Problems with DVD-RW on LG GSA-4040 drive

aedwards wrote on 9/28/2003, 9:05 AM
Hi,

Does anybody else use an LG GSA-4040 DVD writer?

I'm having problems getting DVD Architect to write to DVD-RW media on mine. It seems to work OK with DVD-R. I've not tried any other media types yet.

If I use a brand new disc, Architect looks as though it's written OK but the disc is unreadable in anything. No volume label comes up against the disc, and Windows 2000 says "Incorrect Function" if you try and access it.

If I use a disc with data already on it, DVD Architect says that the media is not big enough for the project even though it's nowhere near that big.

DVD-RWs work OK with Easy CD Creator, so I'm pretty sure the drive itself is OK.

Has anyone managed to get a GSA-4040 to write to DVD-RW discs?

Alan.

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TorS wrote on 10/1/2003, 6:33 AM
I have trouble writing to DVD+RW on a NEC 1100A.
The process starts by writing lead-in, looking very real to about 70%. Then it picks up speed very fast, ejects the DVD and says: The command completed without errors.
But the resulting DVD is reported by PlexTools (I have a Plextor CD writer) as being unformatted.
I can write the same project to DVD+R without problems.
Tor