PowerEdge 2950 cannot write to DVD disc

If I try to burn a DVD Dell diagnostics, I get the drive is not ready.

Can read the DVD. Can eject the DVD.

If I use Windows to watch a blank DVD, all categories are 0 bytes

Have updated to the latest Dell diagnostics and all tests pass.

I tried to update the BIOS of 2.6.1 to 2.7.0 and get the program could not gather the version of the BIOS

Windows look for an updated driver and Windows says best driver is installed.

It is probably not a R/RW disc. They were very rare in the 2950, particularly when they first came out.

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