Gateway M675 DVD Burner HELP !

XerXes09 · 11-12-2005, 03:49 PM

Hi guys, Im new to this site and I have a question regarding the DVD burner on my M675 Gateway (notebook XP Home edition). Everytime I try to burn something nothing happens and the side light become dim and eventually nothing happens. I tried DVD + and - R discs and none seem to work. Any Help is greatly appreciated thank you in advance .

XerXes09 · 11-12-2005, 06:13 PM

My burner doesn't see the dvd-+r discs, which it can burn? any help guys?

**Terrister** · 11-12-2005, 06:59 PM

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling Nero?

XerXes09 · 11-13-2005, 07:35 AM

yes,but i also tried burning it with several differnt porgrams all seem to fail?

**please** · 11-13-2005, 09:29 AM

@ XerXes09
What is the ManufacturerIDentification of the media you are using? It is different than the name brand of the media. You can use your Nero software to discover this. Go to 'Nero>toolkit>CD-DVDSpeed'. In CD-DVDSpeed, there should be a 'Disc Info' tab or submenu selection, depending on your version. Open that and the MID should be stated for the disc in the drive. Your Gateway DVD burner is for 4x+R media or 2X-R media. There is not much of that media available today. I looked at the site and did not see any firmware for your drive. This might mean that the firmware may be so old that doesn't recognize the media you are using and will default to a generic burn strategy which rarely produces good results. I would not expect good things from this burner.
However, we may be able to get it to work. I would recommend removing all your burning programs including Nero using the Nero General Clean Tool and the Nero Clean Pack. Then choose one to use. I like Nero best. Reinstall the one you want to use. Try another burn.
If you are burning data for backup that you backup often, you might want to consider using rewriteable media(+/-RW) as that will save on failed discs and they also burn at the slower speeds.

Keep us posted with your progress.

11-12-2005, 03:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
XerXes09 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 22 OS: XP	Gateway M675 DVD Burner HELP ! Hi guys, Im new to this site and I have a question regarding the DVD burner on my M675 Gateway (notebook XP Home edition). Everytime I try to burn something nothing happens and the side light become dim and eventually nothing happens. I tried DVD + and - R discs and none seem to work. Any Help is greatly appreciated thank you in advance .

11-12-2005, 06:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
XerXes09 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 22 OS: XP	Nero Express ! My burner doesn't see the dvd-+r discs, which it can burn? any help guys? Last edited by XerXes09; 11-12-2005 at 06:37 PM. Reason: ?

11-12-2005, 06:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling Nero? __________________

11-13-2005, 07:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
XerXes09 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 22 OS: XP	none work yes,but i also tried burning it with several differnt porgrams all seem to fail?

11-13-2005, 09:29 AM	#5 (permalink)
please Tech Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,185 OS: WinXP SP2	@ XerXes09 What is the ManufacturerIDentification of the media you are using? It is different than the name brand of the media. You can use your Nero software to discover this. Go to 'Nero>toolkit>CD-DVDSpeed'. In CD-DVDSpeed, there should be a 'Disc Info' tab or submenu selection, depending on your version. Open that and the MID should be stated for the disc in the drive. Your Gateway DVD burner is for 4x+R media or 2X-R media. There is not much of that media available today. I looked at the site and did not see any firmware for your drive. This might mean that the firmware may be so old that doesn't recognize the media you are using and will default to a generic burn strategy which rarely produces good results. I would not expect good things from this burner. However, we may be able to get it to work. I would recommend removing all your burning programs including Nero using the Nero General Clean Tool and the Nero Clean Pack. Then choose one to use. I like Nero best. Reinstall the one you want to use. Try another burn. If you are burning data for backup that you backup often, you might want to consider using rewriteable media(+/-RW) as that will save on failed discs and they also burn at the slower speeds. Keep us posted with your progress. __________________ P4P800E-D:~:P4 3.0C@3.75GHz:~:Zal7000AlCu:~:OCZ4001024ELDCPER2-K@250MHz 2.5-3-3-7 WinXP SP2>2X160GB Samsung SATA ICH5R RAID1:~:2x80GB Samsung SATA Promise RAID0 ATI A-I-W X800XT~SB Audigy2 ZS~2X BenQ1620~Antec SLK3700AMB~Antec SmartPower2.0 500W Last edited by please; 11-13-2005 at 09:33 AM.