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danilyu
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_ 		21. December 2008 @ 09:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi all, I have a bunch of DVD-R's to use to burn Wii games, but I figured that I should post in this forum instead. I've read somewhere in this site that "minus" burners can only burn DVD-R/RW media and "plus" burners can only burn DVD+R/RW media. Until now, I've been burning Wii games onto DVD+R media successfully, but I found some DVD-R's for sale and I decided to use them. But after burning a game, the Wii cannot read the disk, and I am questioning whether or not I'm using the right burner. I have no idea how to check if my DVD drive is a "plus" or a "minus"; all I can find is that when I go to the device manager, my DVD drive brand is ATAPI DVD A DH16A1P ATA Device (it came with my computer when I bought it). In case if it matters, I am using Maxell DVD-R's.
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dailun
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_ 		9. January 2009 @ 18:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Drive is most likely a ATAPI phillips-liteon DH-16A1P.

This is a DVD+-R/RW writer. Drives that write to + only or - only have not been manufactured for several years.

This appears to be a OEM drive since Phillips doesn't directly support it.

For addl. support you should check with the people who built you PC.

This will burn + or - DVDs.

As stated in the Wii forum, your problem is probably due to cheap media. Maxell is not the best by any stretch and Wiis are very picky about media.
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pernal
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_ 		16. January 2009 @ 17:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
@danilyu
You could crossflsh it to a: LH-16A1P. There is one fw listed and will help for burning newer disks and their write stragities.
http://codeguys.rpc1.org/firmwares.html

Burn On,
Russell
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