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CD-RW Doesn't Read Blank CDs
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:43 pm
by Zertz
I have a relatively old external USB 2.0 CD-RW (Mitsumi CR-487ETE), it can read CDs just fine, but when I insert a blank CD-R to burn something it just doesn't see it, it acts like there was nothing in the drive. I have upgraded to the latest firmware and tried burning with Windows and CDBurnerXP.
I've searched and couldn't find any clear solutions to this problem.
Anyone know how to fix this?
Re: CD-RW Doesn't Read Blank CDs
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:00 pm
by T-Shirt
I believe that model is CD-R/RW only, is it possible you bought CD+R/RW disks?
Even if you have the correct type of disks, some drives are very picky as to the brand of disks, so try another major)brand.
cdfreaks.com or CDRinfo.com probably have a review and can tell you which brands worked well with that drive, or more important which brands failed.
Re: CD-RW Doesn't Read Blank CDs
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:21 pm
by Zertz
They are CD-R.
I'll check out those sites sometime this week, thanks.
Re: CD-RW Doesn't Read Blank CDs
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:26 pm
by Bio-Hazard
Not all drives are 100% compatible with all media, you might also chek to see if there's a firmware update for your drive to make it more compatible. You can check with the vendor or take a look here, ..................
http://codeguys.rpc1.org/index.html
Re: CD-RW Doesn't Read Blank CDs
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:42 pm
by Zertz
Zertz wrote:I have upgraded to the latest firmware
Also, that site only seems to support LITEON, Sony and Samsung
Re: CD-RW Doesn't Read Blank CDs
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:05 am
by slayer22
umm try different brands? cause this very same problem happened to my friend we bought 4 different dvd brands and none of them work so we tried another one for the last time and guess what ...IT WORKED? it was tdk btw
Re: CD-RW Doesn't Read Blank CDs
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:01 pm
by Zertz
That's kinda lame. I'll try to take them back, those damn CDs cost more than DVDs
