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LightScribe DVD drive not working?

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by sudoka

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Well, I recently got a Sony Optiarc DVD Drive with LightScribe built in (ad-7241s). Issue is, I can't get teh bloody damn thing to work. The lightscribe control center does not recognize it as a lightscribe drive. I've upgraded tot eh latest firmware, but still nothing. Any ideas what would cause a drive such as this one to show up in windows, be able to burn regular DVDs but not be able to use it's lightscribe power or be detected by lightscribe control center?

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by sudoka

Nothing.Guess I need to return the drive and get a refund. Or exchange it.

by older mycroft

I've got a Lightscribe-capable drive but I'm not familiar with whatever 'lightscribe control center' is.

Can you elucidate?

Try running something like Nero and see if it offers you the chance to design the Lightscribe label. That's the easiest way.

by sudoka

Well it's a lightscribe control center. Basically it just tells me (at this point) "Holly fuck dipshit! You don't have a lightscribe drive even though it's installed and it can burn dvds!" It also helps with options like darken the print and helps you find places to get lightscribe dvds and such from. It's totally useless, but the first response had a link tot he lightscribe site.

As for nero, i can't use it, it's out of it's trial period and I don't know how to reset it. Can you offer any other ideas of what programs to use?

by sudoka

And I've already done reinstalls. Still nothing. I can get tot he label maker template printer, but it can't find my drive at all.

by oh smeg

It very much sounds as if the drive is not a Litescribe Drive.

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by sudoka

I just got a new one, same exact deal.
This is starting to irritate me.

by older mycroft

To get an Different UNexact Deal.

If that particular optical drive has an inherent problem, getting an exact copy as a replacement may prolong the problem.

by sudoka

The one I got was a sony OEM, well at first, the second one is one from GearHead. So I'm pretty much out of ideas.

by sudoka

Well once I switched to 32 bit, it worked like a charm.
Still want a new case though.

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