I followed the suggestions on turning on the DMA and trying to get this turd working again but to no avail. When I looked, the DMA is on and when i used the Nero Info Tool it confirmed it. SO what do I do next. Here is what the latest Info Tool scan showed...



Nero InfoTool 4.00

Drive Information
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Drive : BENQ DVD LS DW1655
Type : DVD±R/RW DL Recorder
Firmware Version : BCIB
Buffer Size : 2 MB
Date : ?
Serial Number : KWN5610499SC0
Vendor Specific : KWN5610499SC0
Drive Letter : D:\
Location : 1:1
Mechanism : Tray
Read Speed : 16.0 , 12.0 , 8.0 , 6.0 , 4.0 X
Write Speed : 48 X

Read CD Text : Yes
Return C2 Pointers : No
Read CD-R : Yes
Read CD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-ROM : Yes
Read DVD-RAM : No
Read DVD-R : Yes
Read DVD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-R DL : Yes
Read DVD+R : Yes
Read DVD+RW : Yes
Read DVD+R DL : Yes
Read BD-ROM : No
Read BD-R : No
Read BD-RE : No
Read HD DVD-ROM : No
Read HD DVD-R : No
Read HD DVD-RW : No
Read HD-BURN : No
Read Digital Audio : Yes
Read CD+G : Yes
Read VideoCD : Yes

Write CD-R : Yes
Write CD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R : Yes
Write DVD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R DL : Yes
Write DVD+R : Yes
Write DVD+RW : Yes
Write DVD+R DL : Yes
Write DVD-RAM : No
Write BD-R : No
Write BD-RE : No
Write HD DVD-R : No
Write HD DVD-RW : No
Write HD-BURN-R : No
Write HD-BURN-RW : No
Buffer Underrun Protection : Yes
Mount Rainier : No
SolidBurn : Yes
Modes : Packet, TAO, DAO, SAO, RAW SAO, RAW DAO, RAW SAO 16, RAW SAO 96, RAW DAO 16, RAW DAO 96

Region Protection Control : RPC II
Region : 1
Changes User : 4
Changes Vendor : 4

Disc Information (D:\)
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Type : Blank DVD+RW


Interface Information
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Adapter 1
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Description : Primary IDE Channel

Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver

Attached Devices
Description : Master: WDC WD800JB-00JJA0
Type : Disk Drive
DMA : On

Adapter 2
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Description : Secondary IDE Channel

Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver

Attached Devices
Description : Slave: BENQ DVD LS DW1655
Type : CD-Rom Drive
DMA : On
Autorun : On

Adapter 3
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Description : Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller




Hardware Information
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CPU : AMD Athlon MP 1500+ 1656 MHz
Bus Speed : 166 MHz
Motherboard : ASUSTeK A7V8X-X
System : System System Name
BIOS : Award ASUS A7V8X-X ACPI BIOS Revision 1010
Memory : 512 MB
Sound : C-Media Wave Device
Video : RADEON 9200 SERIES - Secondary


ASPI Information
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System ASPI : ASPI is not installed

Nero ASPI : ASPI is installed and working properly

wnaspi32.dll : 2.0.1.74 164112 bytes November 02, 2004