A8J can't read Memorex DVD-Rs anymore...

I just popped in an old Memorex data disc I burned a few years in my laptop, and all I hear is clicking sounds coming from the drive struggling to read the darn thing! I tried using some other Memorex discs and I get the same result.

I thought this just meant my DVD drive died. I tried popping Scrubs Season 2 DVD2 (fantastic show!) and voila! It was read fine!

I found an old lecture CD and had scratches and popped that in...and low and behold it was read!

I tried all of my Memorex DVD-Rs (which this laptop recorded on, btw) and none of them could be read. I tried rebooting, loading a readable then non-readable to see if that can work, and they still could not be read.

My laptop has the TSSTcorp TS-L632C drive that has no firmware updates since conception.

Does anyone know of a method or a way for me to fix this problem? My laptop is out of warranty so no RMA is possible.

Thanks

 

hi,

search at google for TSSTcorp TS-L632C, also TSSTcorp TS-532.
You will find some users with the same Problelm on different Models.
Some , after a while, don´t read and some don´t burn.
My Asus A6 had the "532" it was changed three times by Asus support.
Every one had got the same failure.

Your drive is dying!

Kind regards

 

or....memorex dvd-r's are crap quality....as recordables...depending on how long ago they were recorded....all the media could be dead. try reading it in another dvd-rom. i've had old 1 year burned memorex's crap out as well...it doesn't come as a surprise because the manufacturer of memorex is well known to be a subpar manufacturer of recordable media.

http://digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

according to that site, CMC Magnetics (the manufacturer of memorex discs) make 3rd and 4th rate media, which doesn't surprise me at all.

what you really want if you are archiving media is Made in Japan media from Taiyo Yuden or Mitsubishi Chemical Corp (short form MCC) the other 1st rate manufacturers don't make discs anymore, they are usually outsourced.

thats the stuff that really lasts a while. I've had 3 year old tv shows that I can still watch perfectly because I burned them on quality media at a slow speed (people say 4x is the best)

 

I also suggest trying the disks in another ODD, if they work, it's probably the drive.

You can try cleaning the lens with a few Q-tips ,but if it reads other media fine that's probably not the problem.

The worst you may have to do is buy another ODD. Usually a standard slimline ODD will do, you can find them for under 50USD/EUR.