Not Reading Blank Media

Asirdor · July 11th, 2007, 03:33

my DVD writer, has stopped reading blank DVD-R media so im unable to write to disks.. it used to work :S

any ideas whats happened?

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**refraction** · July 11th, 2007, 04:20

your laser is probably on its way out

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makotech222 · July 11th, 2007, 04:40

kinda same thing for me. itunes wont detect blank discs for me to burn to. i have to use nero instead which is a hassle.

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JackT · July 11th, 2007, 06:15

Look for updates to your DVD drive. I had a similar problem reading every other disc of my Taiyo Yuden batch and a firmware update fixed the problem.

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KillerShots · July 11th, 2007, 13:07

Most drives have problems reading blank media. Try using non-blank media and see if you can read it.

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Mad · July 11th, 2007, 13:38

Mine had the same problem.
I opened it, cleaned the lens, but after a couple of weeks the problem came back.
I did that again, but gave up, since its too much hassle to open the dvd drive every week or so...

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Coolsvilleman · July 11th, 2007, 14:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by refraction

your laser is probably on its way out

out to dinner?

On a serious note thou. Can it read/write cd-r's or is that also a problem. Maybe your power-supply is acting up or your cables are wrong or loose. Though refraction is right its probably your burner about to die. Do you use it often?

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white x hunter · August 2nd, 2007, 08:57

Can you tell me your dvd-rw name ?

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July 11th, 2007, 04:40	#3
makotech222 The one and only Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Chicago Illinois Posts: 3,608	kinda same thing for me. itunes wont detect blank discs for me to burn to. i have to use nero instead which is a hassle. __________________ Desktop: [Windows 7 x64][Asus P8P67 Deluxe][Intel i5 2500k @4.4ghz][EVGA GTX 570][Corsair DDR3 8gb] [Corsair 550w][Viewsonic 23inch 120hz 1680x1050 Display] Lenovo X200Tablet: [Windows 7 x64][L9400 @1.86ghz][Intel GMA 4500MHD][2gb Ram][160GB 7200rpm][LED-lit Touchscreen/pen-abled]

July 11th, 2007, 06:15	#4
JackT Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Posts: 31	Look for updates to your DVD drive. I had a similar problem reading every other disc of my Taiyo Yuden batch and a firmware update fixed the problem. __________________ Intel E6750 @ 2.66GHz (OC @ 3.0GHz) \| ASUS P5N32E-SLI Plus (801) \| Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC2-6400 DDR 800MHz 2GB 2x eVGA 8800GTS Superclocked 320MB in SLI \| Corsair 520HW Power Supply \| WD 2500KS \| WD 5000AAKS \| Enermax Phoenix Case Dell 2407FPW A04 \| Logitech Z2300 2.1 \| Enermax Aurora Keyboard \| Logitech G5 Gaming Mouse

July 11th, 2007, 13:07	#5
KillerShots War Games coder Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,927	Most drives have problems reading blank media. Try using non-blank media and see if you can read it. __________________ Primary CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Mobo: Biostar N4SLI-A9 RAM: 2G Crucial (DDR400) Video: eVGA GeForce 7900 GTX (512M) Audio: HDA X-Mystique HD(s): Maxtor 300G SATA2, Samsung 400G SATA2 OS(s): WinXP x64 Pro, Vista x32 Ultimate, Gentoo x64 Monitor(s): Primary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Secondary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Tertiary - Zenith 42" Plasma TV (1024x768 res) Many other machines... sig too short

July 11th, 2007, 13:38	#6
Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 4,030	Mine had the same problem. I opened it, cleaned the lens, but after a couple of weeks the problem came back. I did that again, but gave up, since its too much hassle to open the dvd drive every week or so... __________________ Main PC:Win 7 SP1 PRO X64 - Asus P5G41C-M LX - Intel Q6600@2.4Ghz - OCZ 2x 2GB DDR2 1000Mhz - Sapphire Vapor-X HD5770 1GB GDDR5 - 19" LCD SyncMaster T190 - Samsung SATA II HD322HJ 320GB HTPC:Acer Aspire AR1600 - Windows 7 PRO X86 - Atom 230@1.6Ghz - 3GB DDR2 800Mhz - Nvidia ION LE - SATA II WD 160GB + Seagate GoFlex Desk 2TB USB 3.0 Notebook:Dell Inspiron 14R N4110 - Windows 7 SP1 PRO X64 / Ubuntu 12.04 X64 - Intel Core i5 2410M@2.3Ghz - 8GB DDR3@1333Mhz - Intel HD 3000 - WDC SATA II 640GB + SSD Kingston V200 128GB +WD Scorpio Blue 320GB USB 3.0 CASE

August 2nd, 2007, 08:57	#8
white x hunter Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: noplace Posts: 16	Can you tell me your dvd-rw name ?