So I took the v24 and burned it with MagicIso as a mode 2/XA and it did not read. I will probably stop by a dealer and try picking up a real disk rather than a burned one.

Right now the drive flashes its power light long once followed by seven pulses of light followed by a pause and then the cycle repeats.

My previous burn discs were made with ImgBurn, but I can't figure out how to make it do a Mode2 disc. MagicIso burns at 10x, so I think I want to try again.