I have a new LG Gsa 4120B dvd recorder installed via a USB2 external cradle. It will read dvd and cd,write data to cd but does not seem to want to burn dvds. Have tried 3 from a batch of 25 RiDisc purple 4x 4.7gb. Ran a drive test with Nero and came up with "Invalid field in CDB(052400)). Should I be trying more discs,do they need formating first (never burned dvds b4) or do anything else.

Thanks for any help you may give

Mick

Do you have the DVD burning software installed? What
version of Nero do you have?


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| I have a new LG Gsa 4120B dvd recorder installed via a
USB2 external cradle. It will read dvd and cd,write data to
cd but does not seem to want to burn dvds. Have tried 3 from
a batch of 25 RiDisc purple 4x 4.7gb. Ran a drive test with
Nero and came up with "Invalid field in CDB(052400)). Should
I be trying more discs,do they need formating first (never
burned dvds b4) or do anything else.
|
| Thanks for any help you may give
|
| Mick

Actually that is an extremely nice DVD recorder. It does absolutely
everything including the kitchen sink. Does DVD+R/W, DVD-R/W, and
DVD-RAM. What I am going to assume is that the DVD's that you have
chosen are cheap and not necessarily recognized by your drive. You may
need to update the firmware for your drive. I tried to upload the
firmware, but it didn't work so here is a little link and you'll have to
look for it

http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?...b0c1059218c172

Also, for a little more info about this drive:

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.html?i=2086

BAR wrote:

> There are two standards for DVD recorders known as + & -
>
> You'll need to copy the table below to Word and get the formatting rest in order to see the Model / Type / Differences etc.
>
> Suffice to suggest that you may actually be using the wrong media!
>
> Drive DVD unit DVD-R(G) unit DVD-R(A) unit DVD-RW unit DVD-RAM unit DVD+RW unit
> DVD+RW disc usually reads usually reads usually reads usually reads usually reads reads, writes
> DVD-RW disc often reads reads reads reads, writes usually reads usually reads
>
>
> "Jim Macklin" wrote:
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>
>>Do you have the DVD burning software installed? What
>>version of Nero do you have?
>>
>>
>>--
>>The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
>>But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
>>
>>
>>"Vermeer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>message
>>news:4DA5DA01-0BEF-41E2-A6DE-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>| I have a new LG Gsa 4120B dvd recorder installed via a
>>USB2 external cradle. It will read dvd and cd,write data to
>>cd but does not seem to want to burn dvds. Have tried 3 from
>>a batch of 25 RiDisc purple 4x 4.7gb. Ran a drive test with
>>Nero and came up with "Invalid field in CDB(052400)). Should
>>I be trying more discs,do they need formating first (never
>>burned dvds b4) or do anything else.
>>|
>>| Thanks for any help you may give
>>|
>>| Mick
>>
>>
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