Burning Issue

[Bumblebee Tuna]

My PC can not burn CD's. I did an update and then I was able to burn, once. But now it won't burn at all. I've changed burners, but I'm still getting the same thing. I've tried Nero 6 (with all updates), and used windows media player, but it doesn't seem to see the cd in the drive when I want to burn. I've checked the device manager, and it shows that the drive is there and recognized. Help!! I've thrown in a DVD as well, and it won't play.

 

[emeraldice]

check the cord. It's probably lose...that's what happens to me.

 

[ZeroX]

what error message do you get?

 

[emeraldice]

no...he/she doesn't get an error message...so it like...isn't even reading the drive. Actually, it regonizes it, so it knows that the cable's plugged in, but the cable's loose.

 

[Bumblebee Tuna]

Ya, it's not an error message, it sees the drive, it's just not recognizing that there is a cd in the drive to burn

 

[ZeroX]

but you can read cd's?

have you tried uninstalling from device manager and restarting to have it pick up again?

there might be a chance your burner is broken.

have you tried updating the firmware on this drive?

have you used this kind of media before?

 

[Bumblebee Tuna]

I'll try removing the drivers from device manager and see how that works. I've switched burners, and I'm still getting the same problem, and I know the second burner is ok. I've used Nero and win media to burn before. I'll check for the latest drivers, see if that helps. thanks

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

Do you have 2nd drive on the cable? Some reason every now an then my older 32x drive ****s with my new burner...

 

[Bumblebee Tuna]

I got it working, thanks for all your help. It just ended up being the IDE cable. I changed it, and now it works like a charm. Thanks all.

 

[Bumblebee Tuna]

ack, it didn't end up being the IDE cable. But I tried another burner, (yet another one), and it works. I guess the old burner was flaky. Anyways, thanks people.