and keep dumping files on my HD , eventually it
seems to bog down and get corrupted.

Hi, I did install SP2 but I uninstalled it soon after because it seemed to
be causing problems with some other programs. I am wondering now if that
could have caused the problems with Nero but I don't know what I can do
about it now.

I've just found a firmware upgrade for my DVD burner that I'm about to
install so I'll see if that helps. Also, I've just realised that in
reinstalling Nero (twice) the "DVD high compatability mode" option had
become enabled, which I always used to leave disabled. I've switched this
option off again now and I'll see how things go.

Thanks for all the advice.

That may not have anything to do with it but I recently had some
weirdness burning DVD video with NERO. That may not be it though but I
did upgrade right before I had the flakiness.

Ive had problems before though. One obvious thing is quality of media.
Even the same brand changes suppliers and formulations. I had really
bad problems with white vinyl top COMPUSA brand 6 months ago. Now they
work OK since about 3 months ago. However I recently had disasterous
results with Khypermedia , These were all with an NEC 1300a. Now I
have the 2510a which worked well too with a variety of media. But
after upgrading (and this may not be the cultprit) up intil then , my
DVD disks worked with ANY player no problem using any old cheapo
media.

Suddenly ALL the media I burned would only work with my Pioneer DVD
656a player but had huge problems with a cheap older APEX , Sony and a
Lennox - both. It would freeze at random spots etc. Worked perfectly
with the pioneer though.

I then started reducing the speed - no 4x burns and not using my PC at
all and upgraded my ASPI layer and reinstalled NERO and now it works
on all the players but Im not sure what exactly was the problem since
I also upgraded the firmware on the NEC.

REX wrote:

Hi, I'm using Windows XP and the drive is an LG Electronics GSA4082B.
What's happening is that Nero appears to burn everything ok, but then when
it goes through the verify stage it reports that some of the files are
inaccessible. If I then try to access these files through windows explorer
some error message appears and the file can't be read. I updated to the
latest version of Nero a few weeks ago, I wondered if this could have caused
the problem but after uninstalling it and reinstalling the version I was
using before, the problem is still there. I've been burning to DVD +RW
and -RW media, creating ISO DVD ROMs. The disks I'm using are Verbatim,
Datawrite, Imation and Memorex, all 4x. The problem does seem to occur more
often with some particular disks, but I used to be able to use all these
disks without ever having any problems. I haven't tried using any
recordable media recently.

I'm thinking that the drive itself is probably faulty. I'm not sure if
there's anything else I can do.

Your problem seems more likely to be with the media. I gather that you
have reused the same discs frequently and may be deluded by the hype to
believe that they can be reused indefinitely. So far, all indications
are that they have the same sort of fragility and the same sort of
limited lifetime (measured in erase cycles) as erasable CDs.

What happens is that the error rate on erasables increases with each
erasure. When I was using them to store data (as opposed to reserving
them for tests), I felt fortunate to get more than 10-20 cycles - and
even then could see the error count climbing.

Unless you can pin the problem down to the drive, I doubt that you'll
get an improvement in a replacement under warranty even if they would
give it to you.

Mike
--

http://www.mrichter.com/

"Mike Richter" wrote in message
...
REX wrote:

Hi, I'm using Windows XP and the drive is an LG Electronics GSA4082B.
What's happening is that Nero appears to burn everything ok, but then
when
it goes through the verify stage it reports that some of the files are
inaccessible. If I then try to access these files through windows
explorer
some error message appears and the file can't be read. I updated to the
latest version of Nero a few weeks ago, I wondered if this could have
caused
the problem but after uninstalling it and reinstalling the version I was
using before, the problem is still there. I've been burning to DVD +RW
and -RW media, creating ISO DVD ROMs. The disks I'm using are Verbatim,
Datawrite, Imation and Memorex, all 4x. The problem does seem to occur
more
often with some particular disks, but I used to be able to use all these
disks without ever having any problems. I haven't tried using any
recordable media recently.

I'm thinking that the drive itself is probably faulty. I'm not sure if
there's anything else I can do.

Your problem seems more likely to be with the media. I gather that you
have reused the same discs frequently and may be deluded by the hype to
believe that they can be reused indefinitely. So far, all indications
are that they have the same sort of fragility and the same sort of
limited lifetime (measured in erase cycles) as erasable CDs.

What happens is that the error rate on erasables increases with each
erasure. When I was using them to store data (as opposed to reserving
them for tests), I felt fortunate to get more than 10-20 cycles - and
even then could see the error count climbing.

Unless you can pin the problem down to the drive, I doubt that you'll
get an improvement in a replacement under warranty even if they would
give it to you.

Mike
--

http://www.mrichter.com/


You could be right about it being the media, although most of the disks
haven't been used more than 2 or 3 times, and the problems also occurred
with disks that have never been used before.

I think I'll look for some better quality disks and see how it goes with
them.

Cheers.

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)


Mike Richter (Roxio ****) splattered:

I've been burning to DVD +RW and -RW media

When I was using them to store data (as opposed to reserving them for tests),
I felt fortunate to get more than 10-20 cycles

Even with the 2x media, Mikey?

=====================
From: Mike Richter (Slimy ****)
Subject: CD-RWs
Date: 11/28/02

THe early discs which wrote only at 2x were reliable in my usage.

=====================
From: Mike Richter (Slimy Scum)
Date: 11/11/03

The only erasables which have stood up to repeated erasure and
long-term storage appear to be the original 2x-only blanks.
=====================

For laughs:

======================
From: Mike Richter (Friggin ****)
Date: 1/30/03

Ricoh 2x media proved quite reliable and never lost data
- but they are long gone. === Long Gone!

======================
From: Mike Richter (Friggin Scum)
Date: 3/10/04

my remaining 2x are reserved === Not Long Gone?
for the one drive I have that will write them.
======================

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Wow! What a Friggin ****!
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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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