FOCUS SERVO ERROR

[dvkej5]

HI KINDA NEW AT THIS WHOLE THING. I HAVE PUT IN A DVD-RW AND I KEEP GETTING A MESSAGE AT THE BOTTOM THAT SAYS DEVICE NOT READY(FOCUS SERVO ERROR)

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME OUT!!!

[Kenadjian]

We probably can, but you have to stop shouting at us. please turn your caps off.

 

Now to your problem, does your burner support -RW media? that's the first step.

 

Right mouse click your drive and go to capabilities, you'll see in there if the media is supported.

[kungfuhippie]

Hi,

I have the same problem in my laptop, I have already checked and my drive is a dvd-rw and suports that media. Any help to rectify this problem would be great.

Thanks

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Update your drives firmware or buy some different discs. The drive doesn't like the ones you're trying ot use.

[Shamus_McFartfinger]

Hi,

I have the same problem in my laptop, I have already checked and my drive is a dvd-rw and suports that media. Any help to rectify this problem would be great.

Thanks

 

The full log of the failed burn would also help us alot. Help Menu > Logs

[kungfuhippie]

Hi,

I have the same problem in my laptop, I have already checked and my drive is a dvd-rw and suports that media. Any help to rectify this problem would be great.

Thanks

 

The full log of the failed burn would also help us alot. Help Menu > Logs

 

11:19:40 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started!

I 11:19:40 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic Edition (6.0, Build 6000)

I 11:19:40 Total Physical Memory: 513,600 KB - Available: 122,396 KB

I 11:19:40 Initialising SPTI...

I 11:19:40 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 11:20:10 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM!

I 11:48:14 Close Request Acknowledged

I 11:48:14 Closing Down...

I 11:48:14 Shutting down SPTI...

I 11:48:15 ImgBurn closed!

[dontasciime]

he said the full log not part of it

 

Unless of course that is the most or the furthest the log goes

[Shamus_McFartfinger]

A "focus servo error" pretty much means what you'd expect it to mean. The laser can't focus on the media. Throw a disk into the drive and select WRITE from the MODE menu. Now copy and paste the text from the right side window here. It'll look something like this:

 

PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D 1.21 (ATA)

Current Profile: DVD-R

 

Disc Information:

Status: Empty

Erasable: No

Free Sectors: 2,297,888

Free Space: 4,706,074,624 bytes

Free Time: 510:40:38 (MM:SS:FF)

Supported Write Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x

 

Pre-recorded Information:

Manufacturer ID: MCC 02RG20

 

Recording Management Area Information:

PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D

 

Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):

Book Type: DVD-R

Part Version: 5

Disc Size: 120mm

Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified

Number of Layers: 1

Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP)

Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit

Track Density: 0.74 um/track

First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608

Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 0

Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0

[LIGHTNING UK!]

It won't even get that far if the drive thinks there's no media in it.

 

All you'd see is the top two lines.

 

i.e.

 

PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D 1.21 (ATA)

Current Profile: Unknown

[kungfuhippie]

I only get the first two lines

 

matshita dvd-ram uj-850s 1.61(ata)

current profile: n/a

[LIGHTNING UK!]

You're just going to have to get some discs with a different dye. Your drive doesn't support the ones you're trying to use.

 

You might also like to consider getting a decent external burner. (or a normal 'internal' drive but with an external usb/firewire case).

[volvofl10]

as per LUK's post above ,

Matshita dont make what you call a "good" drive . theres several mentions of matshita drives on the forum, and none of them are good i'm afraid .

go for the external approach like LUK mentioned

[blutach]

It's all in the name Matshita

 

Regards