Hi all, I have a bunch of DVD-R's to use to burn Wii games, but I figured that I should post in this forum instead. I've read somewhere in this site that "minus" burners can only burn DVD-R/RW media and "plus" burners can only burn DVD+R/RW media. Until now, I've been burning Wii games onto DVD+R media successfully, but I found some DVD-R's for sale and I decided to use them. But after burning a game, the Wii cannot read the disk, and I am questioning whether or not I'm using the right burner. I have no idea how to check if my DVD drive is a "plus" or a "minus"; all I can find is that when I go to the device manager, my DVD drive brand is ATAPI DVD A DH16A1P ATA Device (it came with my computer when I bought it). In case if it matters, I am using Maxell DVD-R's.
Drive is most likely a ATAPI phillips-liteon DH-16A1P. This is a DVD+-R/RW writer. Drives that write to + only or - only have not been manufactured for several years. This appears to be a OEM drive since Phillips doesn't directly support it. For addl. support you should check with the people who built you PC. This will burn + or - DVDs. As stated in the Wii forum, your problem is probably due to cheap media. Maxell is not the best by any stretch and Wiis are very picky about media.
@danilyu You could crossflsh it to a: LH-16A1P. There is one fw listed and will help for burning newer disks and their write stragities. http://codeguys.rpc1.org/firmwares.html Burn On, Russell
