DVD+-RW Drive problems

Hi guys,

My DVD burner (AOPEN DUW1608/12x) is acting up, it wont burn dvds but it will burn cds. I installed the latest firmware directly from AOPEN's website. I did create a logical CD drive recently so I was wondering what might cause my problems?!

It's probably a bad DVD lens. There are 2 lenses in the drive that are used, 1 for CDs and 1 for DVDs. In your case, probably the DVD lens is not working properly, probably you'll just have to replace the whole drive...

I agree, it sounds like the lens UNLESS the problem started after you installed the firmware. Then I'd say something went wrong with the update... If that's the case, you could try to reflash it with another version...

What kind of errors are you getting or what's happening?

well, it can't see files on dvds but it can tell a blank dvd from a dvd with something on it. but if it is a dvd with autoplay the autoplay wont happen and it will be treated as a disc with nothing on it but not blank if that makes any sense lol.



if i try to burn a dvd it will either err or it will finish with no errors, if it finishs with no errors the dvd wont work anyways lol.



actually I do hope that it is just the dvd lense bc thats not my fault rite? and i have a full hardware warenty @ staples so i can just take it in.

I am trying all firmware versions available on the AOPEN site.

I very much doubt that it is anything else but the DVD lens. You may want to try CD cleaning kits. It coul be just dirty. I doubt that it's the firmware at all. Sometimes, lenses simply lose their power. In fact, that is why lenses usually die off. Their intensity goes low making them unable to read data.



JAN

okay thanks, i do have a cd cleaning cd ill throw it in and give it a whirl, but will that only clean the cd lens or will it also clean the dvd lens?

didnt work although after i updated my firmware i was able to watch a dvd movie, but dvd+r wont read or write when it is suposed to be able to do both, and i authored a dvd+r before and it worked like a dream.

I think that it could possibly do the CD one as well as the DVD. However, teh Cd one is 100% and the DVD one, I really do not know. Perhaps they have a DVD lens cleaner DVD.



JAN