"Any Practical solutions would be appreciated."
1. Such are very new devices. Make it a warranty issue. Let it be their problem.
2. Your post is "light." No mention of what software used to try a write to DVD recordable media.
Bob
Have ensured that Direct X 8.1 or higher is installed. Drive is master with end ide plugged in. Have attempted to update firmware no success. OS is XP PRO. Mobo.Asus P4SGL-VM. Celeron 2G CPU. 512MB 2100 DDR. 40G WD HDD. The LG 4040B will read everything, will write to CDR/RW will not write to any DVD format. This is a Multiformat device.
Any Practical solutions would be appreciated.
Thankyou
Mathew

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