Disc not being recognized?

[misterm]

Hi, I bought Maxwell DVD+R

When I put the blank disc into my drive it does not recognize it.

The DVD drive: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4020B

[Chewy]

It will read a burned dvd+r, but won't burn one, so it can't see a blank!

[blutach]

To check out what you drive can do, open DVD Decrypter and from the menu: Tools - Drive - Capabilities

Regards

[misterm]

Thanks

I can't write DVD+R

Anyway to get around this? or do I need to buy some new hardware?

[blutach]

Rather than chuck away good disks, buy a new multi function burner. The hardware is so cheap these days.

Regards

[Chewy]

the bad news, your burner will burn(maybe) dvd-r's(~2x) which you
won't find.

the good news, new burners are better than ever and cheaper than ever.

[Chewy]

a new multi function burner.

LG called his a multiburner.

dvd-ram



which is why I bought my 4163B

[misterm]

The best is?

[Chewy]

any new model of nec
or retail model of Benq

[misterm]

Ive dug this up

BenQ DW1620 DVD+/-RW DL Drive

Is this good?

[Chewy]

retail has better firmware than bulk/oem

the new 1640 is probably a little better

[drfsupercenter]

the bad news, your burner will burn(maybe) dvd-r's(~2x) which you
won't find.

Not really, as DVD-R 8x or 16x discs will burn at 2x also. At least the ones made for recorders will, as recorders record at 1x. As for the drive, check this out, it is cheap, maybe not the best, but burns fine for me. Even though there are bad reviews, it works fine:

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0216119

[Chewy]

Not really, as DVD-R 8x or 16x discs will burn at 2x also.

firmware???

109 is from jan 2004

[blutach]

I love my LG4163B - except for the lack of PI info.

Regards