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Drive can't read dvd's.....Help?
Name: nhackjr Date: February 2, 2007 at 20:48:02 Pacific OS: WinXP Home CPU/Ram: Pent4/256mb Product: Dell
Comment:
I'm sitting here on my friend's comp and her basic cd drive will read cd's. Then she has a sony DRU-510A dvd-rw drive. It will read cd-r's, but it won't read regular dvd's. I'm assuming this has to be a driver error. Am I correct in this assumption. And if so, could I just uninstall the driver, restart windows, and it will reinstall it's own set? Thank you for the help.
Name: jboy Date: February 2, 2007 at 21:20:44 Pacific
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I'd be doubtful if it involves drivers - DVD drives employ a pair of lasers, one for CDs and one for DVDs. Possibly the DVD one has failed or has gotten dirty.
You might have a look at the support page for that model
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Response Number 2
Name: Doctor1954 Date: February 3, 2007 at 03:30:13 Pacific
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"could I just uninstall the driver, restart windows, and it will reinstall it's own set?"
Sure, give it a try.
Other things to consider would be cleaning the lens as jboy suggested, checking the IDE to make sure nothing has shaken loose, and reinstalling the MOBO drivers.
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Response Number 3
Name: SHENGTON Date: February 3, 2007 at 08:24:51 Pacific
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I might be your CD-ROM is defective...
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Response Number 4
Name: rhawk7938 Date: February 3, 2007 at 09:08:07 Pacific
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Sony drives are also pretty fussy about media. Make sure you are using an approved brand of DVD.
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Response Number 5
Name: nhackjr Date: February 3, 2007 at 10:15:56 Pacific
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Thank you for all the support. I'd have to say that probably jboy is right. I'd guess the lens is either dirty or has gone bad for dvd reading. I'm gonna give a few of these things a try. Thank you all.
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