Recent content by NWoods

I initially built the system about 2 years ago and had a Sony DVD burner which died recently. Due to current budget constraints I was only able to replace it with a generic drive which is not an issue since I currently have 2 desktops and 4 laptops.

Thank you everyone for your time and advice, I got it to work. Apparently Microsoft still has issues with some devices and AHCI controllers. My reasoning for saying this and how I fixed my drive: 1. Pulled out my motherboard manual 2. Shutdown and opened up system 3. Rearranged SATA config to...

Details of system (excerpt from dxdiag): Operating System: Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200) (9200.win8_gdr.130531-1504) System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. System Model: GA-890GPA-UD3H BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T...

I have already removed the drive in device manager and rebooted. It did not help. My drive is as reported by device manager is a: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM_GH41N From what I can find it does not have specific drivers other then the default Windows drivers. After running CCleaner, the Windows Disc Image...

When attempting to burn ISO files from Windows Explorer, Windows Disc Image Burner takes an extremely long time to do anything then errors out saying: The disc image didn't burn successfully because an error occurred. (Error code: 0x8007045D) I have attempted to use Imgburn but it will not...