hi hope someone can help when i put a blank dvd-r in my pc it shows as 0 free space and 0 bytes it plays all back up discs cds and original discs i have not changed the type of media i normally use and have tried several discs all with the same result .i have a dell pc and the drive type is HL-DT-ST DVD+ - RW GWA4164B and am using windows xp .i hope i put this thread in right place not sure if its drive prob or something else .thanks to anyone who can help
Try this firmware update for your drive to help it recognise new disks. Here's the latest one. This is if you have a Dell PC ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/rmsd/E113.ZIP This is if you have a Fujitsu/Siemens (any other) PC. http://support.fujitsu-siemens.com/...wareGUID=CB38A987-26EA-45FB-9791-82B279E0A39F
See this thread: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/449899 The guy had the same kind of problem, and it was fixed......... Good luck! )
thanks for your help so far have tried updating firm ware and re installing the drive as you have suggested but dvd drive still the same when inserting a blank dvd the drive reads it as a cd with 0 bytes free space 0 bytes total size but when inserting blank cd it reads correctly
