I've been having some problems with my DVD burner recently. I've looked all over for fixes, and I can't figure it out. Here's the deal...it will read already burned or real CD's and DVD's fine. However, if I put a blank CD or even a blank DVD in, the drive name changes from "DVD-RW Drive" to just "CD Drive." I've uninstalled all my virtual drives, uninstalled the DVD drive and the secondary IDE controller and restarted so that it installed them again. No luck with that. I've also shut my computer off, unplugged the IDE cable from the drive, booted up, shut off, plugged IDE back in and booted up...no luck. I've reinstalled Nero and no luck. I'm really frustrated with it and would really appreciate some help. THANKS Sean AMD Athlon 64 3500+ socket 939 Antec 430True PSU 1GB OCZ PC3200 DDR RAM 2x120GB 7200PRM HD's SATA/RAID 0 250GB 7200RPM SATA PNY Nvidia 6800 128MB Lite-On DVD+-RW DL

I would try a different brand of disc. Amazing how may won't read correctly in some players. Larry "Have no fear of perfection -- you'll never reach it." Salvadore Dali

Lijiman, This may help. ============================================ Open My Computer, right click the Burner icon, Properties, Recording Tab and see if the box "Enable recording on this drive" has a checkmark. This is very often the case when Burners can read but do not burn CDs. Cheers de Peter

What is the exact model of the burner? How old is it? Have you done any updates of WinXp or other software? What software are you attempting to burn with? Have you got to the Lite-on support area? Is there any software to diagnosis your drive at there website? Have you installed any new software or additional hardware lately coinciding with the burner not working? Never say Never Romeo Void Firefox 1.0.7 A Safer Browser Thunderbird 1.0.7

I have tried using Memorex CD's and some offbrand DVD also. I have already made sure that the "Enable recording on this drive" is checked. I don't actually know how long it has been messed up so I don't know if any software that I recently installed might have done it. I've tried burning with Nero, DVD Decryptor, and DVD Shrink. I haven't contacted Lit-On yet, but I probably will soon. I don't know exactly what model it is because I'm on my work computer right now. Thanks for the replies AMD Athlon 64 3500+ socket 939 Antec 430True PSU 1GB OCZ PC3200 DDR RAM 2x120GB 7200PRM HD's SATA/RAID 0 250GB 7200RPM SATA PNY Nvidia 6800 128MB Lite-On DVD+-RW DL

A few more specifics might be helpful to finding a solution. We'll wait to hear from you.

I'm having the same exact problem and my dvd burner is a Lite-on dvdrw sohw-1633s nothing i try will fix it... it will only burn cds. but not dvds