what could be worng with my liteon cd-rw

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by N5638J, Jul 31, 2005.

  1. N5638J

    N5638J Guest

    i have a internal liteon cd-rw 52x32x52 i had it for alittle more thin a year (still have box and everything paid like $70 to $90 for it and hate for it to be going out already) but now it will not read any disks but it will write http://forums.majorgeeks.com/images/smilies/eek.gif does this mean that my cd-rw might be going out? and i should replace it? even tho it still writes like it was new i always keep it clean and keep the dust and stuff away from it. dont liteon have a warr. for 3years for there stuff? should i contact them about this?
     
  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Yeah i would contact them, wont hurt to do so.

    also in the mean time, reconnect the drive cables unplug and re-plug, delete drive from device manager and reboot so the OS picks the driver up again.

    try another writer on same cable to rule out anything else being the problem ( may need nice friend who can help you with spare drive to test with )

    finally the read laser could have died.
     
  3. N5638J

    N5638J Guest

    ok i contacted them maybe i will get a anwser from them in this lifetime
    i tried unhooking it and reconnecting it and i got the same problem i tried the cd-rw from that dell i am working on and it worked just fine so it has to be the drive so we will wait and see what they have to say about this
     
  4. N5638J

    N5638J Guest

    still no anwser from themhttp://forums.majorgeeks.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif:( oh well any ways i found something out the drive will read disk's like battlefield1942 and such but it will not read burned disk's (IE disk's i made with it that has drivers, freeware and such) does this mean that maybe the lens is just dirty?
     
  5. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    that is possible... do you have cleaner cd?

    just a thought, are there any firmware updates for your model of burner, newer than the one you have?

    Nero's info tool can tell you this info.
     
  6. N5638J

    N5638J Guest

    where would i look for a firmware update for this and heres a screen shot of what the info tool gave me. no i don't have a cleaner cd. i tried one of them before on another cd-rom and it messed it up:(
     

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