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jadedinchina

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Mar 11, 2009
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Yesterday, my system profiler showed me this below.

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N:

Firmware Revision: BP10
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

Today, it says I can only write to -R, -RW.

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N:

Firmware Revision: BP10
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 0 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

How come?! Also, even with the stats from yesterday, I already couldn't burn to +R's anymore, meanwhile, my +RW's can still be read, erased, and re-burned. I don't understand what is going on. How do I go about remedying this situation? I am also unable to read any of my old burned copies of movies on +R's. All blank or burned +R's whirr a bit in the drive and then get ejected. Regular store bought movies can still be read. I have been burning to +Rs for over a year now with no problem and have gone thru like 200 +Rs without a hitch until a couple of days ago.

I've already gotten screwed over by Repairtech's fraudulent 3-year extended warranty and my Apple 1-year warranty ran out over a month ago.

Please help!!!
 
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