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DVD Drive Wont Work
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Fa11
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29. December 2004 @ 18:31 |
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I have a HL-DT-ST dvd rom GDR8162B...
When I put a cd nothing happens.... When I try looking in cd in run its says please put a disk.. I try dvd and cds..
Dose anyone know any drivers? What should I do... I cant buy a new one.... I have windows xp...
Please help me with some drivers..
Runescape- Laidyz Man
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Fa11
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30. December 2004 @ 05:46 |
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Help?
Runescape- Laidyz Man
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ddp
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2. January 2005 @ 07:09 |
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1: is there an exclamation mark in the device manager
2: in device manager remove the dvdrom, restart windows & let windows load its own driver.
post results
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kenetic
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7. January 2005 @ 11:04 |
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i'm having the same problem with this dvd rom i have tried uninstalling and restarting i have also tried searching for driver updates with no luck, my DVD-ROM will play CD's but not DVD's it just says insert disc. I have had this DVD-ROM for about a year with no problems, i can find no reason as to why this has happened, i have not installed any new software that would affect this DVD-ROM,no exclaimation mark in device manager, i am using windows XP, if i find anything useful i will reply to this post,
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kenetic
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7. January 2005 @ 11:09 |
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Sorry forgot to add that my TEAC rewriter seems a bit funny as well, not playing some DVD's all happened at the same time, I went away for Xmas computer was left off was fine when i went, when i got back the drives weren't working, dont know if this will have any thing to do with it,
cheers for any help in advance.
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ddp
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7. January 2005 @ 11:30 |
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kenetic, disable 1 drive at a time & see if remaining drive reads/writes disks ok. post results
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kading24
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9. January 2005 @ 17:05 |
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I'm having the same problem with a HL-DT-ST GDR8162B driver. I can't seem to find the driver I need, not even on Dell's Website, which is where I bought the stinkin' computer.
Any other suggestions. I've heard it's an Hitachi driver but I can't find it there either.
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kading24
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9. January 2005 @ 17:06 |
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By the way, ddp, there are exclamation points next to both of my drives (CD/DVD-RW and DVD-ROM), and when I uninstall them and reboot, I'm still having the same problem.
Even worse, I can't just reinstall from my dell CDs because my drives aren't working. Talk about aggravating!
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ddp
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9. January 2005 @ 17:27 |
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is exclamation mark only on drives or also other areas
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kading24
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9. January 2005 @ 17:33 |
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Just the two drivers.
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ddp
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9. January 2005 @ 17:46 |
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disconnect 1 drive at a time & see what happens. also check that all cables seated properly
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kenetic
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10. January 2005 @ 08:18 |
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I tried the dell website as well complete waste of time, i tried downloading a new driver for my rom as well didnt work!
I tried uninstalling/removing drives seperately both at the same time everything.
none of it any good i came to the conclusion that its just crap and probably broken so i got rid of it cheers for all your help anyway.
(it is made by hitachi)
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AfterDawn Addict
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10. January 2005 @ 16:19 |
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The only time I ever saw 2 exclamation marks on both my drives was when I first upgraded to XP. Seems I had some old Adaptec(now Roxio) software still hidden on the system that caused a major conflict with XP and optical drives. Its been a while but seems I had to go into the registry to clear the entries and then the drives came back to normal.
Jerry
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