DVD-RAM drive can read dvds, read cds, write cds, butcant write dvds

When i put in a blank DVD, it loads for about 10 minutes, and My Computer freezes, then once its done loading, it says there is no DVD in there. I'm using a Pioneer DVR-113NP (thats what it says in device manager), and on the box it says it can write DVD-R discs. The discs im using are DVD-R discs. They dont work. Suggestions?

forest jones wrote:

> When i put in a blank DVD, it loads for about 10 minutes, and My Computer
> freezes, then once its done loading, it says there is no DVD in there. I'm
> using a Pioneer DVR-113NP (thats what it says in device manager), and on
> the box it says it can write DVD-R discs. The discs im using are DVD-R
> discs. They dont work. Suggestions?

Sounds like you need to replace the drive.

Malke
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Try writing to a cd instead of a dvd,dvd players can write to both,see what
results.

"forest jones" wrote:

> When i put in a blank DVD, it loads for about 10 minutes, and My Computer freezes, then once its done loading, it says there is no DVD in there. I'm using a Pioneer DVR-113NP (thats what it says in device manager), and on the box it says it can write DVD-R discs. The discs im using are DVD-R discs. They dont work. Suggestions?
>
>

On Sep 1, 4:58*am, Andrew E. <eckric...@msn.com> wrote:
> * Try writing to a cd instead of a dvd,dvd players can write to both,see what
> *results.
>
> "forest jones" wrote:
> > When i put in a blank DVD, it loads for about 10 minutes, and My Computer freezes, then once its done loading, it says there is no DVD in there. I'm using a Pioneer DVR-113NP (thats what it says in device manager), and onthe box it says it can write DVD-R discs. The discs im using are DVD-R discs. They dont work. Suggestions?

DVD players are not supposed to write to disks. When it states
"player," it can only read disks.

I would head over to www.rpc1.org. This is a web forum that deals
with DVD / CD drives.

As for your current problem, DVD recordable drive tend to have a
"list" of compatible media stored in its firmware. You can find
utilities that will read the Media Description code off the DVD media
and I did find another tool to read the firmware compatible media
list. (Check the web site above.)

forest jones wrote (in news:2008831163453mcjonessparks@yahoo.com):

> When i put in a blank DVD, it loads for about 10 minutes, and My Computer
> freezes, then once its done loading, it says there is no DVD in there. I'm
> using a Pioneer DVR-113NP (thats what it says in device manager), and on the
> box it says it can write DVD-R discs. The discs im using are DVD-R discs.
> They dont work. Suggestions?

Your drive is actually an Asus DRW-2014x in a Pioneer shell (optical drives are
often given new stickers and sold as different brands).

It should say that there is no disc if you put a blank in, because it’s blank.
What happens when you try to write a DVD-R? Does it give an error?

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