problem burning cds with the usb 2.0 Portable Multi-Burner

[carlosvg86]

Hi guys,

I recently reinstalled my laptop (Thinkpad x31 2673Y13) and everything was going just fine, all my drivers installed, done all of my updates, just like a charm. Today I wanted to burn an audio cd for my education and every single program I try doesn't burn!

I tested the drivers, uninstalled them and reinstalled them, the laptop detects it properly i think, it does play audio cds, but doesn't burn em! When I try to burn in wmplayer it says 'connect burner and restart' in itunes it gives me a similar error 'failed to burn etc..'

The burner doesn't even start and the discs stay unharmed, i tried it with many fresh, new cdr's. I used to be able to write dvd's and Cd's with this little external drive so I don't think it has broken since. I have been looking for drivers for this external burner, but can't find 'em anywhere!

The only thing that does make me suspicious of some faulty setting is the fact that the drive shows up as D: cd-rom. While it is actually a multi burner (cd & dvd) I have been goin kind of crazy trying to get it to work, and I usually succeed in doing so, but now i really can't figure it out.

Oh forgot to mention; when trying to burn in itunes i had the choice between the e: drive and the d: drive (both usb2 ibm multiburner descripted), when i selected e: it couldn't detect that drive and proposed burning it with the d: drive. The same error message showed up and afterwards the choice between both drives disappeared and I had to select the d:, and of course that did nt work either!


Is there some thinkpad-guru out there who is able to help me out?! Your help will be appreciated with tons of karma!

cheers


Carlos

[ZaZ]

XP does show DVDRWs as CD-ROMs. Perhaps as a place to start you could test the drive on another PC? You could try to fire up PC-Doctor or System Toolbox to see if that tells you anything.

[rkawakami]

You can also try downloading DVDInfoPro HD v4.79 from here: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/cd_dv ... nfopro.cfm

and that program can give you details of the drive's capabilities.

[Harryc]

What's the FRU # on the bottom of the drive?

[carlosvg86]

What's the FRU # on the bottom of the drive?

First of all, thanks for the fast replies! I'll try those things you guys proposed and get back to you! The FRU # is 22P9165


cheers!

[carlosvg86]

Hi guys I already tried DVDInfo pro HD, it asked me if I wanted to change a certain setting, because it was set to something else I can't remember I accidently clicked it anyways here's some drive info:

Drive Profiles
Profile 0000h Reserved Profile
Profile 0014h DVD-RW Sequential Recording
Profile 0013h DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite
Profile 0012h DVD-RAM Re-Writable
Profile 0011h DVD-R Sequential Recording
Profile 0010h DVD-ROM Read Only
Profile 000ah CD-RW Re-Writable
Profile 0009h CD-R Write Once
Profile 0008h CD-ROM Read Only
Profile 0002h Removable disc
Drive Features
Feature 0001h Core behaviour
Feature 0002h Morphing
Feature 0003h Removable Medium
Feature 0004h Write Protectable
Feature 0010h Random Readable
Feature 001dh Multi Read CD
Feature 001eh CD Read
Feature 001fh DVD Read
Feature 0021h Incremental Streaming Writable
Feature 0023h Formattable
Feature 0026h Restricted Overwrite
Feature 002ch Rigid Restricted Overwrite
Feature 002dh CD Track at Once (TAO)
Feature 002eh CD Mastering (SAO/RAW)
Feature 002fh DVD-R/RW Write
Feature 0100h Power Management
Feature 0103h CD Audio Analog Play
Feature 0105h Timeout
Feature 0106h DVD CSS Authentication
Feature 0107h Real Time Streaming
Feature 0108h Logical Unit Serial Number
Feature 010bh DVD CPRM Authentication

and

Drive Mode pages
Read/Write Error Recovery page 1h
Write Parameters page 5h
Caching page 8h
CD Audio Control page Eh
Power Condition page 1Ah
Time-out & Protect page 1Dh
MM Capabilities & Mechanical Status page 2Ah


I'm too much of a noob to understand this program! I'll be able to check the drive on another computer in a couple of hours! I'll keep u guys posted


grtz

[carlosvg86]

Okay I noticed something when using system toolbox for the first time ever. When trying to test the cd/dvd-rw drive I could only test dvd-r &rw's. The information told me that this drive was only capable of burning dvd-r's and dvd-rw's. This used to not be the case, and I don't really have any empty dvd's at home so I can't really check it out either.. Anyone who might have a clue?


grtz

[carlosvg86]

still haven't really figured it out, could somebody please help me out?


thanks!

[carlosvg86]

Okay I guess this mistery remains unsolved I was planning on buying a macbook pro, so I'll just do that

[siya-u]

Hi,

Insufficient power supplied to the DVD burner may be the source of the problem. Try to connect an external power adapter (if your drive accepts this kind of connection) or you can use a seperate USB power cable.

Take care...