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stickweed
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_ 		15. March 2007 @ 20:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a problem with my SONY DVD RW DW-U18A, It burns CD's fine, but when i attempt to burn a dvd it leaves a blank section on the resulting dvd. It has worked fine in the past.

It is a recent issue that only started occuring. At first i assumed that it was the media, perhaps it was skipping bad sectors on the blank dvd. But this is not the case. The blank section on the burnt dvd's is on the same spot everytime.

Some more information that might help is when i attempted to erase a DVD-RW to test out if it gets the same blank area, it stopped erasing at the same section the normal dvds leave blank.
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Ripper
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_ 		16. March 2007 @ 07:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Run a laser cleaning disk thorugh your dvd writer.


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stickweed
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_ 		17. March 2007 @ 22:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i haven't got any laser cleaning disks. Is there something else i can do? I don't mind if i have to take the drive out of the PC.
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Ripper
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_ 		18. March 2007 @ 01:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Dip a cottun bud in rubbing alcohol, then do little circles with it on your laser for 10 seconds or so. then dry the laser off with the other end, leaving no residue on the lens.

You could just buy a disk. Lol.
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stickweed
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_ 		18. March 2007 @ 12:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
haha true. Thanks Ripper.
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