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    Help toshiba laptop dvd burning help needed

    i have a toshiba laptop with a matshita uj-840s dvd-rw. when i go to "my computer" it's only showing as a dvd-ram drive. when i try to insert blank dvd-r media it won't let me burn anything. for some reason it won't recognize the media. can someone please explain why this is the case? thanks peeps
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    Default Re: toshiba laptop dvd burning help needed

    I think it's meant to show up as a RAM drive? Have you tried other media?
    Try updating the firmware on it
    http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=2181
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    Default Re: toshiba laptop dvd burning help needed

    It is a DVD ram drive according to a google search and these links-Try a +r instead of - r
    http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=2181
    http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=147935

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    Default Re: toshiba laptop dvd burning help needed

    It supports both +r and -r, either its fooked or it dont like the brand of media u using m8

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    Default Re: toshiba laptop dvd burning help needed

    ta for the input chaps. Will get some different media and try it out. will let u's know how i get on
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