The Sir Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 I'm hoping one of the computer guys on the board can help me. I had this problem about a month ago, so I went out and replaced my DVD-RW drive. I know this new one can't be broke, I'm thinking the problem is something else. It has to be, no way these drives break every month with the same problem. I put a disc in so I can burn an audio CD and when I go to burn, I get the message "please insert blank CD" What might it be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldysknzfn1 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Does your DVD-RW drive support CD burning? I think that may have something to do with it..but I'm no expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 Yeah, I've been able to burn CDs on it for the past month but it stopped working today. Not recognizing CDs. I've tried different brands of CD-Rs, different burning softward, uninstalling the drive. And none of that has helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IONTOP Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Yeah, I've been able to burn CDs on it for the past month but it stopped working today. Not recognizing CDs. I've tried different brands of CD-Rs, different burning softward, uninstalling the drive. And none of that has helped. Is it coming up "image device"? Mine does that, I've gotta restart my comp. a couple of times to get it recognized as a "CD-R Burner" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDaddyShoo Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 You may also want to check to make sure the burner is running its latest firmware even if you just bought it. Sometimes old firmware causes the incompatibility issues with certain low-end brand discs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Dave Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 I've been having the same problem with my new DVD/CD burner, it wont recognize the DVDs for copying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 I've been having the same problem with my new DVD/CD burner, it wont recognize the DVDs for copying. Is your computer a Dell Dimension Desktop? Everyone I've talked to that has this problem has pretty much the same computer as me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Are all of the blank discs from the same spindle? Could be you have bad spindle or that your burner doesn't like that brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 Are all of the blank discs from the same spindle? Could be you have bad spindle or that your burner doesn't like that brand. No, I've tried two different ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 No, I've tried two different ones. In my experience, that means there is something wrong with the burner. But, since you have a new one I'm not sure. Does it recognize bland DVDs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 It will play CDs though, so the drive isn't broken. Can't be, it's too new. I think something to do with the computer. I've downloaded the firmware, tried multiple CDs of different brands, tried uninstalling the drive and reinstalling it. There's no explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 It will play CDs though, so the drive isn't broken. Can't be, it's too new. I think something to do with the computer. I've downloaded the firmware, tried multiple CDs of different brands, tried uninstalling the drive and reinstalling it. There's no explanation. Yep. I don't know, sorry. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 did you ever try burning cds? it may have never worked. i think to burn cds vs dvds the drive has to change the power of the laser. maybe your drive is defective in that? also changing the firmware can be a recipe for disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 did you ever try burning cds? it may have never worked. i think to burn cds vs dvds the drive has to change the power of the laser. maybe your drive is defective in that?also changing the firmware can be a recipe for disaster. burned CDs great for a month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Change your IDE cable. I'd also search www.cdfreaks.com forums for similar problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Dave Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Is your computer a Dell Dimension Desktop? Everyone I've talked to that has this problem has pretty much the same computer as me. No, I have a Gateway Media Center computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 i once had a problem where the computer i was building just kinda stopped reading CDs/DVDs (the actual devices weren't being read.) I just couldn't figure out the problem so i just threw every trick in the book at it. the one that ended up working was inserting a boot-disk and running the "fdisk /mbr" command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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