Configuring Parallel CD Burners

If you have gone through the Parallel Guide and troubleshooting parallel guide its time to try the below steps.

A question you may want to ask yourself is, does any other Parallel Devices work on the same Parallel Port? If so then you know the Parallel Port can at least pass data.

Plug & Play, also known as USB, devices can cause conflicts with the CD Burning process, so for testing purposes disconnect all USB computer hardware from the USB ports and disable Plug & Play in the CMOS - BIOS or you may need to refer to the motherboard manual to do this.

Make sure all Parallel hardware is disconnected from the computer, except the CD Burner and also make sure it is not part of a parallel daisy chain. Although having a CD Burner as the first device on daisy chain of devices it is not recommend for CD Burning purposes.

Go into the BIOS or CMOS and make sure the parallel port is enabled and should be set to (I/O 378, IRQ 7, Mode EPP or ECP) (I/O 278, IRQ 7, Mode EPP or ECP). It is recommended to follow the Computer BIOS guide before moving on.

In the Device Manager make sure there are no conflicts under COM & LPT if any conflicts do appear, right click and uninstall the device.

Reboot the computer, Windows should find the port and either install the drivers or request for the location – the Windows Install disc maybe needed. The CD Burner drivers will be needed for installation.

In Device Manager, make sure the CD ROM or DVD ROM and CD Burner have different drive letters assigned to them; this can be checked by going into the properties of each drive.

Look under the EPAT adapter in Device Manager and if there is an error code 10 then remove it and try installing the driver through a Floppy Diskette. Some times the system thinks the drivers are loaded from the Windows files and not from the CD Burner installation disks.

Open the Connect IT utility that can be installed with the EPATCD v1.41 from Shuttle Technologies. Use this utility to verify the drive is connected OK. Use the Settings Manager only if the standard installation of the device driver is not being detected. Use the (/di) disable interrupts detection only for troubleshooting; leaving this switch enabled will cause buffer under runs.

If you can browse a disc ok in Microsoft Windows then we know the drive has the capability of reading discs and communicating with the computer hardware and software.

If still having CD Burning problems then it’s likely it’s a software problem, probably not Parallel connection related, follow the CD Burning software.