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Doesn't read anything. When I insert a CD, the activity light blinks twice then stops. Is there a way to force the drive to spin the CD? I'm curious if its the motor.

Really appreciate the link. I updated the firmware, but it stll says Media Not Present. I'm pretty sure the drive is dead. How does a CD drve check to see if a CD is inserted?

To me it looks as your Sony drivers firmware don't support/like that media. There should be a later firmware for that writer - 1DS2. If it's a Dell computer - look at the Dell web page. I tried other CDs, and still says Media Not Present. I updated the LOG file with the related information. If I used Media that wasn't supported by the firmware, would that kill the drive ?

No, thats just burn of the same ISO on my second drive (Philips DVD). SCROLL down a little. Matthew

I posted the log file, maybe that will help. I have tried to use a CD cleaner... one of those CDs with small brushes to clean dust... but the CD Drive will not spin it because it does not see the CD in the Drive.

My CD drive is not working after I tried to burn a CD. I'm not sure this is an issue with ImgBurn (bug), or just that the drive malfunctioned. I was burning an ISO of Ubuntu and it appeared to be working find untill the end. Just before it finished I got some error messages, which I did not write down. Now, everytime I put a CD in the drive I get "Media not present". The drive is not seeing that there is a CD inserted. No other errors show up while booting, in BIOS Setup...etc. Just that the drive does not recognize any CD, or that a CD is inserted. When a CD is inserted, the activity led blinks 2 times like its looking for a CD, but thats it. I installed DVDInfoPro to trouble shoot this and for more info on the drive. (the drive is new and was working fine just before this problem) The drive is a SONY CD-RW CRX217E. I attached the IBG file from the burn that killed the drive. If there is any more information I should post, please let me know. Are there any Advanced Commands or something I can do to figure out whats wrong ? Thanks for any help! Matthew SONY_CD_RW_CRX217E_1DS1_SUNDAY_MAY_04_2008_5_27_PM_97m15s17f_MAX.ibg ImgBurn.log