Hey fellas
I recently upgraded my system and everything was fine till i decided to burn a DVD for a friend.
My DVD can read CDs, DVDs and burn blank CDs but doesn't not recognise a blank DVD
The same problem arose in this thread but it was hijacked and never resolved.
Basically, when i put a blank CD in, it shows 702MB left and 702MB total
When i put in a blank DVD in, it shows 0bytes left and 0bytes total
When i try and burn a DVD anyway [using nero], it says i do not have enough space on the disk
Tests that I have conducted:
-Changing IDE cables
-Swapping DVD with my bro's brand new DVD burner
-Installing drivers from the manufacturer's site
-Uninstalling and reinstalling the hardware/drivers
-Using my DVD burner on 2 other computers
This is what i've come up with so far:
-It is not the IDE cable
-It is not the driver/firmware
-It is not the DVD burner because it works fine on other computers
-Not even my bro's new DVD burner works
-My computer doesn't not recognise a blank DVD
I am not attempting to burn media files of any sort..just pure data files..my bro's dvd burner is competible with -R and +R
any ideas?
i've tried everything i can think of and i'm going to call the computer shop tomorrow...my new comp specs are below..cept for a new GPU: 7600GT
thx
I recently upgraded my system and everything was fine till i decided to burn a DVD for a friend.
My DVD can read CDs, DVDs and burn blank CDs but doesn't not recognise a blank DVD
The same problem arose in this thread but it was hijacked and never resolved.
Basically, when i put a blank CD in, it shows 702MB left and 702MB total
When i put in a blank DVD in, it shows 0bytes left and 0bytes total
When i try and burn a DVD anyway [using nero], it says i do not have enough space on the disk
Tests that I have conducted:
-Changing IDE cables
-Swapping DVD with my bro's brand new DVD burner
-Installing drivers from the manufacturer's site
-Uninstalling and reinstalling the hardware/drivers
-Using my DVD burner on 2 other computers
This is what i've come up with so far:
-It is not the IDE cable
-It is not the driver/firmware
-It is not the DVD burner because it works fine on other computers
-Not even my bro's new DVD burner works
-My computer doesn't not recognise a blank DVD
I am not attempting to burn media files of any sort..just pure data files..my bro's dvd burner is competible with -R and +R
any ideas?
i've tried everything i can think of and i'm going to call the computer shop tomorrow...my new comp specs are below..cept for a new GPU: 7600GT
thx