i'm sure i'd replied that it was worth going with fishily's suggestion and it was just that i hadn't come across that issue personally but since fishily's suggestion i had found some info about and could see where he was coming from. my Reply must have gone when afterdawn had to restore the posts.
same problem here new flatcable 5 writingprograms no crap DVDs CDs no problem R&W DVD + / - / W / RW Reading is ok No writing , capacity is always zero -0-
@bla28 - there are 2 firmware revisions for your burner since your version of GS0K - download latest, GS0P here - http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=1734 or http://codeguys.rpc1.org/firmwares/dvdrw/stock/851S.GS0P.stock.rar
Thx i have tryed -851S.GS0C-GS0F-GS0H-GS0K.patched-rs- Same problem if i use the drive on another computer.
not sure if this will help but it worked for me ..... my problems were dvd burner just stopped working with nero, just would'nt burn any more, dvd would play sometimes and sometimes not, in the device manger every thing said ok but the dvd recorder was useless, http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=891894 try this link if your using xp, when it worked for me i opened up a bottle of 12 year old single malt ... thats how happy i was good luck, hope it works