HP CDRW 9300 read but no write???

Wee, my first post...

I had this burner for years and seems that it doesn't want to burn anything.

I tried to reinstall drivers but it says that it isn't connected to the IDE cable?

How is it reading the CD if it's not pluged in?

HP sucks for support...so I am asking here if you have any answers.

Also, wheres the place that they hid the IRQ amd DMA resorces in XP SP2...I seem to have forgot...I have some issues with my Creative SB live card too...it says its not there either...but I hear stuff and can record in Sound Forge through the mic input.

Machine is 6 years old and still running...lol
Motherboard=ASUS A7V133
Processor=1800 Athlon XP
ram=512

 

maybe i'll just buy a new one...DVD/CDRW DDL...I hate buying crap for the old machine...