Optiarc DVD burner won't burn dvds in Win7

My dvd burner: Optiarc 7580s
PC Acer 5515 laptop running windows 7 32-bit Ultimate

Ever since I upgraded to win7, I can not burn DVDs. I can burn CDs fine and read cds and dvds. When I try to burn onto a new blank dvd using the default win7 dvd maker, it says it is formatting the dvd and it never finishes. The red x is faded the whole time its formatting so I close it with task manager and everything freezes and the task-bar disappears and reloads.

When using ImgBurn, it says it formats ok but then has errors (Log shown at the bottom of this post.

UltraIso claims to burn the dvd just fine but when I look at DVD drive in "computer" it still shows as blank DVD.

I have tried updating the driver, uninstalling the driver and rebooting, using the windows troubleshoot for reading/burning dvds and the Microsoft Mr Fixit but nothing has worked so far. Any advice would be helpful, Thanks.

ImgBurn log

I 02:27:13 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started!
I 02:27:14 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (6.1, Build 7600)
I 02:27:14 Total Physical Memory: 1,832,944 KB - Available: 964,720 KB
I 02:27:14 Initialising SPTI...
I 02:27:14 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 02:27:14 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM!
I 02:27:35 Operation Started!
I 02:27:35 Device: [4:0:0] Optiarc DVD RW AD-7580S FX04 (D:) (SATA)
I 02:27:35 Media Type: DVD+RW (Disc ID: INFODISC-A10-01) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x)
I 02:27:35 Quick Erase: No
I 02:27:35 Format Properly: Yes
I 02:27:35 Format Size: Preferred
I 02:27:35 Erasing Disc...
I 02:46:29 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:18:53
I 02:46:40 Operation Started!
I 02:46:40 Source File: C:\Users\...\Downloads\ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso
I 02:46:40 Source File Sectors: 358,115 (MODE1/2048)
I 02:46:40 Source File Size: 733,419,520 bytes
I 02:46:40 Source File Volume Identifier: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
I 02:46:40 Source File Application Identifier: GENISOIMAGE ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM CREATOR (C) 1993 E.YOUNGDALE (C) 1997-2006 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING (C) 2006-2007 CDRKIT TEAM
I 02:46:40 Source File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), Joliet
I 02:46:40 Destination Device: [4:0:0] Optiarc DVD RW AD-7580S FX04 (D:) (SATA)
I 02:46:40 Destination Media Type: DVD+RW (Disc ID: INFODISC-A10-01) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x)
I 02:46:40 Destination Media Sectors: 2,295,104
I 02:46:40 Write Mode: DVD
I 02:46:40 Write Type: DAO
I 02:46:40 Write Speed: MAX
I 02:46:40 Link Size: Auto
I 02:46:40 Lock Volume: Yes
I 02:46:40 Test Mode: No
I 02:46:40 OPC: No
I 02:46:40 BURN-Proof: Enabled
I 02:46:40 Book Type Setting: N/A
I 02:46:41 Filling Buffer... (40 MB)
I 02:46:44 Writing LeadIn...
I 02:46:46 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 358114)
I 02:46:46 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 358114)
I 02:49:53 Synchronising Cache...
W 02:49:59 Potential 'WaitImmediateIO' Deferred Error - (0/3) - Write Error
W 02:49:59 Synchronise Cache Failed! - Reason: Write Error
W 02:49:59 Retrying (1 of 3)...
I 02:50:00 Closing Session...
I 02:50:01 Exporting Graph Data...
I 02:50:01 Graph Data File: C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\Optiarc_DVD_RW_AD-7580S_FX04_TUESDAY-MAY-11-2010_2-46_AM_INFODISC-A10-01_MAX.ibg
I 02:50:01 Export Successfully Completed!
I 02:50:01 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:03:20
I 02:50:01 Average Write Rate: 3,850 KB/s (2.8x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,578 KB/s (4.0x)
I 02:50:01 Cycling Tray before Verify...
W 02:50:29 Waiting for device to become ready...
I 02:50:37 Device Ready!
I 02:50:38 Operation Started!
I 02:50:38 Source Device: [4:0:0] Optiarc DVD RW AD-7580S FX04 (D:) (SATA)
I 02:50:38 Source Media Type: DVD+RW (Book Type: DVD+RW) (Disc ID: INFODISC-A10-01) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x)
I 02:50:38 Image File: C:\Users\...\Downloads\ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso
I 02:50:38 Image File Sectors: 358,115 (MODE1/2048)
I 02:50:38 Image File Size: 733,419,520 bytes
I 02:50:38 Image File Volume Identifier: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
I 02:50:38 Image File Application Identifier: GENISOIMAGE ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM CREATOR (C) 1993 E.YOUNGDALE (C) 1997-2006 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING (C) 2006-2007 CDRKIT TEAM
I 02:50:38 Image File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), Joliet
I 02:50:38 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX
E 02:50:38 Session 1, Track 1 is smaller on the disc than it is in the image file.
E 02:50:38 Disc's Track Sectors: 0 (TOC Sectors: 0)
E 02:50:38 Image File's Track Sectors: 358115 (TOC Sectors: 358115)
E 02:50:38 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:00
I 02:50:38 Average Verify Rate: N/A - Maximum Verify Rate: N/A

electrotune1200 said:

Maybe check to see if the drive has updated firmware.

Open Imgburn... then click on a task menu(create image file from disc will do)

Then click on the tools tab, move down to drive, and then select check for firmware updates.

I hope this helps.... Report back and let us know what's going on.

Hi, I tried that and it did download a newer firmware update and then reinstalled the driver. However it is still doing the same thing.

It seems to not be formatting. It never completes the formatting in Windows dvd burner and even though it says formatting is successful in ImgBurn, it still says disc needs formatted everytime I load the dvd.

electrotune1200 said:

When UltraISO says it successfully completes burning a DVD, Have you looked at the DVD to see if there is information written to it? I've had times Windows doesn't recognise a disc untill I eject it and reload it.

Is this pretty much a fresh install of 7? Had the problem started after installing a burning suite?

I just tried UltraIso and it opens automatically after burning. When I close it, it still shows blank. I had downloaded nero but later uninstalled it and the only things I have now are ImgBurn and UltraISO. However, now that I think about it, it did burn DVD-R's but when I ran out of those I bought DVD+RWs so they could be erased and reused but on the outside of the drive, it says DVD RW so I wouldn't think that would be an issue and they work fine on my desktop.