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    DVD drive won't detect burned DVDs

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by austinlvfr, Oct 4, 2010.

  1. austinlvfr

    austinlvfr Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm trying to prepare to install a SSD. So I burned the Windows 7 DVD, the Asus driver DVD and tried to do AI recovery also. I've now got several DVDs burned (all on the G73). But now that they are burned the G73 does not detect them. It just says "insert a dvd into the drive". I thought maybe the dvds were not burned correctly, but my Dell 1720 detects them and boots off them just fine. Ironically the G73 detects the DVDs the Dell burned just fine.

    Any ideas? I'd really like to use the DVDs I burned with the G73. I guess I could transfer the files over the to the Dell and re-burn them. I could also RMA just the DVD drive (they'll probably just send me another and have me mail this one back). But before I do anything I want to rule out operator error, which I hope is the problem.

    I should note that the DVD drive detects non-burned (factory burned) DVDs just fine.
     
    austinlvfr, Oct 4, 2010
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    austinlvfr Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is weird, I just burned the exact same DVD with the same files on my Dell 1720 and the G73 reads it perfectly. For some reason it just won't read the DVDs it burns.
     
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    IM0001 Notebook Evangelist

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    Could be the quality of the DVD's you are buring too.. I have had similar problems on systems around my house. Not guaranteeing that is the problem, but could be a possibility. I have had a lot of luck with generic unbranded DVD's but horrible times with Memorex dvd's at time. Sony, TDK, and a few others like Dynex (BB Brand?) have worked ok for me.
     
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