Firmware? I have an ativa dvd/cd writer (internal), is there any firmware available? wow

try to reinstall the driver and update its firmware if available and test other writing software and other brand of Cd or Dvd. if same thing happens, it appears to be with the drive and you'll need to get a replacment for it

Hi ,
You can find some support here :
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&docname=lpg40607
It seems also a solution was found here : It's the same firmware as for Liteon drive :
http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=45689
And you can download it from here :
http://codeguys.rpc1.org/firmwares.html
I hope this will help you .
Best regards .

Use a cd cleaner to clean the lens and then see to it the firmware is upto date. Apart from this try out with different variety of cd's and dvd's too. If both cd and dvd is not detecting then ur lens could be the fault. And it is not worth replacing lens for a Internal drive, but u can give it a try with the local stores.

Do a search for an Aptiva dvd/cd writer on the internet. Or Aptiva drivers. You probably should know the Aptiva model number when you search.

question? what software are you using to try to burn from? the drivers and firmware for that burner lightscribe are available at the hp website if you need them.

Goto the web site of the company that makes the writer and reinstall or update the internal Firmware for that model of writer.

I would email or call hp support and ask about this as there should be a firmware update of some description.

Also re install latest chipset drivers and maybe adaptec aspi drivers ?

you did not specify the company name of your writer.
you can change the speed of your writer using a tool called Media Code Speed Edit (MCSE) which is able tomake your DVD writer read and writer faster. If youhave LiteOn, Benq, PHILIPS, HP, LG, NEC, newer PIONEER, Cyberhome,Gigabyte, Samsung and Artec DVD writers, you have a good chance to playwith MCSE and speed up your drive.

MediaCodeSpeedEdit allows you to change the write speed for your mediaand to add new media codes to your firmware by renaming an alreadyavailable media code. The new media code name can be entered manuallyor can be imported from the DVD Identifier media code output to be surethat no special characters are lost. This kind of media code renamingwill remove the original media code name from the patched firmware, soit is no longer supported by the firmware.

Real adding of additional media code names would mean to shift andextend all internal media code tables or patching all media codescanner for all supported firmwares, which would be a quite complextask. So don't do it if you don't know what you are doing.

MCSE basically hack or edit the firmware for your DVD writer and thenyou flash the hacked firmware to update your DVD writer to supportfaster read or write speed. If you don't know where to get your DVDwriter's firmware, you can head to Media CodeSpeed Edit forum to get help. Here is the link to download MCSE
http://www.anonym.to/?http://ala42.cdfreaks.com/MCSE/MediaCodeSpeedEdit.zip
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my LG dvd writer will not read nor burn cds.

There is no post for Ativa firmware update at Ativa website:

http://www.ativaproducts.com/support_storage.html

you can email the support team at: http://www.ativaproducts.com/contact.html