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I can't burn any dvd discs with my dvd-rw drive...

everything i try to burn fails at a random point during writing...

I've flashed the firmware of the drive, reinstalled nero, tried various other dvd writing packages but no luck!

any tips? any ideas what else i could try?

It reads dvds and cds perfectly... it even writes cd-rs... but not dvd-rs

EDIT: i think its screwed... writing a dvd right now and it keeps making a clicking noise, when it clicks the buffer level drops and once its done that about 3 times it fails.

new drive? recommendations? cheap is good

Tried different DVD-R disks?
Also, did you try DVD+R disks? (not "-")

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Originally posted by Mike
Tried different DVD-R disks?
Also, did you try DVD+R disks? (not "-")

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my drive only takes +r and was using +r ...

tried 2 brands of disc, both same thing! currently bidding on a new drive on ebay ^_^

edit: wohoo! won it Dvd drive hopefully this one will last a bit longer!

ermmm.. I very strongly recommend not to buy a cheap thing and not from ebay (you don't know where is has been and/or how many times the box has fallen on the ground already. Also, you don't know if the previous owner misused the drive, or even if he is a smoker or not (this will influence the reading and writing a lot and can even damage your CDs, DVDs!))...

A decent new basic DVD writer doesn't cost that much anymore and is certainly not worth the hassle and very uncertainty over ebay...

Lasers are an extremely delicate thing....

What speed are you burning at? Try it slower. I usually burn at 10x or 12x.

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Originally posted by kao
What speed are you burning at? Try it slower. I usually burn at 10x or 12x.

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mine does 4x! tried lower and it doesnt really work...

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
ermmm.. I very strongly recommend not to buy a cheap thing and not from ebay (you don't know where is has been and/or how many times the box has fallen on the ground already. Also, you don't know if the previous owner misused the drive, or even if he is a smoker or not (this will influence the reading and writing a lot and can even damage your CDs, DVDs!))...

A decent new basic DVD writer doesn't cost that much anymore and is certainly not worth the hassle and very uncertainty over ebay...

Lasers are an extremely delicate thing....

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hm, bit late now... oh well! not that much gone down the pan if it doesn't work