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    May 7, 2007, 06:59 AM
    Samsung WriteMaster SH-W162L
    I have 2 SH-W162L DVD±R/RW drive-a under XPpro Sp2
    And I have an strange isue: my drives can't recognize DVD RW discs! I tried difrent brands (Philips DVD+RW, TDK DVD+RW and DVD-RW & Sony DVD-RW) but I don't have problems burning regular DVD-/+R and CD-R & CD-RW discs! And yeah I have upgraded firmware to latest version (TS03)!
    I even reinstaled XP! No problems with older burner (RIP now)!
    Any ideas?
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    May 10, 2007, 08:57 AM
    Disconnect the first drive, and try it. Disconnect the second drive but connect back the first drive. What are your results?

    Make sure the drives are set as master/slave properly on the secondary IDE.
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    May 11, 2007, 04:41 AM
    Tried method sugested... no change, except one drive (seting: master/slave)(curently slave) displayed on statup (in bios sc) ''drive bla-bla not ATAPI compatible'' but with bouth connected no problems (stil not reading DVD-RW-s in any combination)... thanks for trying...
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    May 14, 2007, 10:39 AM
    Set each one as master and try them individually.

    Ensure you are using an 80 pin ide cable, and that the pin 1 stripe is oriented the right way.

    If you have another PC or a friends PC etc. Try the drive with them.
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