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- #Plextor px 716a driver
- #Plextor px 716a upgrade
I am beginning to believe I have a hardware problem? To check it out, I will be removing my cd rom and putting in my son's computer. I changed cd disk to a dvd disk and I'm back to square one, the Explorer requests you insert a disk when one is already in the drive. If this is a recordable or rewritable disc, try another one from a different manufacturer Try a "known good" disc that can be read in another drive or could be read previously in this driveĤ. Make sure the disc is not upside down or scratchedģ. TROUBLESHOOTING: Blink Codes Actions 2 amber blinksĢ. Re: Trouble with Plextor PX-716A DVD-RW Drive « Reply 7 on: August 14, 2006, 03:39:36 AM » If Patios advice does not work, try downloading and installing the Windows 2000 driver, as the Windows 2000 operating system is the closest to Windows XP. I went to the plextor site and it said the problem is:
#Plextor px 716a install
Trying to install Plextor PX-716UF external DVD burner. login as root, and type install-cdrom, select the CD/DVD-ROM drive you.
then enter at the LILO boot: prompt the following : LILO boot: linux hddide-scsiCD/DVD-ROM drive is secondary/master and the Plextor is secondary/slave.
#Plextor px 716a driver
The request could not be performed because of an I/O error. Plextor px 716uf manualidades :: books for Android docx free. CD/DVD driver other as your Plextor DVDR 716A. Now when I try to access the drive using explore, I get and I/O error that says On inserting a cd and closing door, it made an effort to read the disk but gave up and a blinking yellow light began which I had not noticed earlier.Ģ) Peconet, I think the above covered what you said to do if I'm understanding it correctly? I have also gone into the BIOS and checked to see if any settings were strange but could not find any- all the pertinent setting were set to AUTO. Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Email this article - 31210583 PX-716A/SW Plextor PX-716A IDE drive 5. The Retail package includes: PX-716A (DVD Recorder), E-IDE (ATAPI) cable, Plextor CD/DVD Utility Software (PlexTools Professional), an extra black front bezel, 16-language. The PX-716A comes in internal version with a Tray load mechanism.
#Plextor px 716a upgrade
During upgrade it unloaded the plextor drive and opened the door hiding the cd rom. The PX-716A reads CD-ROMs at 48X and DVD-ROMs at 16X. This upgrade forced the system to uninstalled the plexor software and set it up so that XP would reinstall it By upgrading the firmware, it deleted the prior definitions and Windows displayed a msg that new hardware had been found. Version 1.11 whoch when installed opened to draw to the plextor drive plextor dvdr px-716a 1.10j is the tag line during upgrade. They do have firmware upgrades which I downloaded and installed.
#Plextor px 716a drivers
Note that the lens is very small and fragile, so a few sweeps with a single swab drenched in alcohol is sufficient.Īs you can see in the picture, quite a lot of liquid left on the lens, but that will evaporate over time.1) Taked to Plextor and they said there are no drivers except what is supported by XP Get the alcohol and cotton swabs (you'll need less than 1 ml of alcohol, but for some reason Boots only sold bottles of 500 ml !?!). If you close the tray a bit, you'll see the lens: Now you can lift the drive completely out of the case: Push in the notches on the side, and carefully take it off, by first lifting the bottom (because there's a single notch underneath the case at the top as well): You only need to remove the larger part of the front bezel (not the part attached to the tray). Use a small paperclip and carefully poke it in the "emergency eject hole" to open the tray: The bottom hinges at the front, so lift it at the back and remove: Like most manufacturers, Plextor also buys its drives from BenQ (for example the PX-740A). These problems were fixed for the European market.
Turn it over, and unscrew the four screws near the corners: Especialy the PX-716A drives that were marketed in the US seem to have a lot of problems. Unplug the power and data cables from the drive and take it out of the PC (click on any of the images to see a larger version): opening the drive Power down your PC, unplug the power cord, and open it. I bought "surgical spirit" at Boots, which is 90% ethanol and 5% methanol) and cotton swabs. First, get some alcohol (ethanol, as pure as you can get. Power calibration error And repeating "power calibration error" here, because that's most likely what you searched for.įortunately you can revive the drive simply by cleaning the lens. I've been a happy user of the classic Plextor PX-716A DVD burner for about 6 years now, but unfortunately recently I started getting the dreaded "power calibration error" messages. So after about 7 years of service, I replaced it with an LG DVD writer / bluray player.
#Plextor px 716a update
Update (Oct 10, 2014): I'm no longer able to get this drive to work again, even after cleaning the lens :-(. Note that obviously the procedure described on this page will void the warranty on your drive. Cleaning the lens of a Plextor PX-716A DVD writer