Nero will not burn DVD-R

[jibber4568]

Hi dont know if anyone can help me. I have always used Nero 6.6.0.18 to burn to DVD-R without any problems. Recently i upgraded Nero but then had problems writng via DVDShrink. So i followed your advice and reverted to 6.6.0.18. However now i cant burn via DVDShrink or Nero. If i use a DVD-R it states that a DVD-R is in the drive however says that it is not writeable. I have tried uninstalling Nero and then reinstalling but with no luck.

The weird thing to me is that i have a single DVD+RW disk and this works fine. Its just really annoying constantly having to erase and rewrite to his one disk.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Cheers

[Chewy]

did you run the clean tool between uninstalling and reinstalling nero?

essential step

how many dvd-r's have you tried to burn to?

[jibber4568]

yeah ive uninstalled and run the clean tool a couple of times.

Have tried about 10 disks from 2 different brandnew baches

[Chewy]

download imgburn or use dvddecrypter and see what they say when you put a dvd-r blank in the drive

in write mode they will show if it's writtable or not

drive may be bad/dirty?

[jibber4568]

This is what ImgBurn says when i put in a brand new blank DVD-R

SONY DVD RW DRU-710A BY01 (USB)
Current Profile: DVD-R

Disc Information:
Status: Complete
Erasable: No
Sessions: 1
Free Sectors: 2,297,888
Free Space: 4,706,074,624 bytes
Free Time: 510:40:38 (MM:SS:FF)
Supported Write Speeds: 1x, 2x, 4x

Pre-recorded Information:
Manufacturer ID: TYG03

Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
Book Type: DVD-R
Part Version: 5
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 1
Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP)
Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 0
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0



In the bottom left it then says disc not empty, which is a bit weird.

Im confused now??

[Chewy]

SONY DVD RW DRU-710A BY01 (USB)

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=1917

your firmware belongs in the smithsonian

try the latest one?

these disks(TYG03)
didn't exist in 2004

your drive read ok?????

[jibber4568]

yeah havent experienced any problems with reading.

am i right to assume that i want the latest firmware, ie BYX5.

Also once i have downloaded the firmware is it as simple as just running the .exe. Just checking due to it saying that its vital this is done properly.


Cheers again mate.

[Chewy]

I would try to shut down as many programs running in the background, as possible before executing the firmware upgrade, usb burning is iffy at best due to the nature of the usb bus being system intensive.

that's the firmware you need

make sure the drive is empty

[jibber4568]

cool cheers, also it states that the firmware is for DRU-710A, whereas i have the DRX-710ul. Does this matter?

[Chewy]

imgburn seemed to think you had a SONY DVD RW DRU-710A

the ul just meant it was in a usb enclosure

[jibber4568]

well ive defo got the DRX, ill give the above firmware a go and hope for the best.

[jibber4568]

As i type this reply, by burner is once again writing to DVD-R's.

Mate you are an absolute legend!!!

Cheers again for all your help


Jibber4568