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    7422gx won't burn DVD-R..

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by adelimon, Mar 4, 2005.

  1. adelimon

    adelimon Newbie

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    About two weeks ago I purchased a Gateway 7422GX from Best Buy on sale.

    The first night I had it I burned a DVD-RW with no issues. Now last night I finally decided to make some DVDs that would work in my dvd player so I bought DVD-Rs.

    The drive won't recognize the discs. At first I thought it was the discs (cheap CompUSA ones) but they worked fine in my desktop burner. Then I went and bought Sony DVD-R discs and got the same result.

    Any idea what could cause this? Do I need a driver update, a BIOS setting change, or is the drive just screwed. It does everything else fine but it won't burn DVD-Rs.
     
    adelimon, Mar 4, 2005
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  2. weldwirez

    weldwirez Notebook Enthusiast

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    Strange.... did you install any new burner software?
    if so make sure the software is pointing to your dvd/cdrom burner.

    Also have you tried to burn a cdrom?

    Try to burn the same type of dvd that you had no problems with the first time.

    Try to load a program from the drive its self.

    Try to format a CDRW+ AND A CDRW- blank disk.

    Also make sure the medium that your trying to burn to is capible with your drive... Most if not all should be with this drive!

    After trying the above you might want to call G-Way...[:0]

    Weldwirez[8]
     
    weldwirez, Mar 5, 2005
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  3. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Did you try updating the firmware and/or ide drivers? If you can, find the supported media list for the drive and use those. What it says on the outside of the box does not indicate who made them or whether or not they are quality media. Use DVD Identifier to find out who makes the discs. Taiyo Yuden and Mitsubishi Chemical are both very good.

    http://dvd.identifier.cdfreaks.com/






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    ZaZ, Mar 7, 2005
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  4. adelimon

    adelimon Newbie

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    I've gone through a whole bunch of tests and it seems taht the drive is screwed. I've got Gateway shipping me a new one tommorow.
     
    adelimon, Mar 8, 2005
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    sren Newbie

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    Is it possible that your dvd player does not recognize dvd - only +. It would not matter how many dvd - you tried to play on your dvd player at that point. Not all dvd players recognize both formats.
     
    sren, Jul 31, 2005
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  6. lowlymarine

    lowlymarine Notebook Deity

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    1) Do not bring up nearly five-month-old threads unless you have something really useful to add, which you didn't since...

    2)The 7422GX has a DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Multiformat drive. It can read (and write) anything.

    Thread Closed.
     
    lowlymarine, Jul 31, 2005
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