Msi-6366 + Lg Dvd Rw

Greetings, just for your information, I have encountered and solved a problem installing the LG GSA-4120B 12X Super Multi DVD Rewriter in a MSI-6366 system. The problem was that I was unable to read or write any kind of DVD, at the same time I was able to read and write CDR and CDRW. The system would lock up until the DVD was ejected or the system was rebooted.
The solution was to replace the VIA IDE Bus Mastering Driver (4-in-1) with the standard Microsoft IDE Driver.
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Les.

Thanks for your info.

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1. Track Followinig error - Occurs when the Lead-IN process is started.
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2. Power Calibration error - Occurs when Lead-IN process is started.
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Last thursday I updated the firmware version for the DR8-A to version 1.5 and the errors still keep recurring.
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I've found a share which might be helpful.
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