I have a Plextor DVDR PX-708A. I was wondering if I can burn audio cds using blank cd-r discs. for some reason its states the inserted cd/dvd could not be detected successfully when i try and burn a audio cd.

this might be because you have not selected the option to burn an audio or data dvd or your burning software does not support dvd burning
there are plenty of free burning software programs on the internet

http://www.majorgeeks.com/BurnAware_Free_d5839.html

BurnAware Free is one of the most popular free CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc burning software available for Windows.
Using this program you can easily create and burn Audio and MP3 CD, Data and DVD-Video disc, ISO and Cue Image,
erase or format rewritable disc, copy your CD or DVD to ISO image. hope this helps

drivers, bad dvd, or the dvd player is bad, and possibly the usb to your computer 1.0, 2.0, 3.0

The speed is determined by the speed of the burner for the type of writable media (disk) you are using and the speed the writable media supports. (For example: I have CD-R disks from years ago that don't write as fast as the CD-R disks I purchased recently.)

The lowest of these two speeds is the max write speed.

Unfortunately, there is a ridiculously large number of disk writing standards which affect write speeds. Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_recorder

If this helps please vote for my solution.

as you've changed the configuration of the drive from slave to master you need to go into the bois and change the settings for the drive so that it reads the px as master cd drive

Go to Plextor.com and download the firmware update. If you have the 708A-UF model, make sure you install the firmware update using a USB cable. Using a firewire cable to do the update can cause a data corruption problem with the firmware update.

Try getting new firmware from Plextor and see if that doesn't help the problem.

Hi,

Thanks for coming to FixYa, The problem you have is either a well documented software problem, corrupted plextor software or a failing drive.

Click the below link, then scroll down and click the "Fix It" button. Follow the onscreen instructions, restart when it's done and see if your drive re-appears. If it does, you're done, if it doesn't work then try re-installing the plextor software. Again if that doesn't work then your drive is most likely failed and you should replace it.

www.microsoft.com/kb/341060/

Hope this helps FixYa,


Chris

turn it of for about two hours the hard drive is probobly too hot =]]

Actually ,, ,What kind of dvd player are you playing it back on.. ??
Did you try other players ?
does it play on the computer ?

if it doesnt then try using a slower speed or different media..
please answer the questions above so i can help you further

it might be damaged.
actually i think it is and maybe you can try replacing it. if you want to try a fix let me know