DVD-R drive doesn't recognize any discs

[minus1972]

hey

I was in the process of backing up my DVDs this week so I can bring a book back to school instead of a huge box and at one point the computer locked up while it was reading a disc. I restarted, re-inserted the disc, and DVD Shrink didn't see any disc in the drive. I tried another disc and got the same thing. Nothing shows up in my computer either, with any disc I try. I then did a system restore to a few days ago when I know things were working and still got nothing. I'll post specs when I get home, but does anyone have any suggestions in the meantime?

 

[nanaki333]

is it a pioneer drive? particularly the 04 or 05 series? read a bunch of posts and heard friends complain about their drives just stop reading discs. if it is, you may as well RMA it or buy a new drive. i still use my 105 drive as my main dvd burner. it never gives me bad discs. until it does, i'm never upgrading

did you try flashing the firmware on it? maybe it just needs some firmware lovin.

 

[minus1972]

it's a pioneer 106 and it was working perfectly until just a few days ago.
tried flashing the firmware...not having much luck.
any help?

 

[minus1972]

spent an hour with outsourced tech support last night then got transferred to a real tech hoping the whole time I could just get them to RMA the thing. They told me that they think I corrupted the software and I should format...even though a system restore to a known working date didn't solve the problem. Awesome. Calling again today after I format and it still doesn't work.