DvD Drive Not Recognizing DvD+R

[Archaedus]

Greetings friend,

I need your help. My original DvD Drive stopped recognizing DvD+R about 3 weeks ago and when I needed it, I figured that I should start to scan the forums and see what people suggested: I bought a new one. This is a Sata DvD+Rw (my other is the 24ish pin one) and it is doing the same thing, right from the box. What has gone wrong? I do not think that I need to update the drivers on the new DvD Drive because it is new ^^. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a bunch mates!

-Rudy

 

[treefrog07]

You may want to visit the mfr's. website (Support/downloads) to see if there is firmware update for your ODD. Not all ODDs are compatible with all media, and firmware updates usually add different brands of media to the ODD's capability.

 

[brandoncatz]

Also, you should try taking the disc that you burned to another DVD-ROM to see if it reads it. If not, you either have a bad batch of discs or you aren't finalizing the disc, perhaps? Either way, take the media to another machine to see what results you get.

 

[aford10]

Make sure the drive is showing up in the BIOS.

First, delete the upper and lower filters.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982116

If that doesn't fix it, run this Fixit scan.
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cd_dvd_drive_problems