CD-RW won't work w/blank/burned disk

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I have a Plextor PX-W4824A CD-RW, and have updated to the most recent
firmware. It works fine with any 'manufactured' disk, audio or data, but
will not work with a 'burned' cd. The 'burned' cds DO, however, work fine in
the DVD-ROM. When I put a blank or previously burned disk in the CD-RW, I
get a green lite for about 15 seconds, then the lite turns amber and proceeds
to flash 4x with a pause, 4x pause, etc. until I eject the disk. Windows
Explorer shows the drive, and Device Manager says it's working properly. I
uninstalled the Nero software I was using, but that did not make any
difference. I believe the problem started after I installed Windows SP2, but
I'm not positive, since I mainly use the burner to backup data files every
few weeks. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

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Have you tried cleaning the laser in the cd-rw? It's a possibility
it could be the type of discs you're using. Some brands work
while others won't.

"Marli Tharn" <MarliTharn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BA219129-A324-4420-8BFE-3BA1776BDEDE@microsoft.com...
> I have a Plextor PX-W4824A CD-RW, and have updated to the most recent
> firmware. It works fine with any 'manufactured' disk, audio or data, but
> will not work with a 'burned' cd. The 'burned' cds DO, however, work fine
in
> the DVD-ROM. When I put a blank or previously burned disk in the CD-RW, I
> get a green lite for about 15 seconds, then the lite turns amber and
proceeds
> to flash 4x with a pause, 4x pause, etc. until I eject the disk. Windows
> Explorer shows the drive, and Device Manager says it's working properly.
I
> uninstalled the Nero software I was using, but that did not make any
> difference. I believe the problem started after I installed Windows SP2,
but
> I'm not positive, since I mainly use the burner to backup data files every
> few weeks. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

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I've used canned air on the drive and tried several different brands of
discs. Did not help.

"Newtechie" wrote:

> Have you tried cleaning the laser in the cd-rw? It's a possibility
> it could be the type of discs you're using. Some brands work
> while others won't.
>
> "Marli Tharn" <MarliTharn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BA219129-A324-4420-8BFE-3BA1776BDEDE@microsoft.com...
> > I have a Plextor PX-W4824A CD-RW, and have updated to the most recent
> > firmware. It works fine with any 'manufactured' disk, audio or data, but
> > will not work with a 'burned' cd. The 'burned' cds DO, however, work fine
> in
> > the DVD-ROM. When I put a blank or previously burned disk in the CD-RW, I
> > get a green lite for about 15 seconds, then the lite turns amber and
> proceeds
> > to flash 4x with a pause, 4x pause, etc. until I eject the disk. Windows
> > Explorer shows the drive, and Device Manager says it's working properly.
> I
> > uninstalled the Nero software I was using, but that did not make any
> > difference. I believe the problem started after I installed Windows SP2,
> but
> > I'm not positive, since I mainly use the burner to backup data files every
> > few weeks. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
>
>
>