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Samsung SH-D163 ODDs on GA-P55A-UD3 motherboard won't write

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Samsung SH-D163 ODDs on GA-P55A-UD3 motherboard won't write
« on: January 09, 2012, 10:02:36 am »
I built a PC using the Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 motherboard, and installed two Samsung SH-D163C SATA ODDs.
I installed all the motherboard drivers, including the Marvell console.  The OS is Win 7 64 bit (although I had the same problem with Win 7 32 bit too).
Nero7 Smart Start came with the ODDs so I also installed that.
I can read from the drives but can't write to either of them (which is what makes me think it's a mobo/driver problem, not a hardware problem with the ODDs).
I ran Samsung's WinInquire tool and checked that the latest firmware is installed (SB02).
When I run Nero, neither ODD is shown in the list of available writers - I just get the 'emulator' option.
Has anyone else come across this problem and can tell me what I need to do/install to get them to write?
 
Thanks

Dark Mantis

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Re: Samsung SH-D163 ODDs on GA-P55A-UD3 motherboard won't write
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2012, 06:50:04 pm »
Hi

What ports have you got the drives connected to ?

What mode are the ports set to ?
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

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i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
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16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
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Re: Samsung SH-D163 ODDs on GA-P55A-UD3 motherboard won't write
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2012, 05:31:05 am »
Embarrassed to discover that these aren't DVD writers.  I didn't think anyone still made ODDs that were read-only any more but apparently that's what these are.
Thanks for the reply though.

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Re: Samsung SH-D163 ODDs on GA-P55A-UD3 motherboard won't write
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2012, 07:59:18 am »
Hey we all make mistakes and often rather embarassing ones! As you say you just assume certain things at times and not always correctly.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy