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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? (A) cheap is good

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RE: Burning DVDS (movie & data) Fail 100%
Tried different DVD-R disks?
Also, did you try DVD+R disks? (not "-")
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Tried different DVD-R disks?
Also, did you try DVD+R disks? (not "-")
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!

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RE: Burning DVDS (movie & data) Fail 100%
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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What speed are you burning at? Try it slower. I usually burn at 10x or 12x.
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What speed are you burning at? Try it slower. I usually burn at 10x or 12x.
mine does 4x! tried lower and it doesnt really work...

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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....

;)

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

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