[saulin74]

Well I'm starting to think Pioneer is crap...

I have the A05.


Mine was burning Xbox games that would freeze when no one else would get the same problem with the same Isos. I did exchange it and the same thing. I tried the exact same methods as everyone else too. So tomorrow I'm getting a X-Ecuter2 Lite! installed. Then I'll know if it is the burner or if it was the modchip. I had a X-Ecuter v1 and the bios could not be upgraded.

I did have a A04 but it must have been a bad drive. it was a return so what can you spect. This one would just not read any DVD-R or DVD-RWs. I guess someone must have scrwed it with a bad flash. I tried different firmwares and no help. The drive was screwed.

PS2 games burn 100% working no problem.

However I just burned a few Dreamcast games yesterday and I noticed the games would speed up in some parts, the music would speed up too. This happens in the menus usually. They seem to run fine in game. However I never had any problem like this on my old Plextor burner.


If you ask me I'll say stay away from Pioneer. Try Sony or better yet the new Plextor DVD burner. You can never go wrong with Plextor.

I'm just waiting for the new Pioneer burner to come out and stores to get rid of the A05s so I can go and exchange it for the new model since I bought a 5 year warranty on my A05.