[Wisdom2]

my new "ASUS DVDRW External Optical Drive SDRW-08D1S-U" can read and burn CD-RW's but can't read nor burn never used virgin blank DVD+RW disks. In my computer if I connect the USB ASUS burner, the drive letter F: says DVD-RAM Drive, but once I insert a blank DVD+RW it then says F: CD Drive.

And then clicking on it makes a popup say "F:\ is inaccessible
Incorrect function
OK "

When I insert any 1 year old previously burned to DVD+RW media made by Verbatim or HP it says F: DVD disk.


I then bought another ASUS burner and same thing, I tried it in my newer computer also and same exact thing.

I am able to burn to 1 Verbatim brand DVD+RW and 1 HP brand DVD+RW disk on which I had content previously burned to via a HP external DVD Burner one year ago. So I was able to erase these and burn new stuff. I could erase them to blank state and the erase them again. But I can't erase any of the new blank media I got that are Office depot brand and memorex brand.

BTW the Memorex are 25pk, I have one spindle made in Tiwan and the other made in India, and I do not know where the Office Depot spindle is made.

So is it just all 3 spindles are bad or is it my Asus bruner model # SDRW-08D1S-U that bad - but I bought 2 off these and both say same thing, I tried on 2 different PC's to see and same exat issue for me.

I tried software by Sonic and Cyberlink.
CyberLink software , when I try to erase the new Blank DVD+RW disks it says erase failure: Background not Formatted BG not formatted.


BELOW IS: the log from Cyberlink Power2go software when the error pops up during burn attmps.

Company Name : CyberLink
CDKey : MSD8234886919782
OS Version : Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3
C:\Program Files\CyberLink\Power2Go\Power2Go.exe : Version 6.0.0.2410
CBS.dll : Version 7.7.3605

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Total physical memory : 2038MB (2086960KB)
Free physical memory : 1123MB (1150520KB)
Memory load : 44 percent

Number of CPU : 1
CPU Name : Intel® Celeron® M CPU 410 @ 1.46GHz
CPU Speed : 1463 MHz

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18.8.2009
Task Type : Data Disc

00:27:09, File(cl_DVDData.cpp), Line(193)
-> Begin burning process
Current drive: <F: ASUS SDRW-08D1S-U 1.02>
Current writing speed(x): 2.4
====== Disc Info =======
Disc Type: DVD+RW
Disc Status: Blank, Appendable
Background Format Status: Not yet BG format, the disc is blank.
Num. of Sessions: 1 Num. of Tracks: 1
Book Type: DVD+RW
Track Path:
Parallel Track Path
Diameter Length: 120mm Layer Counts: 1
Data Area Start PSN: 196608 End PSN: 2491711 End PSN on Layer 0: 0
End PSN : 120mm Layer Counts: 1
Disc Capacity: 2295104LBs
Free Size: 2295104LBs Used Size: 0LBs
========================
Burn option: w/ buffer underrun protection
Burn option: w/o simulation
Burn option: w/o close disc
Burn option: w/o verify disc

00:27:13, file(cl_DVDData.cpp), line(2957), ErrCode: 0xeb020b86

00:27:13, File(cl_DVDData.cpp), Line(307)
-> Burning Fail, ErrCode: 0xeb020b86

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Error Code : 0xeb020b86

Edited by Wisdom2, 17 August 2009 - 11:31 PM.