DVD-RW not recognising blank disk (by 3 users)
posted by Orange on Nov 29, 2006
Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-111D
This drive can read & write CDs and it will play DVDs, but will not recognize a blank DVD in the drive.
I have updated, uninstalled, reinstalled, and rolled over the driver. I have used a DVD Identifier which recognizes there is a blank disk in the drive.
It will prompt me to use a program on plug-n-play.
I have tried both DVD-/+R.
XP and my Roxio CD DVD creator do not recognize that there is a blank disk in the drive.
What can I do next???
2 Other Users Have The Same Problem
Comment by dwlam, posted on Dec 27, 2007
I have CD and DVD burners on my machine. The CD is LG CD-RW GCE-8526B and the DVD is Pioneer DVR-111D. Both are giving me problems with creating discs. I think it is a controller/Windows XP issue for I feel the commonality of the problems (symptom 2 below) does not limit my issues to one defective drive. As well, while researching this problem I came across a thread (that I now can't find) about someone with similar challenges but they were resolved by downloading new drivers for a SATA controller. My drive controllers are EIDE on the motherboard.
These are the symptoms I am experiencing with the Pioneer drive:
- Won't cue to read CD's that are homemade compilations of install discs (eg, slipstreamed WinXP SP2) or install discs commercially produced. The drive starts and stops as if it can not find the first track.
- Eratically, this drive will cue a blank CD-RW but I can not record to it for I get a message that the disc is not recordable. It will not cue a CD-RW with data. This issue is identical for the LG CD-RW.
- Recently, it has started to give problems to record DVD or DVD RW. Using Nero 6 Enterrprise Edition, after a DVD-RW is produced, I receive a message that it is unreadable or the data is corrupt. As I discovered quite by accident, if I reboot the system, the disc becomes readable in the drive. Something similar is occuring if I burn the compilation to a DVD+or-R. The file list will appear in Explorer (no error the disc is unreadable or the data is corrupt) but the files (AVI/MPG) will not play. If I reboot the system, the files will play.
- I can't use Nero to erase a DVD RW. I have to erase it in Roxio Creator Classic 6. Under Nero, the dialog for erase status hangs for a long time at 100%. If I try to re-use the disc, it has the data still on there.
- I can't use Roxio to burn a DVD RW compilation. No data is transferred to the disc. The drive shows some activity in the access light and then simply sits and does nothing. Cancelling the burn does not work. To exit Roxio I have to kick it out by ending the process in Task Manager.
- I have no challenges with DVD RW when I back-up my system in a PC-DOS environment using Norton Ghost.
The firmware is up to date on both drives. After the update, I removed the drives through the Device Manager and rebooted the system. Still no improvement.
Hope someone has some ideas.
Have a great day!
Comment by Macfixer, posted on Nov 27, 2007
The burner does not recognize the disc being in the drive.
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I have just had the same proble. Removed any DVD & Voila!!
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Solution #2
posted on Nov 29, 2006
GuruIf the drive reads commercial CDs and DVDs and your software is configured correctly then I would suspect media or the drive itself.
1) Buy a good optical drive cleaning kit, clean and retest.
2) Buy some of the DVD media the manufacturer recommend and run tests with that since they will suspect the media as well. Also make sure you purchase media that is certified for the recording speed of your drive as well. Physically check both sides of the blank disk for gouges or scratches. When you run your test don?t assume every piece of media you have is good. I?ve had as many as three in a row fail to be recognized before I get a good one. Yep, this even happens with the top of the line brands on occasion.
3) Check your burning software and make sure you have the right drive set to be the target drive. If you have multiple optical drives on your PC don?t assume you know the correct drive letter, test it. Sometimes things change without you knowing??
4) You can also try putting the drive in another PC (if you have that option) on the off chance something weird is going on with the cabling, power or controller.
I also had a rash of users with this type of problem a few years ago. Most of the incidents were solved by using name brand media such as HP, Maxell or Fujifilm. They were buying the really cheap, no name brands from the campus store (paying premium prices to boot). Three other users actually had defective burners which took some time to isolate since the problems were sporadic. To be honest I actually had to fib to get the manufacturer to take them back but once the new drive was installed the problems never reappeared.
1) Buy a good optical drive cleaning kit, clean and retest.
2) Buy some of the DVD media the manufacturer recommend and run tests with that since they will suspect the media as well. Also make sure you purchase media that is certified for the recording speed of your drive as well. Physically check both sides of the blank disk for gouges or scratches. When you run your test don?t assume every piece of media you have is good. I?ve had as many as three in a row fail to be recognized before I get a good one. Yep, this even happens with the top of the line brands on occasion.
3) Check your burning software and make sure you have the right drive set to be the target drive. If you have multiple optical drives on your PC don?t assume you know the correct drive letter, test it. Sometimes things change without you knowing??
4) You can also try putting the drive in another PC (if you have that option) on the off chance something weird is going on with the cabling, power or controller.
I also had a rash of users with this type of problem a few years ago. Most of the incidents were solved by using name brand media such as HP, Maxell or Fujifilm. They were buying the really cheap, no name brands from the campus store (paying premium prices to boot). Three other users actually had defective burners which took some time to isolate since the problems were sporadic. To be honest I actually had to fib to get the manufacturer to take them back but once the new drive was installed the problems never reappeared.
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posted on May 04, 2007
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i'm having the same problem...
i can say that SONY just sucks. Everything I have ever had has had stupid fukkin shit happen to it. Walkmans that just stopped playing, clumsy and difficult to use MD players, a standalone dvd-vcr recorder that wouldn't go to it's 'menu' page (therefore making it useless)...
the solution: go buy yerself a new burner and make sure it's not a SONY...
that's what i'm going to do.
i can say that SONY just sucks. Everything I have ever had has had stupid fukkin shit happen to it. Walkmans that just stopped playing, clumsy and difficult to use MD players, a standalone dvd-vcr recorder that wouldn't go to it's 'menu' page (therefore making it useless)...
the solution: go buy yerself a new burner and make sure it's not a SONY...
that's what i'm going to do.
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Solution #4
posted on Jan 21, 2007
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Had exactly the same problem.
Firstly check that your firmware is up to date, it should be Version 1.06, see if that works. If it doesnt i suspect that your DMA is switched off, in which case you need to go into device manager and change from pio into dma if availble, that will almost certainly be
the problem, if you don't get any joy try to burn a disc and when it fails save the failure log and post it to Plextor.be and ask them to look into it but i suspect that you DMA is switched to off.
David.
Firstly check that your firmware is up to date, it should be Version 1.06, see if that works. If it doesnt i suspect that your DMA is switched off, in which case you need to go into device manager and change from pio into dma if availble, that will almost certainly be
the problem, if you don't get any joy try to burn a disc and when it fails save the failure log and post it to Plextor.be and ask them to look into it but i suspect that you DMA is switched to off.
David.
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Solution #5
posted on Jan 17, 2007
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It has been found that installation of ANYDVD creates conflict (not known how) and does not allow DVD-R/RW or DV+R/RW disks to not even be recognized by the DVD writer. Uninstalling ANYDVD solves the problem. This I had posted in CDFreaks Forum and also in rpc1 forum almost 2 years ago.
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