Sony DRU-710A DVD±RW Dual Layer Burner?

some time your drive is on copy right protection mode...so disable that and probably itll work....

Blank dvd is faulty replace it

check sonys website for the drivers for it. If not try what you said. Good luck.

Hi There that is a hardware failure inside the unit there are two different lasers in the one head one for cd and one for dvd it sound like the dv d head has failed if the unit is new or under warrenty its time to speak to your supplier or if not bite the bullet and invest in anew unit


sorry for the bad news

Regards AL "Alstech"

What do you mean "it just stays there"? Can you be a bit more specific? The writing speed doesn't really mean anything apart from being able to burn quicker.

The "drivers" for the sony dru 710a can be downloaded from here:
http://sony.storagesupport.com/product/112#drivers

I would also update the Firmware version too.

Hope that works

Regards,
Tim

I updated the latest firmware provided by sony and could solve the problem.

Regards
Hannesfx

sounds exactly like my old dead drive. if it cant boot from a cd its likely a bad drive

try using TDK disks i rarely have a problem with them try doing a drive test using a blank dvd

as with all writers eventually they fault at the lens and it gets out of line and cannot read discs, you can try the usual thing of checking Sony for any firmware updates, but first:- Go to my computer>right click>hardware tab>device manager, then down list to cd/dvd drives and click '+' sign and highlight your writer, right click on it and select uninstall. Restart PC and it will be automatically re installed, try again and if no change you will need to replace the drive as they are cheaper nowadays

Try this download page to update your firmware from 25/10/05, so if you bought your writer before this date maybe this will work, otherwise buy 8x discs. http://sony.storagesupport.com/dvdrw/firmware.htm#710 The faster the discs are burned the more chance of errors there are, you should write at slower speeds for better quality.