Sony DRU 710 not writing DVDs or CDs

My Sony DRU 710 has stopped writing DVDs or Cds.Reading is sstill possible. Cleaned the lens with a cotton bud. Any clues?

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As with all writers eventually they fault at the lens and it gets out of line and cannot read discs, you can try the usual thing of checking Sony for any firmware updates, but first:- Go to my computer>right click>hardware tab>device manager, then down list to cd/dvd drives and click '+' sign and highlight your writer, right click on it and select uninstall. Restart PC and it will be automatically re installed, try again and if no change you will need to replace the drive as they are cheaper nowadays

Posted on Jun 20, 2007

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