Posted by Stan Brown on 02/18/07 08:58

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:31:51 -0600 from <Boris <Boris>>:
> I'm running WinXP Home with a Plextor 708A burner. It's been working
> fine for about two years.
>
> Today, I went to view a DVD movie, and it played the movie fine.
>
> I then inserted a store bought audio CD, but the drive wouldn't even
> recognize it. I tried a CD with data on it (my router set up cd), and
> the Plextor wouldn't recognize it either.

There are two lasers, one for DVD and one for CD. Evidently the CD
one has gone bad. Two years is not unreasonably short, if you've been
using it a lot.

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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
DVD FAQ: http://dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html
other FAQs: http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/faqget.htm

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