Toshiba CD/DVD combo drive problems

billy_the_kid_2

Hi,

I am having anoying trouble with my Toshiba SD-R1312 combo drive fitted to my pc. For the past 3 years its given me trouble free service however now I cant get it to regonise writeable CD's. When I try to burn files to it it keeps saying no disk in drive. I have gone through the entire spindle of discs with the same problem. I have tried putting in previously burned discs from the same manufacturer and it can find the files. It will also happily run DVD's. I have tried to install a newer driver but the driver wizard tells me its the most up to date. I am now very confused.

Any thoughts?

weemee

Hi,

The best way to fix something like this is a quick firmware update of the drive.

Take a look here http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=8182000000220000000100006598000026ba/818200000a4a000000010000659c000023ee .

Please make sure you read the warnings first though!

billy_the_kid_2

Thanks Weemee, i'll give it a try at home tonight. Fingers crossed. Just not sure why it stopped regonising the discs although I havent burnt a CD for a while.

billy_the_kid_2

Still no luck, I have tried the firmware update and the drive still doesent read CDR discs. Not sure as to what to do now. Will I need to junk the drive??

startrekker

Have you ever cleaned the drive, I always clean mine with a dvd cleaner, worth a try

billy_the_kid_2

good Idea Startrekker, I assumed that as discs played in the unit, the lens must be ok. Ill try a cleaner.

weemee

Hmm, I've been pondering over this one some more.

Do you have any other CD-r's from another manafacturer you could try?

billy_the_kid_2

Well I tried the lens cleaner, and still no effect. Yes weemee, my brother brought me some of his files he wanted to burn to some CD-r's he had. They were from a different brand. The fact that these didnt work in the drive prompted me to try my old faithfull brand. Which obvously didnt work as well.

I am now running out of ideas.

albertross_2

what software are you using to burn?

Seagull

Drives sometimes fail with no obvious explanation and if it's a hardware fault then they're not really worth the cost and effort to repair, are you able to put the drive in a friends puter and try it out ?

[Edit] . . you could try changing the IDE cable that connects to your cd drive.