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champ20

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28. February 2008 @ 10:00

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hey
I have read another thread with pretty similar problem ....tried a few bit of things in there ....but nothing has worked yet

my problem is that I have a CD/DVD writer...which all of a sudden has developed this problem( actually I am using the cd drive after quite a while)--it is playing CDs well enough but does not recognize anything when a DVD is inserted..No error message ..nothing at all..DVD writing software says -"no media present "..I have tried different DVDs so cant be a problem with disk

I read on another site that some1 with a similar problem sorted it out by cleaning the lens
this was not suggested by anyone here yet...can plzz some1 tell me whether tht may be a problem ??

Also how to clean it-manually or using a cleaning CD...which one to use??

any tutorial available for manual cleaning ??

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attar

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28. February 2008 @ 11:23

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I get odd behavior with my DVD burner from time to time too.
Often I can right click on the burner, select Properties > Recording and un-check 'Enable recording'.
I then re-enable it.
In extreme cases, I uninstall the controller that the drive is connected to and reboot - which reinstalls the drivers.

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champ20

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29. February 2008 @ 04:30

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so wht r u suggesting...to reinstall the driver??

can this problem be due to dirty lens ???

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ZoSoIV

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1. March 2008 @ 02:04

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you can clean the lens with a shot of canned air or use a cd/dvd cleaner disc or both.

I would uninstall the drive and the IDE controllers both reboot and let windows reinstall them also you might try a firmware update, check here

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_all.php

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champ20

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4. March 2008 @ 12:38

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well I did uninstall & reinstall both IDE controllers & DVD drive ....& reboot

only 1 change has occurred --now with a DVD inserted , when I try to open it by double clicking on the drive name in "my computer"--it shows a message "no disc in drive E:/"....this was not earlier shown...it just used to show a blank screen earlier.

However the problem still persists...I think it is a software problem...not a hardware one..

I had installed POWERISO few months back & I think tht it is probably the culprit...not sure..just guessing...now I have uninstalled it but no use...

can someone suggest something new...I would be gr88ful...thxxxxxx

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davexnet

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4. March 2008 @ 20:45

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Have you checked the status in device manager?
Any errors ?

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