CD-RW fails to initialize

[zer0-one]

I am having a wierd problem with my MSI 52x CD-RW...... Here's the lowdown....
I just upgraded my CPU, MB, and RAM to a Athlon 64 3200+, ASUS K8V - Deluxe, and 1Gb corsair mem. Everything else I re-used from the old system, MSI 52x CD-RW, Plextor DVD-RW, Maxtro 120Gb HD, Maxtor 60 Gb HD, AIW 9700 Pro.
Let me tell ya what, this setup eats apps for breakfast. Very Fast.
Ok, here is the problem..... when I try to burn using the MSI 52x with nero or Alcohol 120%, the drive failes to initialize. Currently, the MSI drive is set to master on the the secondary IDE channel... Here is what I have tried so far.........
MSI as slave on the primary IDE channel......no worky
MSI as master on the primary IDE channel.....no worky
MSI as the slave on secondary IDE channel.....no worky
MSI as master on secondary IDE channel......no worky (current config)
This is very frustrating, the drive worked fine in my previous setup.(ABIT MB)

Any suggestions?

 

[afirawker]

Make sure that the connections are in the wrong place. I once had an optical drive's IDE cable upside down:O

 

[zer0-one]

they are cabled up correctly, as it will read a cd just fine.

 

[TechHead]

Try another burning app? Nero is good, so is BurnAtOnce (which is free.)

 

[zer0-one]

Well, a friend of mine let me borrow an old Plextor 24X CD-RW and I swaped it out with the MSI 52X. Low and behold it worked fine. How the heck could the MSI go bad? It still could read disks, just not burn. I didn't even take the drive out of the case when I upgraded. A bent pin maybe? Will have to check that when I get home. Hopefully I can RMA this thang.

Thanks