Tried burning DVD+R Verbatim 8x discs with DVD-A3 but it will not finalize the burn. Installed Nero and it burned the discs ok. Pioneer AO-9 burner. Firmware is 1.40. Using 80 pin round cable IDE.
You know, I've been seeing all sorts of posts about problems with the Pioneer A09.
I've got one and it works great. Not one single problem.
However, I've never once tried to burn a DVD+R or DVD+RW disc, only the minus variety. Perhaps all the A09 problems are related to some issue it has with +R disks? That's what it seems to me, from reading these posts. Thus, if you want to continue using the A09 in another computer, try using DVD-R disks.
Of course, if you bought it to burn DL, and since DL is only +R, then perhaps you should look elsewhere.
I was more curious then anything. Just wondered what was up with burning the +R stuff. I always use the -R. I installed the AO-9 into another slower computer and it did the same thing with DVD-A3. The -R's burned fine but the +r's would not finalize. The burner would shut off right after the tracks were done burning.