digital Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I have a problem with burning DVD discs on my Acer 4720Z notebook, I guess its the drive itself but is there any way to test its the drive rather than any software etc before replacing it? It reads DVD no problem but will not burn, fails right away at lead in (burn process failed), using the same media I have always used and tried different burning software nero/convertxtodvd. Tried cleaning the lens also. I recently installed Daemon lite to mount a disc and thought this might be the problem so uninstalled but its still the same. Adapter driver: <atapi> HA 0 Drive buffer : 2048kB Bus Type : via Inquiry data (1) -> ATAPI, detected: ATAPI Connected to MMC as unknown drive with class-nr : 1 Drive is autodetected - recorder class: Std. MMC recorder CD-ROM: <HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T40N >Version: JP01 - HA 0 TA 0 - 6.6.0.5 Adapter driver: <atapi> HA 0 === Scsi-Device-Map === CdRomPeripheral : HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T40N atapi Port 0 ID 0 DMA: On DiskPeripheral : Hitachi HTS542516K9SA00 atapi Port 1 ID 0 DMA: On === CDRom-Device-Map === HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T40N E: CDRom0 DTSOFT BDROM F: CDRom1 ======================= Any ideas? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrel Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 You could try booting with a Linux distro, just to see if it is software-related. If you can burn under Linux then there is nothing wrong with the drive. You can boot with Linux from a CD or USB key without modifying your current operating system at all. I suspect that the drive has had it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I suspect that the drive has had it though. My thought too......... The drives are very easy to replace, generally only one screw then it can be slid out. Good idea to try with Linux as suggested in earlier post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrel Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 The drives are very easy to replace, generally only one screw then it can be slid out. That's true. But they can be expensive for what they are, and not always easy to find in spite of there only being a few basic types. I had a lot of trouble finding one for a customer and in the end (on Ebay) it still cost several times the price of an equivalent 3.5in drive for a desktop machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrjlh Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Have you tried "cleaning" it? Throw in a DVD/Cd CD cleaning disc. Just as thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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