Wonder if you can help me. Have recently bought this burner and have been
having a major problem with it. Burns DVD, DVD-RW ok. Burns CD-R ok. But
will not handle CD-RW at all. Nero gives "calibration error" Other progs
seem to work but nothing actually happens to the CD. Cannot erase or format
them. I have tried three brands i.e. Maxell, Traxdata, and Plextor branded.
All of these work perfectly with my Plextor CD writer (which I replaced with
the Artec). I know there is a firmware update v.100A, but do not want to do
this until I know what problems the update addresses, in case more problems
are caused than solved.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I bought an Artec VOM-12E48X today, and had an interesting problem in that it refused to read the bundled Nero installation CD! I checked the CD on my old drive, an Artec CDRW, and it worked fine, so I tried the flash update - figured that if it didn't improve things I'd be taking the drive back anyway. It's fixed that problem, despite having told me the drive was already v.100A, so perhaps Artec have released a few with corrupt flash? I'd say give the flash a go - you can make a backup of the existing firmware before you make the update - before you execute the command in Artec's instructions, run "FLASH R /M ". That way, you should be able to get back to the old version if you need to.

I recently purchased the Artec VOM 12E48x dvd burner as well. ((mistake)) I have not been able to archive any of my home movie collection. They freeze up at random points. I have updated the firmware, purchased new media to verbatim 2x 8x / tried burning all at 8x - 4x - 2x when possible to no avail. I might have as well purchased a cdrw for the reliablility of this thing / It burns standard media fine just cannot use with dvd shrink / dvd xcopy etc My cheaper liteon 4x is much more dependable and works constently. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated I have wasted about 50 blank dvds on this thing.

I too have purchased the ARTEC VOM-12E48X and I am somewhat a novice to DVD technology. I have looked up and downloaded the upgrade to the firmware but the instructions that came in relation to the download said I needed to go to "real DOS" to install it.
Is there a real DOS in Windows XP? How do you get there?
I know this sounds simple but help would be greatly appreciated.

i bought the same burner the same time. it works fine with all kinds of blank dics i tried since then. cd-rw i did'n try yet, but when my actual burn process is ready (self recorded mpg data from tv, burned on a medion dvd+rw) i will try cd-rw functionality, but i do not expect problems. i have no explannation for the reported bugs in this forum...

I have the same problem with this drive, wasted 6 dvds afeter buying it, and having problems with cd-rw, "calibration error" and can read some cds including nero 6 (which is included win the dvd). The drive was upgraded to 100D, and I didn't notice any difference, I'm having the same problem.. dont buy this drive. You ca get a copy of win98se boot disk at www.artecusa.com, the firmware's page.

I know Infiniti +R and PC Line +RW work fine for me, but I need to know which -R media I can use........Getting a bit annoyed now.
Any Help ?

I wasted 25x dvdr + and _ and 8 dvd rw with the VOM 12E48X.
Save your time and money and buy a good dvd writer.

I have not been able to burn Fuji DVD+R dvd's rated to 8X. Can people please post what brands and model DVDs they have been able to burn with this piece of sh...
thanks.