DVD Burner not working

nighthawk5556 · #1 05-05-2008, 10:46 AM

I use Windows XP Home Edition.

I recently bought a DVD burner from a guy........a Memorex MRX-500N.........I took out my old CD burner which worked fine, but now my computer recognizes the burner is there, but won't let my original (CD-ROM drive D) or the new DVD burner even read CDs. On 'My Computer' it shows drive D, but with a CD in it still says 'insert disk'. My DVD Burner doesn't even show up on 'My Computer'......and of course discs don't read from it. My old CD burner was drive E. E no longer shows up. I didn't get any installation software with the new one. What do I do?

Disk_Contented · #2 05-05-2008, 12:46 PM

Are the jumpers on the rear set correctly? Master on the end connector, slave on the middle one.
Is the bios set to detect drives automatically?

nighthawk5556 · #3 05-05-2008, 01:30 PM

Yes, bios is set to 'auto-detect' and primary drive d (standard CD-Rom) is set to primary(1st on string, and new burner is set to slave (2nd on string).

Disk_Contented · #4 05-05-2008, 05:37 PM

Try changing them round

nighthawk5556 · #5 05-05-2008, 11:52 PM

u were right, I was ignorant about 'jumpers'..........didn't know they were the lil fuse-lookin things. All good now. Thanks bro.

nighthawk5556 · #6 05-06-2008, 01:32 AM

Now I'm trying to burn an audio CD. First burn burnt the first 11 of 17 songs and said check the disc and burn speed. The second attempt (at a slower speed) only burnt 2 songs. Now what? Both attempts were with media player.