Benq DVD recorder and Windows XP

Hi,

I've bought an OEM Benq (Liteon) DC DW1670 for use in a Windows XP
(SP2) system but the PC doesn't permit writing to the device. None of
my DVD burning software recognises the device as a recordable drive.
Device Manager shows it as a ATAPI DVD DC 16x8x5 drive. I can play
DVD's with it.


Are there any drivers out there I need to be installing to get this
to
work properly?


Cheers,


<M>

<M> <M> wrote in message:
1182610968.173022.176060@z28g2000prd.googlegroups. com,

> Hi,
>
> I've bought an OEM Benq (Liteon) DC DW1670 for use in a Windows XP
> (SP2) system but the PC doesn't permit writing to the device. None of
> my DVD burning software recognises the device as a recordable drive.
> Device Manager shows it as a ATAPI DVD DC 16x8x5 drive. I can play
> DVD's with it.
>
>
> Are there any drivers out there I need to be installing to get this
> to
> work properly?
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> <M>

Typically the software that comes with a DVD burner also installs a
driver, so even if you're not going to use that software you still need
to install it.

And Benq recorders suck, so I would recommend that you not even bother
with it. I know this because I have one that I quit using. I bought it
because it was cheap, but had to replace it with something decent.