Pioneer 106d stops writing

[johnathome2002]

Hi,
I've had a Pioneer 106D for about a year now. Firmware is 1.07, the latest so the Pioneer checker tells me.
All was fine till Friday. Now whenever i burn it just stops, could be at 2%, 6% or 9%? I haven't changed anything at all.

I've tried a newer ver of InstantCopy, and i've also burnt with decrypter.

It just stops, the light on the drive goes out, taskmanager says the burn software is still running. I've removed the drive in device manager and let it reinstall, and i'm at a loss as to what to do now!

I've googled the problem but couldn't find any answers to this specific problem. The drive reads discs ok.

The discs are Ritek dvd-r , the same that i've used all along.

Is it time for a new drive?
I thought if the drive was broke it just wouldn't burn full stop!
I just burnt an audio CD and it was fine.

Any ideas?

John

[Bodyslide]

Do a search on the forums for dirty laser. There are a few steps to take to try and clean the laser. If that doesn't fix the drive , time for a Pioneer 108.

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=247190

[blinky88]

The first thing I would do is take Bodyslides advise, likely problem - dirty laser lens.

The second is to update your firmware to v1.08.