Computer will NOT recognize DVD Burner?? what to do?
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Posted by Crackles McFarly on November 4, 2007, 12:50 pm
Please log in for more thread options any dvd. It gives some error saying either the drive isn't installed or that the media is incompatable. I've already swaped out and tried 3 different drives, rebooted and everything. Can someone help? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jan Alter on November 4, 2007, 1:46 pm
Please log in for more thread options Does the drive show up in the bios? If not then from what you say it could be that the IDE channel or the data cable are bad. You might try connecting the drive to the same cable as your hard drive as a slave, while jumpering the hdd as a master with slave. bearpuf@verizon.net or jalter@phila.k12.pa.us | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on November 4, 2007, 2:06 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:50:36 -0500, Crackles McFarly
>I have a computer that, of all DVD Burners I've tried, refuses to burn
>any dvd. It gives some error saying either the drive isn't installed >or that the media is incompatable. > >I've already swaped out and tried 3 different drives, rebooted and >everything. > >Can someone help? Is this system running any particular OS, something like Unix or FreeNAS or LynxOS or ?? Let's suppose windows, since it's a popular one. Does the drive show up properly identified in Device Manager? Did you update your burning software to latest version or at least patched to support these specific drives? This latter variable is the most common problem sometimes even occurring with the software shipped with the (retail packaged) drive. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by JAD on November 4, 2007, 2:31 pm
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>I have a computer that, of all DVD Burners I've tried, refuses to burn
> any dvd. It gives some error saying either the drive isn't installed > or that the media is incompatable. > > I've already swaped out and tried 3 different drives, rebooted and > everything. > > Can someone help? Get a new 80 pin IDE cable - if that's the interface If its SATA drives, you definitely have to have the latest firmware for the drive AND patches for the software. The software must recognize the drive. NO ZIP drives on the same IDE as the burner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by JAD on November 4, 2007, 2:32 pm
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> any dvd. It gives some error saying either the drive isn't installed
> or that the media is incompatable.
>
> I've already swaped out and tried 3 different drives, rebooted and
> everything.
>
> Can someone help?