is there a list of error code definitions? i have a HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GWA-4166B (DVD-RW DRIVE) which had the following test and error code for each test. test- CD drive Funnel seek test error code- CD523-7W, CD drive CD audio test - error CD523-9W, CD-RW drive read write test- error RW529-1W.

Putting this list of error code definitions into Google found this lot. Enjoy your browsing... http://www.google.com.au/search?q=l...

Normally error codes are manufacturer specific...and about the only references you will find to them is from software designed by third party venders and may or may not be supportive of your hardware. In most cases as with yours the data represents what tests were being done and that there was an error during that test but not what the actuall error was. for instance: CD523-7W..... the CD523-7 means that it was a funnel seek test on a CD/rom drive....the w is what/where the error was and is software specific...meaning that the "W" code is determined by the software that performed the test and may not actually be the specific error for your hardware.... CD523-9W. refers to a random seek error RW529-1W. refers to an ATAPI rewritable drive All in all the code that you have supplied refers to a failed head allignment (funnel test) and a failed read and write test(seek) on an ATAPI drive. simply said that if the heads are out of allignment then the optics certainly can't read or write correctly either. Now understand that a true test cannot be made while windows is running and so the tests should have been performed in a DOS environment...also there must be a readable CD inserted....so may not be accurate at all. If you were using PC-doctor in DOS mode then holding down the space bar may give up a tad bit more information. Hope that helps you! In The Matters Of Style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, Stand Like A Rock "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."

wow what alot of information thank you for responding

That drive sounds familiar. Is the problem that the drive isn't recognized as a DVD drive?

See this..... Google will turn up much more if you search on the drive designation.... http://club.cdfreaks.com/f91/my-dvd... I have or had one of those drives and my advice is learn to live with it as a CD-R drive or dump it. I have wasted enough time on that drive to pay for a new one several times over. YMMV

interesting..... this drive causes me different problems at different times. has a mind of its own. sometime it doesnt like the disk i put in it. other times it plays audio back shaky it just does what it wants. thanks for info that you did maybe i should just dump it to.