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Old 06-05-2005, 05:41 PM   #1 (permalink)
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After I flashed my bios I have found that my cd writer(MSI CD-RW S-8348) does work but will detect normal cd's and run them for example the windows xp cd but will not detect blank cd-r or cd-rw disks. I have been unable to copy information to cd for some time. My motherboard is an MSI KT4V, the BOIS version is v1.3.
Can anyone offer a solution to this problem. I would think the problem will be a bios setting but im not sure and have tried everything I can think of.
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I have been unable to copy information to cd for some time.
What program do you use to burn? (if its IMAPI, dont use that)

You may have to do a reinstall of the CD/Drive:
If you've got burner problems, what you might need to do is to uninstall the drive from Windows, reboot and let Windows automatically reinstall the device for you. To do so, (1) Control Panel, (2) System, (3) Hardware, (4) Device Manager, (5) Expand the DVD/CD-ROM Drives entry, right click on thr troublesome drive and uninstall it. Now simply reboot and let Windows try and repair itself.
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Its been tried. Ive used several different burning software programs. Ive even used an external usb cd writer (iomega) and it has the exact same results. Even the same outcome when the hard drive has been formated and windows xp reinstalled.
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Try flashing an older BIOS? Regardless i suspect the drive may be a gonner for that
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