koitsu
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join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
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Re: NotFixed:XP sees All DVD's as "CDROM" can't read them
Sounds like a firmware bug in the Optiarc drive itself. I would recommend contacting the manufacturer and discussing it with engineers.
And yes, it's very possible a drive can burn a DVD correctly but later detects the disc as a CD. I've seen this behaviour on certain brands of (very old) Toshiba laptops.
Get in contact with the drive manufacturer. If you can't, stop buying Optiarc. I think it's that simple. 
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jdmatl
join:2000-04-27
Deerfield Beach, FL
| Drive was purchased in 2006, 1st year it was released. Went to CompUSA (we still have them here in FL) and got a Sony DRU-V200A for $39.00. This is a Sony re-brand of the Optiarc -Ad7200A.
All problems appear to be fixed. Guess I finally "wore" out the old unit. I might getting the 3rd party firmware over at CDfreaks and apply it to the old 7170A and see if that fixes it. |
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captokita
Premium
join:2005-02-22
Calabash, NC
| Not sure if you're still looking for input or not -
RW drives use 2 lasers - one to read, one to write, so it's possible the read laser is failing, which is why the system can't read the discs, but the drive can still burn them.
Cheap enough to replace.
Have you tried one of the other system's DVD drives in your system, to eliminate the system as the problem? I'm sure it's the drive, but you never know. |
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jdmatl
join:2000-04-27
Deerfield Beach, FL | Can't pull other drives, they are in laptops. Burned 6 or 7 DVD-R's on sunday. new drive had no issues reading them.
So I concur, bad RW laser. |
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