The problem with the erroneous IRQ setting and the lack of burner identification in Nero and other programs do not appear to be related.
I ended up solving the IRQ problem by doing a reinstall of all software. I tried restoring from a backup done with the backup program that came with Win2k, but the backup consistantly restored more files than what I designated. I do recall reading a posting by another user indicating that he had the same IRQ problem and ultimately the only way to fix it was to do a full reinstall. Apparently the IRQ conflict was caused by a transient failure of the plug-n-play features of the operating system and bios.
I am not sure what to think about the problem with the Imation Burner. A disk speed utility in Nero does recognize the burner even though the burner won't light up or eject. The burner was lighting up and ejecting prior to Nero being installed. I can't imagine Nero being the problem. I did send the log and info file to Nero and am waiting to hear back from them.
One thing worth mentioning is that I encountered some problems running the Adaptec Software moments before. The adaptec software required a patch that added something to the registry. I still have the patch, but wonder if the additional registry setting may have diminished the drives ability to function with Nero or any other program? I am not sure how to reverse the registry setting. I do have a registry editor and I did go back and check the registry for any entries that may have been from the Adaptec Program. I made sure that all of the entries were removed before installing the Nero.
I am running a recent version of the aspn32.dll file.
Nero is not the only burning program that wouldn't recognize the drive -- Hot Burn Pro, Easy Burn, Adaptec and Nero Burn all wouldn't recognize the drive. However, the drive continued to read, rotate, eject, and spin prior to Nero installation.
