My NEC 3500 DVD-RW doesn't read its own burnt DVD's

[imported_rogerwilco]

Every DVD I burn using my NEC 3500 DVD-RW ( which has the latest firmware 2.1B) is not read by the drive ( when I try to access the disc, it states that the disc is corrupt or not formatted for windows ), other DVD's work perfectly, the DVD's burnt using the drive ARE WORKING IN OTHER DRIVES just not in the drive itself.

What seems to be the problem ?

 

[Lord Evermore]

Are the other drives that are reading it the same model? Any chance you could take one of their DVD drives and see if it will read them in your machine? It's just possible that the discs are borderline readable, and other drives happen to be able to handle it and yours can't quite make it, even though it burned them. Are they quality discs? Have you tried burning them at a lower speed? Have you tried different disc brands?

 

[imported_rogerwilco]

The discs I'm using are Verbatim DVD-R x16 which are, to my knowledge, considered as "quality" discs.
I've tried burning at x16 and at x8, the same results !

is it possible it's a hardware problem ?

 

[Lord Evermore]

I suppose it must be, I can't imagine why the software wouldn't want to read the discs.

You could also take your drive and see if they'll read on it in another computer. That'd verify whether the hardware works.

 

[imported_rogerwilco]

OK,
just tried burning a DVD-RW and it worked.
The dvd-rw is also Verbatim....

WTF ?

 

[RPB]

I don't have an answer to why that is happening but i have had the same problem with a nec 3550.

Swapped it to a different pc and all was well.