Device not ready (Medium not present - tray closed)

[Cantello]

Hi all!

 

Yesterday I was burning several DVDs (video with additional content in DVDROM folder if that's of any importance) and all of a sudden my drive did no longer recognise any discs at all. This happened right after I tried to burn a double-layer DVD (all discs from Verbatim, not the very cheap stuff).

 

Is it possible that suddenly the drive went broke? It's a SATA drive, three or four years old. I have uninstalled the SPTD driver that was previously installed, without any changes.

 

Any hints?

 

[mmalves]

Try a lens cleaning disc on that drive, and if that doesn't help then treat yourself to a nice new SATA burner (Optiarc AD-7240S / AD-7241S / AD-7243S recommended).