re: DVD Writer connection using USB Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 2:08 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by geek9pm (753 messages posted) Thanks, Ricer46. Yes, vetter hardwar can make it better. Yet a better USB driver made just for XP may solve the problem. Rather than buy a better USB device, he may want to consider an economical hardware work-around. IDE to SATA. Likely his mobo has a good SATA with XP drivers. If so he could check this out: http://www.whatacable.com/serial-ata-sata-to-ide-converter.aspx The vendor says they have model that will support ATAPI Packet command set. Support 48-bit LBA addressing. Support additional ATA command for serial ATA... yada yada. I have not tried it, but maybe I will. I have given up other wise on external drives. They say you can run a SATA cable up to three feet from the interface. What would you say to that? Geek9pm Written in response to: re: DVD Writer connection using USB (Ricer46: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 12:14 pm) Responses to this message: re: DVD Writer connection using USB (Ricer46: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 2:39 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] DVD Writer connection using USB (Siddharth: Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 3:28 am) re: DVD Writer connection using USB (Steve B: Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 4:42 am) re: DVD Writer connection using USB (geek9pm: Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 9:00 am) re: DVD Writer connection using USB (Ricer46: Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 12:14 pm) re: DVD Writer connection using USB (geek9pm: Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 2:08 pm) re: DVD Writer connection using USB (Ricer46: Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 2:39 pm) re: DVD Writer connection using USB (Steve B: Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 4:22 pm) re: DVD Writer connection using USB (C K: Wed, Oct 1, 2008, 9:11 am) re: DVD Writer connection using USB (NigelHH: Fri, Oct 3, 2008, 2:06 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum