DVD-RW drive won't recognize media

[OKravetz]

I'm using an Optorite DD0405. It usally works fine burning Khypermedia CD-Rs and Fujifilm DVD-Rs. However, this time I tried to burn a TDX CD-RW, and and it won't recognize it. My Computer changes the drive from "DVD-RW Drive" to "CD Drive" when I insert a brand new, blank disk. When I try to open this, It says the action is invalid and the disk in inaccessible. This has also happened with a few DVD-Rs that i've borrowed from friends (don't know the media type). Oh, and the firmware is the latest version: 160E

Thanks.

P.S. : Win XP Pro, Nero 6.6 among others, anything i'm forgetting?

 

[OKravetz]

same problem

apparently, i have the same problem as the guy here:

http://www.techist.com/showthread.php?threadid=31459&highlight=dd0405

as well as every other optorite owner ever. I now know not to get another optorite. But, unlike the guy above, i do not have another burner with me. So this is what i have and i need it to work.

Does anyone know a solution or know where I can find one?

 

[diabloII]

no need for double posting

btw, i dont think anyone here owns an optorite

 

[EricB]

I'm using an Optorite DD0405. It usally works fine burning Khypermedia CD-Rs and Fujifilm DVD-Rs. However, this time I tried to burn a TDX CD-RW, and and it won't recognize it. My Computer changes the drive from "DVD-RW Drive" to "CD Drive" when I insert a brand new, blank disk. When I try to open this, It says the action is invalid and the disk in inaccessible. This has also happened with a few DVD-Rs that i've borrowed from friends (don't know the media type). Oh, and the firmware is the latest version: 160E

Thanks.

P.S. : Win XP Pro, Nero 6.6 among others, anything i'm forgetting?

Don't ever, ever use Optorite. they are nothing but problems. they have a history of being problematic

 

[OKravetz]

yes, i realize this now....but it's too late.
I figured out that while the drive doesn't recognize the media, Nero will stil burn the disk succesfully, and when you put the burned disk in, the drive will recognize it