I don't normally burn that many types (and don't to multisession). I was just trying to clarify wheat the issue was: the hardware, the media or the authoring software.
I guess the restored functionality after the firmware upgrade puts the answer in the "hardware sort of" category:-) Everything had been working fine up until this sudden balkiness. On Jan 14, 2008 10:37 AM, Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I suppose any kind of memory can get corrupted, though ROM (well, > EEPROM) would be much less susceptible than RAM. > > The bigger question is why are you burning so many different types of > DVDs? I burn several per week and all of them are UDF, no > multisession, DVD-R, which the company buys in bulk for like 25 cents > each. When one of our burners starts acting up, it just gets replaced > without a whole lot of angst. > > > > On Jan 14, 2008 4:53 AM, D.L.H. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Recently a three-year old Lite-On multi-format DL DVD burner in my > > Windiows XP desktop started balking at some DVD burning jons. DVD-R? > > Fine. DVD=R? Fine. DVD-DL? Fine. DVD RW variants? Fine. CD and CD-RW? > > Fine. > > > > But it was not happy with DVD-R jobs. At first I suspected Nero, > > because the current version has some issues. Then I suspected a media > > brand/batch issue (it would do Memorex fine, but not Sony..for while. > > Then the problem became all DVD-R jobs). > > > > I found a firmware upgrade on the Lite-On USA website. It installed > > with no problems and seems the DVD-R issue seems resolved. > > > > My questions: > > The burner worked fine from day 1 until it started eliminating DVD-R > > from its functionality. The firmware upgrade fixed this. Can firmware > > get corrupted? Was the firmware update the best troubleshooting path > > (other than the obvious "yes, since it fixed it///) > > I've never had a similar hardware issue over 15 years of computing > > with optical drives... > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
