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shardian:
I have a Gateway MX6454 laptop and the dvd+-R RW drive is a Philips sdvd8820.
This dvd burner has one problem, the *^%^&*% thing won't let me burn a %$&%&^*% dvd!!!
I can burn cd's just fine, but any time I go to add a file to a dvd-r, I get an error. After looking up this drive online, it seems it is a piece of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- and everyone has problems with it, except for the fact they can actually get to the burning process.
The discs I tried today are the premium Taiyo Yuden's . I tried to do a burn a week or so ago with another brand and got the same error, but didn't think anything of it at the time.
Hopefully someone can help me out, as I don't really want to send my lappy off. They tend to wipe hard drives for no reason in my experience.
Loki:
Try some other burning software? :S
shardian:
I almost always use built in burning software in windows xp for data cd's. I also tried the software that cam with the pc, but it will not even get to the point where I can add files to the dvd.
Crax:
Did you make sure you were on the latest firmware for your burner? I recently had a problem with some sony discs only showing up burnable at 2x on my desktop dvd burner until I updated the firmware. Then everything went smoothly.
shardian:
I found a firmware upgrade over a Dell's website. It didn't help. It is like the drive isn't even seeing a dvd-r disc.
It appears Dell's solution to this drive is to send out a replacement NEC drive to people who ---smurfette--- enough. COuldn't find any cases for the Gateway notebooks and this drive.
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