Dvd RW won't read CD-Rs

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  1. frobbit

    frobbit Member

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    Hi, I'm new so if this is in the wrong place I apologise!
    I have a BTC DVDrw (ide 1008), and recently it has stopped recognising any CD-Rs (blank or otherwise).
    I have flashed to the latest firmware, and have confirmed with BTC that the media I am using (Datawrite) is compatable.
    Does anybody have any ideas what has gone wrong?!
    Just so you know my system is
    AMD Athlon xp 1.05
    512 Ram
    80 gig hd
    windows xp pro sp2
    Thanks
     
    frobbit, Jun 24, 2005
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    marcus23 Regular member

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    Did it recognize DVDs?
     
    marcus23, Jun 25, 2005
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  3. frobbit

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    yes it will recognise dvds, I think that the CD laser is defective
     
    frobbit, Jun 25, 2005
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    try a cd/dvd cleaner disk to see if resolves the problem
     
    ddp, Jun 25, 2005
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    Already tried that. No joy :(
     
    frobbit, Jun 26, 2005
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    U might want to try uninstalling and then re-installing the drive. I was having the same problem with my dvd burner as well. I thought it might have just been the media that I was using although I had been using the same media for quite a while with no problems. I also uninstalled the Roxio (HP DVD) burning software that came with my burner as it appeared to be causing a conflict with Nero.
     
    btitus, Jun 26, 2005
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