LG DVD writer can't detect DVD media..

[Phylroy]

Okay this drive works great with CD-R, detects CD's and *some* dvd-roms but not all...


I thought it might need a touch by windows..so I threw it into my very old windows box...It saw the drive and was able to burn a DVD-R. (Even set the region code)

Then I brought it back to my gentoo box, booted up KDE..Popped a freash DVD-R into the drive and yippee! It appeared in the KDE system->media. Then I tried to burn it...It said it completed sucessfully..(in 3 sec?) but it didn't...I then tried to burn another DVD but it wouldn't detect it at all.. I've tried using other media...it just doesn't like dvds....

ANother thing I notice on boot up is that it stalls when trying to read the drive if there is a blank disk in there....it whirrs for a bout 5 minutes and finally continues to boot.

I've gone to the store and exchange for a new one...and this has the same problem too?

Any ideas?

Any ideas?




Here is the partial output of dmesg.

[davascript]

I have the GSA-H10NB and this happens randomly to a dvd(twice in two months). try updating the firmware if you can or take it back and get the b series off newegg. this might be why they made b series of te drive.