Atapi Dvd Rom Drive

[Saber]

So suddenly my Dvd, A well known brand of course has stopped reading writting dvds, it knows theres a blank dvd inserted but it say theres no free space on any of them and wont write to it. I ran disc info and i got this :
DISCINFO VERSION : 1.6.1.6
VENDOR : ATAPI
MODEL : DVD A DH20A3P
REVISION : XP5P
VENDOR SPECIFIC : 2007/07/13 17:56
LOADING MECHANISM : Tray
NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256
BUFFER SIZE : 2048KB
INTERFACE : ATAPI
RPC2 SCHEME : YES
STATUS : Set
USER CHANGES : 4
VENDOR CHANGES : 4
CURRENT REGION : 2
ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES
COMPOSITE OUTPUT : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT1 : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT2 : NO
READ UPC CODE : YES
MULTISESSION READ : YES
MODE 2 FORM 1 : YES
MODE 2 FORM 2 : YES
READ ISRC CODE : YES
READ BAD CODE : NO
BUFFER UNDER-RUN : YES
MT. RAINIER : NO
CAN READ CDR : YES
CAN READ CDRW : YES
CAN READ CDRM2 : YES
CAN WRITE CDR : YES
CAN WRITE CDRW : YES
CAN TEST WRITE : YES
CAN READ DVD-ROM : YES
CAN READ DVD-R : YES
CAN READ DVD-RW : YES
CAN READ DVD-RAM : YES
CAN READ DVD+R : YES
CAN READ DVD+RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RAM : YES
CAN WRITE DVD+R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD+RW : YES
MAX CDR READ SPEED : 40
MAX CDR WRITE SPEED: 48

When i insert a blank dvd, the logo in "my computer" changes from DVD-Rom Drive, To CD Drive. im confused?
It reads games and music cd's fine.

[Murf]

Try clearing the Upper/Lower Filters in your registry:

[Start] [Run] [Regedit] hit OK

Clicking the + sign navigate to the following registry key;

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class
Key Name: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Value Data: [Delete All Value Data from UpperFilters and LowerFilters]
Note: Do not delete the Key or the Multi-String Values. Delete only the data values.

Exit Registry and Reboot

[Saber]

no luck, im going to try a error check, and to burn a cd with it, however WMP wont burn music onto it, it says please insert blank cd when theres a dvd in there .
http://forum.videohelp.com/topic338850.html
This person seems to have ahd the same problem,
and after searching i think its a Lite-eon.
I want to try upgrading the firmware, but i cant find it. Ive tried windows driver update but it cant find any either.

[Broni]

Go to Device Manager, click a "+" sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.
You'll see two items:
- ATA Channel0 (or Primary Channel)
- ATA Channel1 (or Secondary Channel)
Right click on each of them, and click Uninstal. Confirm.
Restart Windows. They'll be automatically reinstalled.

[Saber]

did that, now it says
f:\ is not accessible
Incorrect function

[Broni]

I suspect, the drive is dead. You may try it in another computer, though.

[Saber]

My friend tried it in his pc, it worked fine. im going to try it with my new mobo. will post results.