Advise on connecting a Plextor PX-712A ????

[Bob Chiodini]

On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 07:31, Patrick wrote:
> Last week I bought myself a DVD burner and don't seem to get it
> working right (argh). As far as I know, I tried all possible
> connection possibilities and I am close to throwing the stuff out of
> the window... 
> 
> For the record: I can burn dvd's, but when checking it with a md5sum
> it fails. I have downloaded the FC3 dvd iso file and after
> downloading, the md5sum checks out. When I burn the iso file (with
> K3B) the verify option fails afterwards. If I burn the file with Gnome
> and do a manual md5sum on the dvd, it gives a complete different
> number (everytime I burn the iso file, I get another value)... I have
> been using a new Philips RW disc, also tried it on a regular (no RW)
> Philips disc... I also updated the firmware of the burner, still no
> improvement.
> 
> I have a 80 gb harddisk (Western Digital WD800JB), a LG dvdrom
> (GDR-8163B) and a Plextor DVD burner (PX-712A). I also have a
> additional ATA100 ide controler card (Ultra100 TX2) lying around,
> together with plenty IDE cables (40 pins and 80 pins). My P4T-F
> motherboard has one blue coloured and one black coloured IDE connector
> (both should be ATA100 capable, but the manual advises ATA100 on the
> blue one and no-ATA100 on the black ide connector). 
> 
> Can someone please tell me what I forgot or missed here? What is the
> best way to connect these components... should the burner be alone on
> a ide channel or can it combined??
> 
> Regards,
> Patrick
> 

Patrick,

In the off chance that k3b's md5sum method has some kind of problem,
have you tried booting the DVD and running the media check to verify the
integrity?  I seem to remember having a similar problem, but the media
check passed.

Bob...
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