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DVD Drv wont read DVDs but will CD?
Name: jaydnash Date: July 26, 2005 at 00:33:34 Pacific OS: Win2000 CPU/Ram: Celeron & AMD64
Comment:
I have a DVD drive that wont read DVDs bought or Burned but will read almost all CDs, Music Games or Software. What could be the deal? I dont know much but its about a 4-5 year old sony dvd-rom but it worked great til a few days ago. Could it be software or hardware, or anything else? Thanks JD
Name: Budwise Date: July 26, 2005 at 00:38:58 Pacific
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Your DVD laser died or almost died.
DVDs have at least two lasers, one for CD reading and one for DVD reading. Try a DVD cleaning cd and if nothing, replace the dvd drive - their is nothing you can do.
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Response Number 2
Name: firetrap101 Date: July 26, 2005 at 02:02:31 Pacific
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Just a suggestion although jd`s comment is almost certainly right.
I have a sony dru-710a dvd writer and the same thing happened to me problems with dvd writing and reading all of a sudden. i couldnt figure out why it had suddenly stopped working. So i tried up dating the firmware on the dvd unit itself not the drivers but the internal software. And to my amazement it works perfectly. Try doing a google for your model number and look in the sony pages for a firmware update see if it works to be honest i dont think it will this time but its worth a try before you buy another writer.
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Response Number 3
Name: firetrap101 Date: July 26, 2005 at 02:04:26 Pacific
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bump: sorry i mean budwise`s post about it being broken is almost certianly right
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