Satellite A660 - 11 M optical drive will not write to CD or DVD

I got my A660 for about 9 months and it was burning without any problem but about a month ago, I tried to burn a DVD and the operation failed.

Since then, I have tried a number of different CD & single layer / double layer DVD which all failed.

I also ran the factory reset to recreate the image on the laptop, but the same problem persists.

The drive seems to be written the drive normally until the end when it fails, then there is no visible trace on the disc and the machine will always be recognizes it as empty.

There seems to be no problem in playing discs, just write down them.

Does anyone know if there is an update of the firmware available for the reader?

Which app to use for writing to the disc?

To be honest I have think don firmware t update will change anything. I assume that there must be a problem with the calibration of the lens.

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