I have the 1 to 7 ARS-2032 CD-R/RW with firmware 184t, can this work with IDE DVD?

No driver is needed for the ARS-2030LD, however a driver may be needed to enable the scsi portion of the controller. Once accomplished, the drive will be auto/detected / auto-installed. I suggest you read the user manual, available here:
http://dl.acard.com/manual/english/ars-2030ld.pdf
then read this page about using sata-scsi controllers: http://www.acard.com/english/fc02.jsp

Your devices may also require a firmware update.

Maybe Faulty display, even if backlight glows, they're about 6yrs old? No user guide/manual? Software for duplicating as well as device driver for it?

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Should be IDE cable...IDE interface according to the specs. You computer has IDE connections so the drive should work.
Product Specification Model HP DVD1040i Lightscribe 20X DVD Burner/Black/Retail Manufacturer HP Mfr Part # DVD1040i Buffer 2MB Interface IDE
Include

• Internal DVD ±R/±RW drive with DVD±R up to 20X, double-layer recording, DVD-RAM, and LightScribe direct disc labeling
• Software CD including electronic user's guide
• Quick-Start placemat
• Getting Help guide
• Installation screws
• Nero 7 Essentials

Data Transfer Rate (Read)

DVD-ROM up to 16X (CAV)

CD-ROM up to 48x (CAV)

Data Transfer Rate (Write)

DVD+R up to 20X (CAV)

DVD+RW up to 8X (ZCLV)

DVD-R up to 20X (CAV)

DVD-RW up to 6X (ZCLV)

DVD+R Double Layer up to 8X (ZCLV)

DVD-R Dual Layer up to 8X (CLV)

DVD-RAM up to 12X (PCAV)

CD-R up to 48x (CAV)

CD-RW up to 32x (ZCAV)

Access time

DVD 160 ms

CD 160 ms (typical)

Supported Disc

CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL

CD Text, CD Extra, CD-DA (audio), CD-I, CD-ROM XA, Photo CD, Video CD, CD-ROM

OS requirement

Windows 2000 Professional SP4

Windows XP Home edition

Windows XP Professional

Warranty 1 Year Weight 3.3 lbs

This should help:
http://www.acard.com/english/fc0101.jsp

ree install your burning program cheers

Try downloading a program called " RadarSync" it works like driver detective, might possibly help you out.

www.radarsync.com/

you can try two solutions
1) go to device manager and uninstall the primary and secondary ide controller under the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers and than restart the system and than chk it if that works out
2 ) if the first option doesnt work try to update the firmware of the drive

Hi,
Laser problem.
will either be a dual laser, 1 of which is not working.
Or the laser is not powering up enough to burn the DVD Layer.
Try using a laser head cleaning CD.
Hope this Helps. p.s don,t worry if you can,t resolve this.
DVD burners are as cheap as chips now, you can always keep this one as a reader.
Good luck Mike @ Compurepair.

Check that the writable DVDs you are using are compatible (+/-) with your Sony DVD-RAM.
Go to Windows Explorer and check to see if the Sony drive is visible. It may not be connected or the Jumper switch may be set incorrectly.
Check you have drivers installed, take a look in Hardware manager.
Sometimes, it's a little difficult to copy CDs and DVDs when you have more than one burning suite installed - for some reason, they 'just don't get along'. Try uninstalling any suites other than Nero.
Or it may just be that your Sony CD-RW drive is just that, and your DVD-RW drive is just that. So it wouldn't be possible to write DVDs on the CD-RW and CDs on the DVD-RW? Though I would assume Nero would detect that and use your hard-drive as temporary storage.
In Nero SmartStart, have you selected the CD or DVD tab to correspond to the project you're burning?