BENQ- BAD company-NO AFTER SALE SERVICE

I purchased this BenQ DW1655 unit last month, updated the firmware and followed all the instructions. It printed out 1 disk and then no more. The error message states it is a Lightscribe error and appears to be a problem with the dvd/rw unit which is BenQ, so who else should offer support for their unit.
If Benq is selling these why do they not offer support. I only wanted to get to the bottom of the problem and they would not assist at all, no phone number, website or even who I should be talking to.
Do you think this is acceptable behaviour for product support?
My Motherboard drivers are up to date and my machine is a P4 2.8gh 1024mh ram and my jumpering is as a master as the only unit on the secondary IDE.
Can the Intel accelerator software be shut off and can it be the problem if it printed the first label Ok?

Do you think this is acceptable behaviour for product support?

Today it appears to be the norm. We can discuss about it and agree that it shouldn't be so but the common issues are that many machines have issues such as I noted plus many will call it in without regard to putting in the lightscribe media proper. A few wrote they thought it wrote on all media and while it worked once that still leaves us with the usual PC drivers and other issues.


"My Motherboard drivers are up to date and my machine is a P4 2.8gh 1024mh ram and my jumpering is as a master as the only unit on the secondary IDE."

Let me check that. What chipset is that and what date is on the motherbaord driver package. Good to read about the jumper. That would be proper if a 40 conductor cable was used but improper on an 80 conductor cable.

If you have a defective unit then you only need to get it exchanged and not "supported." No company helps us "get to the bottom of this." It's not done since you might not be willing to pay for a technician to go over your machine.

Bob

Intel D845GVSR Motherboard and a Bios date of 5/2/06 ver P20
My IDE is a flat cable and appears to have a lot more than 40 wires as I attempted to count and got to 20 before I was 1/4 way across, so I assume it must be 80 wire.
Would switching to 40 wire help?
I am attempting to determine my warranty period but have not found it yet.
The media I am using to lightscribe on is: Verbatim Lightscribe CD-R 52X 30PK Spindle 80MIN 700MB
If it helps I get the same delay and warning if I select lightscribe preview as I do selecting print.
Nero with lightscribe is the software than came with the unit

trying the print operation. However I rechecked again and Nero and Benq firmware #BCDB are both current
Yes I did flip the media over when attempting to write and I have read all the instructions as well as viewed the Lighscribe video tutorial provided by Nero.
I do have the blue connectors on my IDE cables on MB and black to the DVD drive
I do not expect Benq to solve any problems that are not their fault or problem but at least expect a better answer than "we don't have anything to do with Lightscribe and try googling Lightscribe on the internet for help"
I would expect an answer such as: try this number, website or company name or a reference of some sort.
I also wrote to them for help on THEIR contact site for technical assistance and the mail was returned not deliverable, go figure.
I am going to try the INF file you recommended, again, as it is the one already on my machine
This accelerator is already on my machine will reloading the inf files reset it? Or should I uninstall it as it shows up in my install/uninstall programs section?
I still have not come across where it says anything about the Intel accelerator but am about to reread everything including the lightscribe site I did find on the Internet
I will advise as to my progress, Thanks

Hey, your choice here. You didn't really answer my questions and seem to second guess my take on the Intel accelerator.

Entirely your choice on both matters. I can only share my experiences and hope it helps.

But if we remove the Intel accelerator and that doesn't do the trick then the drive is to be declared DEAD and exchanged ASAP.

-> About email. You also need to know that because of spammers many domains are simply ignored. There is also that issue that millions are looking for machine support. Most won't pay for it so companies may be slow in responding.

So far I don't see a good drive and while you may think it far and beyond the call a test of the drive in another known good machine would be the last test.

I'd skip that and ask for the exchange or full refund.

Bob

don't expect hp/dell/seagate level tech support from benq or other smaller niche optical drive manufacturers. the margin on drives is too low to support telephone customer support. if you're paying $45 for a piece of hardware (the web price for a benq OEM drive) you won't get a helpful rep to hold your hand. get a plextor drive if you want such support.

as for your drive, you probably need the "lightscribe system software". some companies don't provide it with their drives -- i have an lg drive and use http://dl1.Nero.com/LS_HSI.EXE. here's some additional links:

lightscribe: http://www.lightscribe.com/gettingstarted/index.aspx?id=87
benq firmware & feedback: http://www.cdfreaks.com/drive/firmware/1260
benq forum: http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=92