DVD drive weirdness

stjohn · 07-17-2007, 11:11 AM

Hi all... im not sure if this is post #1 or not, but i cant believe i havnt been on this forum more.. the design section looks particularly tasty...

anyway,
I have a combo DVD/CD RW drive.. whcih burns CDs grand, reads both Cds & DVD grand, but fails trying to burn DVDs about 15 % into the process. Im relatively clueless when it comes to problems liek this, but have tried the following..

uninstall drivers, reboot, reinstall, but no joy!

&

disconnected the IDE cable, uninstall, reinstall, no joy!

any guesses to what might be causing this?

btw the combo drive shows up on my system as 2 drives for some reason..
strange

any help is greatly appreciated

**BCCOMP** · 07-17-2007, 06:50 PM

HI stjohn,
Welcome to the forum.
I will see what I can do. First I want to clarify something. You state you have a COMBO DVD/CD RW. This drive in tech terms means you can play DVD'S and READ and WRITE (BURN) CD's. This is what you are able to do now. This combo drive will not BURN DVD's. You will need a DVD/RW to burn DVD'S. How many CD type devices do you have on your PC?
If I am wrong on what you are saying please reply.
Thanks,
Bill

stjohn · 07-18-2007, 12:57 PM

hi BCCOMP, thanks for the welcome

maybe i worded it wrongly, or i could be wrong from the start ... this is my unit..

LG DVD±RW burner, GSA-4167RBB

in my device manager there are 2 drives listed::

HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B
TF1218V HLO478I SCSI CdRom Device

hoe this helps,
thanks loads!

dai · 07-18-2007, 01:25 PM

are you using an 80 wire ide cable on the drive
have you tried a new 80 wire ide cable
have you updated the firmware
tried a different brand of disk
tried burning at a slower speed

07-17-2007, 11:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
stjohn Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 40 OS: XP	DVD drive weirdness Hi all... im not sure if this is post #1 or not, but i cant believe i havnt been on this forum more.. the design section looks particularly tasty... anyway, I have a combo DVD/CD RW drive.. whcih burns CDs grand, reads both Cds & DVD grand, but fails trying to burn DVDs about 15 % into the process. Im relatively clueless when it comes to problems liek this, but have tried the following.. uninstall drivers, reboot, reinstall, but no joy! & disconnected the IDE cable, uninstall, reinstall, no joy! any guesses to what might be causing this? btw the combo drive shows up on my system as 2 drives for some reason.. strange any help is greatly appreciated

07-17-2007, 06:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
BCCOMP Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 7,038 OS: Win XP SP3 / Windows 7 Beta / Open Suse My System	Re: DVD drive weirdness HI stjohn, Welcome to the forum. I will see what I can do. First I want to clarify something. You state you have a COMBO DVD/CD RW. This drive in tech terms means you can play DVD'S and READ and WRITE (BURN) CD's. This is what you are able to do now. This combo drive will not BURN DVD's. You will need a DVD/RW to burn DVD'S. How many CD type devices do you have on your PC? If I am wrong on what you are saying please reply. Thanks, Bill

07-18-2007, 12:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
stjohn Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 40 OS: XP	Re: DVD drive weirdness hi BCCOMP, thanks for the welcome maybe i worded it wrongly, or i could be wrong from the start ... this is my unit.. LG DVD±RW burner, GSA-4167RBB in my device manager there are 2 drives listed:: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B TF1218V HLO478I SCSI CdRom Device hoe this helps, thanks loads!

07-18-2007, 01:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,588 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: DVD drive weirdness are you using an 80 wire ide cable on the drive have you tried a new 80 wire ide cable have you updated the firmware tried a different brand of disk tried burning at a slower speed __________________