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Started by williamvincent , Aug 08 2012 11:52 AM

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#1 williamvincent

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 11:52 AM

HI
I HAVE A HP M7480.UK MEDIA CENTRE PC THE POWER SUPPLY RECENTLY FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED IN THE BACK OF THE PC TOWER.

PRIOR TO GOING OFF TO THE SHOP TO BE FIXED MY DVD/CD DRIVE WORKED FINE.
SINCE IT HAS COME BACK FROM THE SHOP THE DVD/VD DRIVE WILL PLAY DVDS AND CDS. IT WILL RIP MUSIC FROM CD'S
BUT IT WILL NOT BURN ANYTHING TO CD ANYMORE EITHER WITH NERO 10 OR WITH WMP.

CAN ANYONE PLEASE GIVE ME ANY ADVICE THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY POST

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#2 hamluis

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 02:53 PM

Try a different burn program...to further define the problem.

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#3 williamvincent

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 02:15 PM

Hi hamluis
thank you for replying to this post.

i downloaded nch 14 day free trial cd burner and succesfully burned music to a cd.
i then tried to burn mp3 music with the nero express porgram and that was also succseful.
this is the same program that yesterday would not burn anything.?

any advice on what may have happened and why it has started to work again?
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 04:50 PM

Hard to say, since you provided no onscreen error messages received.

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Posted 10 August 2012 - 12:38 AM

Try a Free application CD burner and then please post the error messages for hamluis

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Posted 13 August 2012 - 06:58 AM

hi Hamluis and Noknojon
sorry for the delay in replying this is the first time i have had the chance to sit down at this computer.
i have downloaded the software as you recommended and have tried to burn music to cd which has failed 88%into the burn.
error message below

(devInvalidaddressforwrite) could not write to disc (LBA: 314444 lenght 26)
Invaild address for write- 0x052102.
thank you for your help in this matter

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Posted 13 August 2012 - 08:52 AM

Worth reading, IMO: https://forum.cdburnerxp.se/topic/7300-error-devntspti-io-error-could-not-write-to-disc/page__p__27831__hl__0x052102__fromsearch__1 .

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Posted 13 August 2012 - 09:37 AM

CAN ANYONE PLEASE GIVE ME ANY ADVICE THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY POST

this should not have happened ,we all know that ,did you contact the repair shop and see if they had a suggestion .it may have happened to them before

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#9 williamvincent

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Posted 13 August 2012 - 11:43 AM

hi caperjac
i did contact the repair shop.
he said that it was probably the eye in the laser and that i would need to change the drive.

my problem with that is that even though this computer is now 7 years old. it has been in storage for 5 years and in the 2 years we have had it set up it has hardly been used.
so i hope that it is just a clitch and not a fault with the drive that has hardly had any use
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#10 williamvincent

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Posted 13 August 2012 - 11:55 AM

hi hamluis
i borrowed a friends external usb drive and was able to burn ther same tracks to the same disc successfully without any software issues.
do you have any more advice regarding my drive please
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#11 hamluis

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Posted 13 August 2012 - 02:03 PM

As suggested in the link I posted...the possibility of hardware problems with your opti9cal drive...seems to be the obvious conclusion if a different drive has no problem burning.

Optical drives are available for less than $20 these days.

You may want to try MS Fixit, Optical Drives - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982116 , just for the sake of exhausting another alternative that may confirm/refute the suspicion of faulty hardware.

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Posted 13 August 2012 - 02:17 PM

7 years old. it has been in storage for 5 years and in the 2 years

if that's the case, it maybe a dirty laser eye ,try a long q-tip and alcohol to clean it

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Posted 13 August 2012 - 02:46 PM

One other possibility is that the 7 year old drive does not like the new discs. At the cost of a DVD burner these days it might almost pay to change the drive.

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#14 williamvincent

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Posted 14 August 2012 - 03:57 AM

thank you for the advice on changing the drive
and for taking the time to respond to this posts
i was unaware that an opitcal drive is as little as 20 dollars.
it may well be the discs as well as last night i retried burning using nero and it burned to disc fine.

maybe it is on its way out and may work now and then.
time to change i think
thanks guys once again this website has been of great help to a mere novice
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