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Author Topic: Computer DVD problem John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 03-27-2005 09:30 AM                     I put a Pioneer DVR-108 in my Dell a few months ago. It worked fine; I could put in a blank DVD and drag and drop stuff. XP would burn the DVD. I'm not sure when, but sometime after a few Microsoft updates, the DVD stopped working with XP, although I don't know if it was the Microsoft updates. The problem is when I put in a blank DVD, the "DVD-RW" icon changes to a just "CD" and won't burn. Any suggestions? I have NERO, which works fine, so I can still burn stuff. But I like doing it through XP because NERO's interface is a pain to navigate through for a simple burn.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-27-2005 01:30 PM                     Are you using the most recent firmware? This page from Pioneer says 1.18 is the current version. It also has a program that will tell you what firmware your drive is using.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-27-2005 02:50 PM                     Off-topic discussion moved here. [ 03-28-2005, 03:44 AM: Message edited by: Adam Martin ]  |  IP: Logged Christopher Duvall Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: Denver, CO Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-28-2005 03:07 AM                     Off-topic discussion moved here. [ 03-28-2005, 03:44 AM: Message edited by: Adam Martin ]  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 03-28-2005 04:32 PM                     Thanks Adam, I did try that, but no luck..  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-28-2005 04:44 PM                     Also check http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com for any Windows patches. Now that I think about it more, I seem to recall there was some sort of patch involving writing to CD or DVD. It wasn't a critical update, so it wouldn't have installed automatically.  |  IP: Logged Dean Kollet Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 591 From: Florida State University Registered: Jul 2003 posted 03-28-2005 04:59 PM                     Windows Update - HighMAT Support is this what you were talking about, Adam?  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 03-28-2005 05:13 PM                        When did XP get the ability to natively burn DVDs (without a helper-app)?  |  IP: Logged Dean Kollet Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 591 From: Florida State University Registered: Jul 2003 posted 03-28-2005 06:48 PM                     They haven't, he was either using something in the background or burning a CD. It's supposed to be in the next version of windows, but we all know how that goes.  |  IP: Logged

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