Pavilion 754n DVD writer problem

[meyerp006]

Ok, last year I found a 754n pavilion in the dumpster outside a
Servepro (fire damage cleaning biz). It had obviously been on in a
smoke filled room, but had no visible damage. The HDD had been
stripped and that's it. I took it home, discovered the power supply
had burned out. Instead of paying the $180 bucks for a new hp power
supply, I got a fancy ass new tower for $50 with a power supply. So
I clean everything off, swap everything over, turn it on, it runs
like a dream, no problem. Almost.
It has a DVD writer in it and I can't get it to work. It will read
CD's and DVD's, but won't write anything or play DVDs(the title
screen will come up, but I get an error every time I try to play). I
installed and am running GTA San Andreas off it so it can't be damaged
too bad.
I use Nero and it won't let me select it even. Since the HDD was
missing, I downloaded all the drivers for it and it asks me everytime
I turn it on to look for new firmware for it, but it still doesn't
work. Anyone run into something like this before?
Thanks.
Pat.

[Ben Myers]

Suggestion: Replace the drive. You've already gotten your money's worth.

If you want to persist, try a vendor-agnostic CD/DVD burning package like
CDBurnerXPPro. It's free and works with most any drive.

It's possible that the version of Nero you installed does not have the drive
make/model in its list of acceptable drives... Ben Myers

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:32:15 GMT, meyerp006@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid
(meyerp006) wrote:
Ok, last year I found a 754n pavilion in the dumpster outside aServepro (fire damage cleaning biz). It had obviously been on in asmoke filled room, but had no visible damage. The HDD had beenstripped and that's it. I took it home, discovered the power supplyhad burned out. Instead of paying the $180 bucks for a new hp powersupply, I got a fancy ass new tower for $50 with a power supply. SoI clean everything off, swap everything over, turn it on, it runslike a dream, no problem. Almost.It has a DVD writer in it and I can't get it to work. It will readCD's and DVD's, but won't write anything or play DVDs(the titlescreen will come up, but I get an error every time I try to play). Iinstalled and am running GTA San Andreas off it so it can't be damagedtoo bad.I use Nero and it won't let me select it even. Since the HDD wasmissing, I downloaded all the drivers for it and it asks me everytimeI turn it on to look for new firmware for it, but it still doesn'twork. Anyone run into something like this before?Thanks.Pat.

[meyerp006]

Thanks for the advice, CDBurnerXPPro worked perfectly.

Pat.