Replacing DVD read only drive with a DVD burner

MorseLady · January 15th, 2005, 06:17 PM

My 2.5 year old 2.2GHZ P4 and 512MB RAM PC with Microstar M/Bd came with two optical drives, one is DVD read only and the other is a CD burner. I want to upgrade the machine and add DVD burner but on checking one of my Minasi videos today it seems I need a decoder card as well as the drive? The video was made in W98/NT4 days and I wonder if XP supports a software decoder because I have no more PCI slots left to instal a card having used them up to instal USB2 and NIC cards.

I would replace the present DVD read only drive with the DVD burner and I also intend to replace the CD burner with a faster one. I will be upgrading the ridiculous 150 watts PSU with something more appropriate.

Is this a feasable and simple upgrade or should I wait for my DVD burner when I hope to buy a new PC later in the year?

Ferrit · January 15th, 2005, 06:48 PM

Well it wont matter because it sounds like your gonna build that new pc later anyway.
So you can just move the dvd burner to the new system
As for the video decoder.
Which motherboard do you anyway?

hudsonsmith · January 16th, 2005, 08:45 AM

If you are running a dvdrom without a decoder card, there's no reason to think you would need one for the dvdrw.

Also, once you have the dvdrw, there's no reason to upgrade the cdrw as the dvdrw will burn cd's as well. You need to read the specs carefully - the dvd burning speed is on a different scale than the cd burning scale. For example, my dvdrw burns dvd's at 12x and cd's at 48x.

stan vozar · December 4th, 2007, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hudsonsmith

If you are running a dvdrom without a decoder card, there's no reason to think you would need one for the dvdrw.

Also, once you have the dvdrw, there's no reason to upgrade the cdrw as the dvdrw will burn cd's as well. You need to read the specs carefully - the dvd burning speed is on a different scale than the cd burning scale. For example, my dvdrw burns dvd's at 12x and cd's at 48x.

Im asking the same question. Except I don't plan to replace my computer in the near future. I have a CD burner and a DVD player. I want ot replace with a DVD writer. which one is best to pull? the burner is an OEM Sony 20 Dual layer DVD+RW?-Rw

clauded · December 4th, 2007, 07:30 PM

pull the cd writer,you can use your dvd writer to burn dvd and cd beside if you want to copy a dvd for some reason then you put the original in the dvd reader and the blank dvd in the dvd burner,good luck

tchouco002 · December 13th, 2007, 07:56 PM

i need this driver lg 18x sata dvdrw

*NooNoo* · December 14th, 2007, 04:28 AM

Welcome to Windrivers tchouco002

The driver is supplied with your motherboard. Do you have SATA hard drives?
If you do, you already have the driver.

What you may be missing is burning software... or it might be a fault with the registry... have you just installed this?

What is the problem with your DVDRW?

January 15th, 2005, 06:17 PM	#1
MorseLady Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Hertfordshire UK Posts: 834	Replacing DVD read only drive with a DVD burner My 2.5 year old 2.2GHZ P4 and 512MB RAM PC with Microstar M/Bd came with two optical drives, one is DVD read only and the other is a CD burner. I want to upgrade the machine and add DVD burner but on checking one of my Minasi videos today it seems I need a decoder card as well as the drive? The video was made in W98/NT4 days and I wonder if XP supports a software decoder because I have no more PCI slots left to instal a card having used them up to instal USB2 and NIC cards. I would replace the present DVD read only drive with the DVD burner and I also intend to replace the CD burner with a faster one. I will be upgrading the ridiculous 150 watts PSU with something more appropriate. Is this a feasable and simple upgrade or should I wait for my DVD burner when I hope to buy a new PC later in the year?

January 15th, 2005, 06:48 PM	#2
Ferrit Chat Operator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Vancouver Island The Real Canada Posts: 3,973	Well it wont matter because it sounds like your gonna build that new pc later anyway. So you can just move the dvd burner to the new system As for the video decoder. Which motherboard do you anyway? __________________ Gigabyte MA790FX AMD Phenom II X4 945 Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Seagate Sata II 160 Crucial Ballistix Tracer 1333 8 Gigs Sapphire 4870 512 mg Hauppage 1600 LG 20X sata DVDRW Enermax Liberty Modular 620

January 16th, 2005, 08:45 AM	#3
hudsonsmith Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New York Posts: 2,276	If you are running a dvdrom without a decoder card, there's no reason to think you would need one for the dvdrw. Also, once you have the dvdrw, there's no reason to upgrade the cdrw as the dvdrw will burn cd's as well. You need to read the specs carefully - the dvd burning speed is on a different scale than the cd burning scale. For example, my dvdrw burns dvd's at 12x and cd's at 48x. __________________ Probability factor of one to one...we have normality, I repeat we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem.

December 14th, 2007, 04:28 AM	#7
NooNoo Driver Terrier Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: UK Posts: 31,622	Welcome to Windrivers tchouco002 The driver is supplied with your motherboard. Do you have SATA hard drives? If you do, you already have the driver. What you may be missing is burning software... or it might be a fault with the registry... have you just installed this? What is the problem with your DVDRW? __________________ Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."

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December 4th, 2007, 07:30 PM	#5
clauded Registered User Join Date: Nov 1998 Location: La Baie Quebec Canada Posts: 487	pull the cd writer,you can use your dvd writer to burn dvd and cd beside if you want to copy a dvd for some reason then you put the original in the dvd reader and the blank dvd in the dvd burner,good luck

December 13th, 2007, 07:56 PM	#6
tchouco002 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1	i need this driver lg 18x sata dvdrw

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