[jcole]

MTU SUPPORT

A few weeks ago I purchased an internal IDE Plextor 708A drive and upgraded its firmware to v1.07 (from v1.05, I think). I also purchased Microstudio v2.604 and a bundle of MTU Silver CDR Media.

My problem occurs when I use Microstudio, which is only able to extract CD+G tracks to files on my harddrive. I cannot burn ANY CD+G tracks with Microstudio. Thus far, I have only used MTU Silver CDR media. This problem occurred before and after upgrading my 708A's firmware. I always get the same message, "Error: 'Start DAO Recording' command failed on device 2:1:0 Disc type is not supported" every time I attempt to burn a CD+G disk with Microstudio.

I have been able to successfully copy entire karaoke CD's with CloneCD v4.2.0.2 (using same MTU silver CDR media). I use Microstudio to view both the source and copy CD's (it appears to have no trouble reading CD+G karaoke disks in the Plextor drive). My CD-R copies appear to be as good as the originals. It seems clear to me that my Plextor 708A is able to extract and record data (r-w subcodes) in the correct format to create CD+G disks.

You have posts which suggest Roxio CD Creator v6 and/or Nero software may cause this problem. I have neither of these installed on my PC (more than a year ago I had CD Creator installed, which has since been un-installed, and I recently un-installed Nero v5.5). Both CD Creator & Nero software have been removed, and this "DAO Error" problem continues to occur.

I have a Dell Dimension 8400 PC running Win2000 SP4 (Pentium 4, 256MB, 2 IDE harddisks, 1 Hitachi CDR drive as IDE master, 1 Plextor 708A as slave). Attached is a copy of the TXT file after running DXDIAG.

Any advice? Does this error suggest "Disk At Once" recording fails on my Plextor (a hardware failure)?

MTUSUPPORT?

Thanks,
Jason