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fornewsgroups@shaw.ca - 12 Jan 2007 01:03 GMT

I have a DVD burner and it will still read DVD+RW's but no longer
DVD+R's even though I made them on this PC AND they play fine in my TV
DVD player.
any ideas?

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fornewsgroups@shaw.ca - 12 Jan 2007 04:38 GMT

fornewsgro...@shaw.ca wrote:

> I have a DVD burner and it will still read DVD+RW's but no longer
> DVD+R's even though I made them on this PC AND they play fine in my TV
> DVD player.
> any ideas?

I have a compaq presario with a HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GCA-4040N combo drive.
Firmware 5.1.2535.0 by microsoft.

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smlunatick - 12 Jan 2007 15:46 GMT

That is not the firmware version. Microsoft does not provide firmware
for LG (HL) hard drives. That number is the standard version number of
the Microsoft driver.

Head over to www.rpc1.org for more help and utilities. This is a web
forum site specialised in DVD writing problems.

fornewsgro...@shaw.ca wrote:

> fornewsgro...@shaw.ca wrote:
> > I have a DVD burner and it will still read DVD+RW's but no longer
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> I have a compaq presario with a HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GCA-4040N combo drive.
> Firmware 5.1.2535.0 by microsoft.

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fornewsgroups@shaw.ca - 13 Jan 2007 08:03 GMT

thanks for the feedback.
I have to ask though how is this forum specialized for writing
problems? It doesn't say that.

> That is not the firmware version. Microsoft does not provide firmware
> for LG (HL) hard drives. That number is the standard version number of
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> > I have a compaq presario with a HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GCA-4040N combo drive.
> > Firmware 5.1.2535.0 by microsoft.

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smlunatick - 14 Jan 2007 02:19 GMT

The forum specialises in how to make most DVD drives a "region" free
player (Region Free -- can play any DVD movie for any for the DVD
region that the world is divided into.) There are "excellent" and
"knowledgeble" posters who may have already answered you questions.

> thanks for the feedback.
> I have to ask though how is this forum specialized for writing
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> > > I have a compaq presario with a HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GCA-4040N combo drive.
> > > Firmware 5.1.2535.0 by microsoft.

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fornewsgroups@shaw.ca - 15 Jan 2007 05:00 GMT

what am I doing wrong then? All I see in the group name is "microsoft
. public . windowsxp . hardware"
that's it.

> The forum specialises in how to make most DVD drives a "region" free
> player (Region Free -- can play any DVD movie for any for the DVD
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> > > > I have a compaq presario with a HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GCA-4040N combo drive.
> > > > Firmware 5.1.2535.0 by microsoft.

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smlunatick - 15 Jan 2007 15:34 GMT

If you were to read my first response, you would see a web site link to
www.rpc1.org. This web fourm specialises in everything dealing with
firmwares, drive flashing, CD/DVD utilities and how to convert most DVD
drives to region-free drives.

> what am I doing wrong then? All I see in the group name is "microsoft
> . public . windowsxp . hardware"
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> > > > > I have a compaq presario with a HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GCA-4040N combo drive.
> > > > > Firmware 5.1.2535.0 by microsoft.

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fornewsgroups@shaw.ca - 16 Jan 2007 03:52 GMT

OOoooh, I get you. You don't mean THIS forum. You mean THAT forum.
Gotcha. Much thanks again and Happy New Year.

> If you were to read my first response, you would see a web site link to
> www.rpc1.org. This web fourm specialises in everything dealing with
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> > > > > > I have a compaq presario with a HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GCA-4040N combo drive.
> > > > > > Firmware 5.1.2535.0 by microsoft.

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