I have a Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-109.. from a sony vaio machine. I replaced the motherboard and installed my own version of XP...

Now though my dvd-rw isn't working properly
it will read cds and burn cds but I am having trouble with it working with dvds

windows device manager says it is working properly... I tried a firmware upgrade the the upgrade said the device is not available?? lol wtf??

I have absolutly no idea what to do :(

any help is greatly appreaciated
THANKS!

Remove and reinstall your burning software. Or get the latest upgrade version.

Test the drive in another computer.

If none of the above works, buy a new one.

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