stlbadger Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Hey guys, i have a computer that seems to kill dvd drives. I had a DVD-RW DL writer, and after a while, when i put in a disc(no scratches) it wont recognize it. i swapped out the drive with a working one. in about 3 weeks, the same is starting to happen.....what is going on? help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Do you play games on this computer? Have you fallen a fowl of the starforce rootkit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlbadger Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 no, i do not play games on my pc except for some old ones that i bought... the wierd thing is, it will only recognize burnable discs, but not write them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Does Ubutnu boot in this drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlbadger Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 no it does not. i mainly use it for copying cd's and backing up my old dvds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 no it does not. i mainly use it for copying cd's and backing up my old dvds. Are you OVERBURNING the discs? If you allow overburn to max out a disc, it will eventually damage a drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 it will eventually damage a drive. how? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 it will eventually damage a drive. how? http://www.twistedpairrecords.com/digip/neroOverburn.jpg[/img] Not sure if all burning software warns you, but mine does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l00kp Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 it will eventually damage a drive. how? When you burn a normal 80min CD the laser stops a fair distance from going over the edge of the disc. When you overburn a cd, past 99min the laser writes to the physical edge of the disc. If it goes outside of the edge two things can happen- The lens focusing mechanism is damaged or the laser get misaligned from the track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l00kp Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Are you OVERBURNING the discs? If you allow overburn to max out a disc, it will eventually damage a drive. Sounds almost like a rootkit issue too . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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