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Posted by Rick Merrill on 02/25/06 13:28
Ryan P. wrote:
> Rick Merrill wrote:
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>> Ryan P. wrote:
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>>> I've been perfectly happy with this burner until just today.
>>> Despite my upgrading to the latest firmware, I can't get this burner
>>> to recognize blank Burn*Master 16x DVD-R discs.
>>>
>>> I know that its not on the "approved" manufacturer's list, but even
>>> if I can't burn 16x speed, it should still be able to tell that a
>>> blank DVD has been insterted. The device works perfectly fine with
>>> Imation 12x DVD-R's.
>>>
>>> I've tried both Nero and Ulead (which came with the drive) and no luck.
>>>
>>> Does anybody have any experience getting these to work?
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>> It cannot burn those, so it tells you so. The reason is that the dye
>> on the disks does not match (enough) the power spectrum of the laser.
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> According to the manual, it is capable of 16x read/write on DVD-R's
> which is why I'm confused. Hmmm... but I guess if they won't read, then
> they won't read, right?
In this case it has little to do with "16x" or dvd-r or dvd+r.
What most folk have had to do is to experiment and keep track of which
mfg disks work and which don't and which are flakey (sometimes work).
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