I just flashed my bios on this ASUS G50vt-x1 from version 205 to 213 as
I mentioned previously. I just ripped a CD and a 7gb DVD (ghostbusters),
set a bash loop to mount and unmount the cd over and over, and after all
that it worked just like normal.
however, then I went to burn a CD (arcanum play
for my system there is a BIOS update that fixes "Solve ODD can''t be
detected under DOS." (ODD means Optical Disc Drive). perhaps this is a
BIOS issue. I'm gunna try this and report back here.
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
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DVDRAM GSA-T50L will not write DVD's
Apparently CD Crives have Firmware. who knew?
this HP laptop offers a firmware update, but it's not my brand. should
stil work I'd imagine since it's the same model drive:
http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=3781677
except that you'll need windows or wine to install it. (hopefully this
is actually firmware and not just drivers)
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DVDRAM GSA-T50L will not write DVD's or CD's
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I should also mention that I'm not an Ubuntu user, I'm on Gentoo. this
is just the best place I've found for this particular hardware issue.
It's not distro-spcific. probably a kernel issue.
Linux Distribution
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Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1
DMI Information
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I had a cd burn fail in Windows and the drive locked up. this only
happened once, so I'm not sure it's the same deal but its probably just
a terrible drive.
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DVDRAM GSA-T50L will not write DVD's or CD's
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Do any of you guys have this problem in windows? I'd like to make sure
this isn't just hardware failure.
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somewhat of an update,
I've determined that my "USB over-current charge" thing has nothing to do with
this cd drive issue.
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I've got the same problem, same model. this is either a driver problem
or a defect of the cd drive. I don't think I've had any problems like
this in windows, so I'm guessing it's a driver thing. which means this
is a KERNEL issue.
I also occasionally get repetitive errors in dmesg about a USB
...c
