I'm asking this because something really weird is going with my DVD-RW (it's ASUS DRW 0402P/D). First, I'll tell you what I tried, then the problem. I tried to reboot, tried to switch IDE cables, tried to burn with both Nero Express and Nero Burning ROM, while trying both multisession and not (um, Disc-At-One? Eh, so that you can't burn any more data afterwards), tried to upgrade firmware, but it says I already have this version of firmware, therefore nothing to upgrade. Also, I installed ForceASPI, it did help a bit...
Now, what's the problem? The problem at first was that the DVD wouldn't read ANY type of DVD, any at all. After I installed ForceASPI and rebooted, suddently it could read a few DVDs (from what I've tried), but after a while (I think after I got into Nero Express/Nero Burning ROM), if I took out the DVD then insterted it again, it wouldn't read it again... Claiming it's a blank one, when Nero doesn't let me to burn on it, but it's not because Nero thinks it's a full one, it's just that Nero thinks there's no DVD inserted...
Though, I can burn DVD-R's (don't have DVD+R's) with Nero, but afterwards the DVD-RW wouldn't read them. So, what I did was... Well, I took my brother's DVD-ROM, plugged out the IDE cable out of the DVD-RW (so that the DVD-ROM is the only CD/DVD drive installed. That's the same thing I did with the DVD-RW), plugged it into the DVD-ROM, turned on my PC, and voila. Somehow, I don't know how, the DVD-ROM can read CD/DVDs (although it's obvious), but can also read the ones the DVD-RW burned (DVD-ROM model as it says in Device Manager; HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B. On the DVD-ROM itself it also says "LG").
So, what should I do to fix my DVD-RW problem? Sometimes it reads DVDs, sometimes not. Oh, it can read all CDs without any problem. And what's the most compatible way to burn DVD-R with Nero, so that practically any DVD-ROM would be able to read the burned DVD-R afterwards?
Oh, I'm on WinXP. Please tell me anything you think I should try... Thanks.
