My Creative Blaster 8x4x32 (Approx 1 1/2 years old) is refusing to work properly.

I took the drive out of my comp over the easter holidays to take home. Over the holidays, the drive was installed in my parents PC, and worked correctly. After the holidays, I put the drive back into my PC (it is plugged in correctly). My computer was not switched on between removing the drive and replacing it. The drive read data from CDs correctly when I replaced it, so I assumed it was working. When I tried to write a CD today however, it wouldn't work. I have encountered the following problems.

  • It will write files, but hangs the computer if I try to delete files in Prassi abCD
  • Nero refuses to detect blank CDs and when the "Insert Blank CD" screen appears, nothing happens. The drive LED flashes for a bit, then stops but the whirring noises continue.
  • Nero detects the drive adapter as ESDI_506, which I don't think it did before.


The drive has been tried on both Nero and XCDRoast (Linux), both of which worked correctly before. the holidays. I also tried it on NTI CDMaker Pro, which I havn't tried before but still won't work. It basically did the same as Nero.

I've tried re-detecting IDE devices in BIOS, and checked the connector on the drive, which was plugged in correctly. I'm now at my wits end, and would be REALLY grateful if any of you guys can come up with any ideas. I really can't afford to replace my burner, and kinda use it a lot too..

Thanks in Advance...