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dvd burning issue

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Tarrant64

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I'm still working on figuring out the problem but I am having issues burning dvd-r's since yesterday. and it seems it's not just dvd-r's, it's dvd-rw, dvd+r, just practically everything dvd.

I have a lite-on dual layer dvd burner and a AOpen(?hehe, i think that's the brand) dual layer burner(both of them +/- capable). Anyways, few weeks ago i was burning stuff like mad, no problems at all. I dont' remember really changing any hardware/software or anything.

What did start happening is whenever I put in a dvd-r, Windows Explorer shows it up as a CD-ROM or something like that(whereas if there isn't any media in there is says DVD-RW drive). Weird.

Is there a fix around for this?
 
"I've got an intel computer, don't know what model but it's intel built and it doesn't work, is there a fix for it?"

Rather unhelpful isn't it, much like your cry for help, some of the following would have made it possible for us to assist:

What model of liteon are you using?
What media are you using?
What software are you using to burn?
Can you read DVDs?
Have you tried removing the drive and testing it in another person's machine
Have you done anything to the machine recently that might be to blame?
Have you tried doing a system restore?
What firmware are you using for the drive?
Have you tried unistalling the IDE drivers?

There is a fix for "this", but you'll have to tell us what the hell "this" is first.
 
Bobthe lost has been here two weeks and he's an expert at this already.
If you want to vent go to OT.

You just killed this tread
 
Bobthelost....get lost.

Now i'm just agitated. heh...

I won't do system restore because I don't have an exact date when this could have started. Going back 1 or 2 days doesn't help, if it's something that started a week ago and I just didn't notice.

Yes, reads DVD's just fine. Just played one day before this happened. Played one earlier just fine as well.

The first thing I did was uninstall and re-install the drives. I figure, it was just a driver glitch or something. If you actually read the thread, you would see in the subject details that i stated the software that was being used.

Also, stated in the thread is that I didnt' change any hardware or anything that might be to blame. I'd stick it in another computer but that really won't tell me anything if it's configured differently. I'm 100% confident that the it's not the drives(why would both just...fail to read anything...doubt it...) that's broken, but some kinda software glitch. I think I've had this happen in the past like 2 years ago or something but I don't remember not uninstalling-reinstalling something that didn't fix it.

Yes, the software was reinstalled as well.

Firmware for for the AOpen drive is current(came with cool flash auto update thing), the Lite-On has the best driver that works best on it.

Anything else? I'm sorry I'm not at home right now so I can't give you the specific model numbers. I doubt that's that many models of a dvd-rw drive from any company that makes a huge difference as far as the problem taht I am having.

Thanks.

P.S. Sorry if this seemed mean or anything..not meant to be, just Bobthelost just pissed me off.
 
All I can think of is the media. I'm having a problem with my dvd burner right now where if I burn something using the new dvd-r's I bought(taiyo yuden 8x) the burner itself will not be able to read the burned disk even though it was the device that burned it! If I put it in my other dvd drive it reads fine, if I put it in my dvd player it will play fine. It seems to be something to do with this particular media. Kind of sucks since I bought 4, 50 packs of them. Did you get a new type of media that you are trying to use? Maybe you've got a Sony root kit screwing up your OS? If you had some media that you were able to burn fine before try one of those disks. That's about all I can think of.

PS: Bob, getting pissy because he didn't give you the tiniest little details is really a waste of bandwidth. If there is something he didn't tell you that will help you figure out his problem, just ask for the info. No need to go super helpdesk administrator nazi on him, for cripes sake.
 
Originally posted by: bendixG15
Bobthe lost has been here two weeks and he's an expert at this already.
If you want to vent go to OT.

You just killed this tread
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Yeah, because i didn't hang around cdfreaks for a couple of years. As it was all people could do was post "i don't know, but maybe..." answers. I see that you were able to work out what was going wrong from that OP and provide an answer.

Oh look, new info.

1) It's a software problem.

We can tell this because both drives are failing to read the burnable disks. It could be PSU but the first sign would be an error trying to read/write the disc as the current draw increased so unless both drives decided to die at the same time in the same way it's software.

2) Google would have told you that there have been other people with the problems you describe. Also it would have told you that it's due to either XP or a combination of XP and nero.

Have you just updated XP? There was a download not long ago and some people have had problems fixed/caused by the download. I think nero does automatic downloads too, which could (but probably not imo) cause a conflict.

I'd look at doing a system restore to before the last XP download, best done offline imo to make sure you're not vulnerable at all.
If that doesn't work then try rolling back the aspi drivers and if that doesn't work maybe trying the latest ones.
Check you've got DMA enabled (probably not related, but if you're checking up on the drivers it's best to be sure)
Disable IMAPI service.
Check for any driver downloads for your Mobo, may well be related.
If' you're outside the waranty period then i'd try installing liggy and dee's firmware for your drives.
If all the above fails then uninstall the drive and reboot.

If that fails then you've probably gotten one of the problems that makes it easier to wipe XP and reinstall everything than fix.
 
Originally posted by: AMCRambler
All I can think of is the media. I'm having a problem with my dvd burner right now where if I burn something using the new dvd-r's I bought(taiyo yuden 8x) the burner itself will not be able to read the burned disk even though it was the device that burned it! If I put it in my other dvd drive it reads fine, if I put it in my dvd player it will play fine. It seems to be something to do with this particular media. Kind of sucks since I bought 4, 50 packs of them. Did you get a new type of media that you are trying to use? Maybe you've got a Sony root kit screwing up your OS? If you had some media that you were able to burn fine before try one of those disks. That's about all I can think of.

PS: Bob, getting pissy because he didn't give you the tiniest little details is really a waste of bandwidth. If there is something he didn't tell you that will help you figure out his problem, just ask for the info. No need to go super helpdesk administrator nazi on him, for cripes sake.
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You're having trouble with TY!? Are they real ones, because they're the best stuff on the market, otherwise i'd point the finger of blame at your drive rather than the media.

Pissy? You haven't seen me pissy 😉, that was more exasperated. If i were pissed off i'd have sworn at least once or twice. 😀

Edited to add smilies, some of you lot are too sensitive. 😕
 
Originally posted by: Bobthelost
Originally posted by: AMCRambler
All I can think of is the media. I'm having a problem with my dvd burner right now where if I burn something using the new dvd-r's I bought(taiyo yuden 8x) the burner itself will not be able to read the burned disk even though it was the device that burned it! If I put it in my other dvd drive it reads fine, if I put it in my dvd player it will play fine. It seems to be something to do with this particular media. Kind of sucks since I bought 4, 50 packs of them. Did you get a new type of media that you are trying to use? Maybe you've got a Sony root kit screwing up your OS? If you had some media that you were able to burn fine before try one of those disks. That's about all I can think of.

PS: Bob, getting pissy because he didn't give you the tiniest little details is really a waste of bandwidth. If there is something he didn't tell you that will help you figure out his problem, just ask for the info. No need to go super helpdesk administrator nazi on him, for cripes sake.
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You're having trouble with TY!? Are they real ones, because they're the best stuff on the market, otherwise i'd point the finger of blame at your drive rather than the media.

Pissy? You haven't seen me pissy, that was more exasperated. If i were pissed off i'd have sworn at least once or twice.
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I still don't think this is a software problem. Maybe a problem with the power supply, but why would the drives play dvd's fine? I think it's a problem with the media. What we need to know is are you using a new type of DVD-R's from what you've previously used? Or perhaps is there some bad discs further down in the stack of your cake box? Look at the face of the disc that gets written and look to see if maybe there are manufacturing flaws in it. It should be one uniform color all across the face. If it's got any kind of wavy lines or wrinkles to it, you've got some bad discs.

Bob time to change your icon to the angry face. Your fuse is mad short. Who pissed in your Cheerios this morning?
 
It's 99% not PSU related. This problem is fairly common, although the reasons tend to vary for causes, but everytime i've looked it's been software not hardware So that's one reason i'm pinning it on software. Secondly If the drive didn't have enough juice to read a DVD then it wouldn't manage to read ANY, not just DVDRs which it misrecognises. Then there's the low current you'll be drawing when reading a DVD. Compared to gaming, it's rather insignificant. You'd expect to see PSU problems turning up at either boot time (when everything needs more amps) or at the peak load. DVD reading is miniscule in terms of current draw.

The problem is telling which bit of software is causing the problem.

Why do you think i'm pissed? Hell, i'll add some smilie faces if it makes you all feel better! 😛
 
I'm pretty sure it's not the PSU, because it is only 3-4 months old. I bought a 450 PSU so that this would definetely not be the problem. If anything I'm not even using up 350watts worth, really.

Anyways, The media I am using is relatively new, BUT i've been using it for about 2 months. I usually use memorex or whatever I can catch that just happens to be on sale. I havne' tried any new media yet(different brand I mean), so I will have to give that a try this afternon when i get home.

Software or Media...hmm..
 
Poor media is one of the easiest ways to lose information/data/films.

If i were you i'd wander over to cdfreaks.com and check out what they recomend. Personally i like verbatim, although TY is supposed to be better. If you plan on keeping the data for more than two years then it's worth investing the additional cash in good disks.

I lost 200Gig of movies because i bought cheap DVDs and they degraded.

Never again.
 
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