i seen on liteons page that an older version of nero 6.1 caused a problem when burning cds but i believe my version of nero was newer (and i then even updated when i seen the article). but my problem isnt just with burning cds. no cd media can be read. the cd isnt recognized to even know if it is blank to try to write to it so that wasnt my problem (although i said what the hell and gave a shot at updating nero)