i bought my i/o magic burner some time ago installed it work like a
charm all of a sudden six months into last year it just stop burning
dvds ah!let me rephrase that it stop reading the blank dvd media no matter what format i use DVD-R,DVD+R,DVD-RW nothing.......anybody ever had that happen? oh! it will burn cds any format......help!!!!!!!
Sometimes it'll give a generic code like 16x/IDE/atapi dvdrw or something like that. Look toward the right of what it says your model# is and that's the current firmware version,post back that info. The firmware version will help us find out who actually built your drive.
1 thing you can try-if you have Windows XP- go into device manager/cdrom-dvd drive/locate that drive/uninstall the drivers/and reboot. Sometimes a drive can get lost and makes it look like you got a cd-rw drive only. This may help.
NEC 6500A,but this is a newer model,so probably not your model.
Optorite DD0203,which could possibly be your drive and latest fw update is for 2004.It's a 4x dual format burner. You can get some info here,scroll towards the top of the link:
Older drives will have firmware issues with the newer 16x media.
Edit: Here's some more info,and the media feedback only list 4x speed media and problems with 8x media-usually firmware issue. By not having newer firmware updates for certain drives,it's a way that a manufacturer is making that drive obsolete-so you have to buy their newer drives.
That code that your pc recognizes your burner is a generic string,making it harder to find out which drive you have. The current firmware version helps narrow it down,but several other brand names may use a similar letter/number code.
That generic string ID can also be a re-badged drive. Example: Phillips making some of their drives,but using Benq 1620's on their rebadges with their name on it. Similar models,but totally different chipsets and firmware.
I/O Magic have other companies make their drives,and multiple manufacturers on their 16x writers..
well i just learned what speed of blank media means so i would have to say computer ess. DVD+R 8x,memorex blk cd-r 40x,maxell 47.gb no speed labled i have in the past i have burned on diff.makers and diff.speed i did not know that there was a diff.and on the same drive
I too have an I/O Magic drive that's stopped burning DVDs. It reads and rips them fine but the burn always fails. I checked the I/O website and they have no firmware for mine. I'm clueless what to do at this point, it's fairly new too so I'm kinda pissed, lol.
The ID string matches,but not the A089 fw version.It's an older drive,so the chances of not recognizing 16x media will be greater.Try to find slower speed media.
