Sony 16x Dual Layer DVD Burner

[Mallow]

So I've had this Sony 16x DVD+-RW drive for about a year. It never has given me much trouble but over the last month it has not wanted to recognize DVD's. I'm talking burnt, original, none. It will, however, read/burn regular CD's just fine. I tried blowing in the drive to move any dust that might be hindering the laser.

Has anyone ever encountered this?

FYI, I just did a brand new reformat.

 

[pkme2]

Your device manager recognizes your drive, right?
Drivers up-to-date right?
Have you used a cleaner DVD disk?
Your DVD installed software is?

 

[Mallow]

Originally posted by: pkme2
Your device manager recognizes your drive, right?
Drivers up-to-date right?
Have you used a cleaner DVD disk?
Your DVD installed software is?

I'm talking DVD data discs. I shouldn't need any drivers or software in order to see the drive contents. I've used a multitude of different DVD's.

 

[Trader05]

its possible the dvd laser burnt out. I had a couple NEC drives that the CD laser burnt out and wouldn't read any cd but dvds read and burned fine.

 

[pkme2]

Originally posted by: Mallow

Originally posted by: pkme2
Your device manager recognizes your drive, right?
Drivers up-to-date right?
Have you used a cleaner DVD disk?
Your DVD installed software is?

I'm talking DVD data discs. I shouldn't need any drivers or software in order to see the drive contents. I've used a multitude of different DVD's.

Its difficult to diagnose hardware without hands-on checking.
When I insert my DVD data disk, I get an immediate response to open folder. It may be that your DVD reader is kaput.

 

[JetBlack69]

That happened to my Sony DVD burner too. Read and burned CDs find, but didn't do a thing to DVDs 🙁 I went and got a Benq burner to replace it.

 

[Bozo Galora]

the DVD laser lens has pizza crust on it