Plextor PX-716A

I bought this drive and it is not working. The led green light stays on all the time, it reads just fine but will not burn a DVD or just a regular CD. I have upgraded drivers and firmware from the plextor website and it still does not work. Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.

I had a regular IDE PX-716A die on me 1 year and 2.5 months after purchasing it and it exhibited this failure mode--insert disk, watch green LED come on and stay on. That was it. "Failure to initialize" was what Plextor support said. "We neither repair nor replace drives out of warranty" was what they also said, so I bought 3--three--new OEM LG GSA-H10N DVD-RAM drives for the same price I paid for my Plextor and haven't thought about Plextor until just now when I read your post. It ain't your father's Plextor anymore. Neither is Sony, for that matter. Or a host of other companies I could mention. Good luck.

So now I got it to recognize it and the green light is no longer on all the time. But now it tries to write a CD and it thinks for awhile and then it starts blinking a orangeish yellow colored light 2 times. What now?

Where can I get the gui driver updater? I do not find it on the link you provided. I am a little hesitant on doing the aflash updater because I do no twant to screw anything up! Is there a step by step tutorial for that?

I had a Plextor 760A drive quit recognising any type of disc put in it just after two months, Plextor tech support had me do a test on the drive by taking the drive out of my pc then put a jumper pin on both the master and slave position then put the drive back in my pc and only hook up the power cable then after powering up my pc put a blank disc in and if it spit the disc out after about 20 seconds or so then the drive was fine but if the disc if it didn eject the disc then it was defective. I dont know if this will work for the 716A but it might be something to try. By the way I probably will never buy another Plextor drive, sofar I am waiting for my third replacement 760A drive from Plextor USA as they have serious problems with DVDRW media, either not writing to a lightly scracthed DVDRW that 8 other dvd burners I have have no problem writing to it or simply making the DVDRW disc un-recognisable after writing to it making the DVDRW not re-usable.

Some drives the light will stay on when a disc is in it and the drive is either reading or burning to the disc. As for media not all drives like the same media, another thing that may help is check and make sure that you have the latest firmware update for your drive.

In my opinion without the PlexTools software Plextor drives would be just another $30.00 -$40.00 dvd burner. That and not all media is equal in quality, when using cheaper lower quality made media like Memorex, Imation, ProDisc, etc you can sooner or later expect burn problems, playback and or longevity problems, you get what you pay for, thats why I will only use Taiyo Yuden Premium line or Verbatim. Verbatim is the only media I will buy that is made in Taiwan. Also I will most likely NEVER buy another Plextor drive again because sofar I have been through three Plextor 760A drives, the first one worked fine for about two months then flat out quit recognising any kind of disc I put in it and then the two 760A replacement drives that I got from Plextor had DVRW media problems to where it would make the DVDRW disc unreadable and un-reusable or simply wouldnt write to it.

http://www.plextor.com/english/support/support_downloads.html#firm
How bout a firmware update for the drive itself?

haha I love it. Cant wait for the newest edition. Its looks so sweet.

I've only been able to play a few times on the machine in my sig. Its been really busy recently stress testing and hosting an application Ive just written. Ill get it back soon. Hopefully just in time for C&C3. Im stuck with a dual opteron 240 (130nm) until this project is finished.

I actually dont know if the new C&C will be threaded for multi-processors, do you?

I have maxed it out with the GLA mob before, but that was before I picked up the x1950 pros

I have a 716A sitting on my shelf, and I hate it. Worked for slightly more than a year, and then no matter what kinda media I put it, it would start jerking it and blinking the orange lights. Screw it I said, and bought a drive for 35 bucks. There's the glass lens for ya.

LG cashe is puny compared to Plextor. LG DVD rip speed limited to 2/4x


Plextor rulez, LG Drulez

17x or better for me...

DVD. Time wise it works to less then 10 minutes to rip a dvd.

I guess i am one off arnt I?

I stopped ripping more then a year ago.... But plan to start as soon as my HTPC is complete.

No. Their reputation is well earned. They can read any disk you throw at them (working drive that is).

$30 dvd burner by Lite-on from new egg.

I duno m8. Take it into a shop? With the cost of technology being soo low, your time is worth money too, and replacing the drive may be the most economical idea at this point.

I fully endorse plextor. I have used them since they came out, and they have always impressed me. It just happens to be this model that has let me down, and apparently others.

Thats kind of the opposite of me, the 716SA I have is over a year old and still works fine, but sofar I have been through 3 Plextor 760A dvd burners all had problems and I am still waiting for another replacement 760A from Plextor. In my opinion without the PlexTools software they are just another $30.00-$40.00 dvd burner, I have other dvd burners that I paid less then half of what the Plextor costs and get just as good or better burns and quality scores with. I also remeber that one of their older models turned out to be a rebadged Teac drive, not exactly a bright shining moment for Plextor, that model didnt last long. The problems I have experienced with the 760A are pretty much the same as some others have experienced with the 755A model from what I have read online.

Yes they have a warranty. My 716SA has never given me any trouble, I have experienced ongoing problems with three different Plextor 760A drives, just got the fourth RMA warranty replacement from Plextor delivered today. Sofar with the ongoing DVD+RW media problems I have experienced with three different 760A drives it is by far the worst and most unreliable drive I have ever had to deal with. I have about ten other $30.00-$40.00 dvd burners that are far more reliable with DVD+RW media then the 760A is.