Device not ready (No reference position found)

[jiB]

Hey

 

When i try to burn a iso onto a normal cd i get this error. any other type of medium works fine. i can read and burn dvds. i am not sure if i can read normal cds because i dont have any to test it with

 

my drive is a ATAPI DVD A DH20A4P and i do have the latest firmware installed

 

i tryed to burn the iso with alcohol 120% first and while it was running though that my pc crashed. it did not blue screen or anything like that, it just stopped responding.

 

I am running windows 7

 

here is my log

 

I 17:48:35 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started!

I 17:48:35 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (6.1, Build 7600)

I 17:48:35 Total Physical Memory: 2,095,608 KB - Available: 1,303,672 KB

W 17:48:35 SPTD can have a detrimental effect on drive performance.

I 17:48:35 Initialising SPTI...

I 17:48:35 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 17:48:35 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM and 1 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROM!

 

 

that is as far as i could get because the burn button wont even appear. Device not ready (No reference position found) is all i get

 

Cheers to anyone that helps

[Cynthia]

If you insert the cd and use the read mode. Can it read the disc info in the right window then? If so, post that info.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Get some Taiyo Yuden CDs or try to find a CD-ROM disc - data, audio, it doesn't really matter.

 

See if it can recognise those ok.

 

If it can't, try a cleaning disc in the drive - better make sure it's a DVD one!

 

If it still doesn't work, get yourself a new drive.