Problem with my burner?!

[adric]

My burner (Sony DRU-500A) Is having a few problems. It is making strange clicks when reading or writing a disc, and although it gets through most of the disc, it never finishes, always with an error.

Does anyone know what could be the problem with my burner?

I will reproduce the error to get the exact wording if that would be a help.

Thanks in advance for help!

Adam

[heretic422]

Maybe a bad servo? Have you called Sony? It takes a while to get through, but in my experiences in calling them, and that's all I have to go on, they were pretty helpful.

Can you burn a CD or does that crap out too. Can you rip the DVD, ( I assume that's the issue) in another machine with a DVD? Are you using the Sony to ripa s well as burn, maybe it burnt out?

Sorry that's not too helpful.

Good luck.

[likwid8]

I assume you got a h/w problem, do what the above person said and call Sony... your still in gurantee (I hope) so calling them would solve ur problem.

[adric]

Ok, I will give sony a call.

It happens with everything, be it reading a cd, reading a dvd, burning a cd, or burning a dvd.

The weird thing is, I have had the drive for over 5 months and this just started happening about a week ago, and I havent moved the pc or done anything to it.

[likwid8]

Yah hehehe you said it.... u had it for 5 months and now its getting defective....

[briandoc]

i know this is an old forum but i found it with a y! search.... i'm curious what the resolution was, if any. my DRU-500A does the same thing. it makes a loud clicking noise when reading/recording/identifying discs right after insertion. this doesn't always happen, and even when it happens during record, 90% of the discs still burn properly. let me know if you had any luck solving it on your own or by sending to sony. mine is out of warranty ... thanks.

brian