Toshiba TS-L532L HELP ME GUYS!

CD, DVD and (Ultra HD) Blu-ray Writers
#1

I really have no idea where to turn with this one now. So any help would be greatly appriciated!

Before I start Im just going to say that I have well over 150 sucessful DVD-rs burnt before this problem began.

Well I was using DVD-R at 8x quite happily until my catalogue changed the disks I usually buy from 8x to 16x without me knowing. So I brought a Shed-load of 16x that I have no use for. I started playing around with the driver for my Writer (stupid I know, but I had it confused with a different model that could be upgraded that way!). Now when ever I burn an 8x disk at any speed it will be corrupt. I can burn 4x disks at 8x or 4x and they will work every time. I have no problems reading disks. Just writing on 8x-/+Rs doesnt work!

Any Ideas?

#2

Just adding that since then I have re-installed Windows and now know for sure that Im running the original drivers supplied with my system

#3

Spare your time and invest in BETTER media.

#4

Are we talking Disks or Drive? The drive came with the computer…

Well I used Maxell 8x -R for my 100+ successful ones 5 months ago (but I cant get hold of them anymore). Now Im using DataSafe 8x +R AND Tevion 8x +R which will not have working results.
But my Tevion 4x +RW and TDK 4x -RW both work every time.

If your telling me to get another drive that won’t be a problem. I just want to spend a few weeks trying to get this one to work (its still in warrenty)

#5

Let’s hope, these are not Ritek G05.

Now Im using DataSafe 8x +R AND Tevion 8x +R which will not have working results.
as chef already said: get better media. You should still be able to get 8x Verbatim (not Pearl White!), TDK or Imation. But these are getting rare, so you should really consider getting a new drive on the long run, as modern media is not supported by your drive’s firmware. Btw: Have you tried to install newer firmware for your drive? Check http://www.samsungodd.com/eng/Firmware/FWDownload/FWDownload.asp for that.

Michael