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CD/DVD Drive Malfunction

Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by thescribe, 2005/06/15.

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  1. 2005/06/15
    thescribe

    thescribe Inactive Thread Starter

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    I'm suddenly having a problem with my DVD/CD drive. It just won't play discs. I'm sure it is a software problem. I put a disc in the drive and the computer just reads the drive as empty.

    Does anybody know how to fix this?
     
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  2. 2005/06/16
    windux

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    What kind of IDE cable do you have for your DVD?
    You must use ATA 66/100!

    See this to see what i am talking about:

    here
     
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  4. 2005/06/16
    charlesvar

    charlesvar Inactive Alumni

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    Hello thescribe,

    Asumming you've made no hardware changes and no change in burning software - go into the device manager and expand cdrom, are there any warning symbols - yellow exclamations - next to the devices?

    Right click on the devices and uninstall them, then reboot allowing the OS to re-detect them. See if that fixes it.

    Regards - Charles
     
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    thescribe

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    My DVD player is built into my computer.
     
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  6. 2005/06/17
    markp62

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    Your DVD may be built into the computer, but still has a cable attached to it. You need to open the case to see it.
    BTW, have your tried a cleaner for the drive, it could be nothing but a dusty lense.
     
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