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CD Burner does not recognize a blank CD

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by strgate

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My CD Burner was working properly then from one day to the next it failed to recognize blank cd's regardless of the blank cd's speed. I have gotten it to see the Blank cd a few times since and have created cd's but then it dies again.
Any Ideas? Checked for Viruses with Norton.

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by timthetoolman

Hi,

Have you tried cleaning it? There are lens cleaners available.... it sounds to me like its getting old and worn out.

I dont think it'll be a software issue if it periodically works, although it would be worthwhile updating the drivers in case the newer ones (if there are any) are a little more tolerant than the old ones.

Cheers,
Tim.

by timthetoolman

Hi Pete,

Thanks for your reply...

"I did run a cleaner through it. The unit is no more than a month old. I can get it to work in another PC. Just not this one."

But I'm still not clear whether it periodically works in your PC or only in another one?

If its only the other one, then have you tried uninstalling and re-installing the drivers in your PC? They can get corrupted.

It may also be worth your while swapping it to another IDE controller if thats an option.

Doublecheck thejumper settings on the drive. Depending on your configuration it should be correctly set to master (if on its own controller) or slave (if sharing a controller with your boot disk).

If you have access to any, check other CD writing software as well.

Does it always read CDs ok?

btw. I've subscribed to this question now, so if you add a comment, I'll be notified and take a look.

Cheers,
Tim.

by caplock

I had this on my CD burner also I assume you are using Rxio or CD Creator ver XXX. If so there are several patches to run to update to 5.1.XX and an update for the drives themselves. This cured my problem.

by strgate

Hi Caplock;

Tried your suggestions and unfortunately they did not work. Any other Ideas?

Thanks
Pete

by bohicam1

I have seen a few problems recently with burners and windowsXP while also having roxio installed. Is this the case? There is a known compatibility issue with XP and some of the older burning software out there.
Good luck!

Mike

by aebas

I also had this problem with XP. Is this by chance a CDRW drive? I seem to have no problems writing to a CDRW. I only had problems when I attempted to burn from a CDR.

I was able to fix this problem by installing Adaptec Easy CD Creator 5.x

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