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my dvd player doesnt recognize dvds
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ksman13
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30. July 2004 @ 20:27 |
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i have a dvd player with the following specs according to alcohol 120%
SAMSUNG
DVD-ROM SD-612
0.3
ADAPTER NUMBER 0 TARGET 1
RPC-2 REGION 1
USER 4/VENDOR 4
512KB
MAX SPEED 32X
CURRENT SPEED 4X
READ ISRC SUPPORTED
READ UPC SUPPORTED
any help would be great thank you!!!
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Jeanc1
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31. July 2004 @ 04:20 |
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First of all -- is it showing in your Device Manager as hooked up to your Pc ?
There is not much to do when installing those drive, other then pluging the back end and putting the jumper in the right slot. -- Careful , Samsung gives you a single IDE cable for this drive -- ! That's about as cheap as you can get.
The software you got is Power DVD -- did you install that ? can you see your drive in that program ?
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ksman13
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31. July 2004 @ 10:10 |
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its not an external drive. it does show up in fact it plays cds and game discs just fine but wont show dvds. the drive shows in both windvd and powerdvd but when i put a dvd in it says no disc in drive N. can i use a virtual drive like neros or alcohol 120% to watch dvds or would i have to burn them onto the cpu first?
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Jeanc1
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31. July 2004 @ 12:48 |
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Drive N ????
Bottom Right of your PowerDVD Player -- the Source button -- Click that and put a tick corresponding to the drive where your DVD disk has been inserted ! Or better hit Control-C and configure your drive according to the specs in the HELP section of the Player.
((Edited for typo error))
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buxton
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31. July 2004 @ 13:08 |
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Drive N doesn't sound right at all. Unless you have 10 or more Hard Drives and ATAPI devices (CDROMS etc).
Do you have additional Hard Drives/CDROMS/DVDROMS? If you only have one Hard Drive and a Burner it should be set to drive D. Sounds like something is wrong there.
That shouldn't stop it working though. As you say it plays Audio CD's and reads Games, also from CD I assume, then you may well be stuck with a faulty drive.
Deffo try some more troubleshooting first though before assuming it is faulty.
I don't know what I am doing.
ABIT KN8 SLI
AMD64 X2-4600
Geil Platinum 4x512Mb
nVidia 8800Gts 320Mb
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ksman13
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31. July 2004 @ 13:11 |
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i hace
drive C (hard drive)
drive M (cdr/cdrw)
and
drive N (dvdrom)
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ksman13
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31. July 2004 @ 13:12 |
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also for a while I had a virtual drive through Nero or alcohol 120% but I dont any more
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buxton
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31. July 2004 @ 13:23 |
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Are Drive M and N on the same IDE cable - Master and Slave.
If they are try disconnecting the CDRW and try the DVDR on the cable as a Master - see if it is a conflict on the cable.
If that sorts it slave the CDRW onto the Hard Disk cable. Leave the DVD on it own.
Edited due to crap Keyboard and Dark Room :(
I don't know what I am doing.
ABIT KN8 SLI
AMD64 X2-4600
Geil Platinum 4x512Mb
nVidia 8800Gts 320Mb
Pioneer106-DVDRW
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ksman13
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31. July 2004 @ 13:24 |
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they are inside of my computer not dissconnected!
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buxton
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31. July 2004 @ 13:46 |
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Did you build the PC? Or did you buy it pre-built?
I don't know what I am doing.
ABIT KN8 SLI
AMD64 X2-4600
Geil Platinum 4x512Mb
nVidia 8800Gts 320Mb
Pioneer106-DVDRW
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ksman13
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31. July 2004 @ 13:52 |
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prebuilt in a store its an
hp pavilion 8765c
900mhz
128mb sdram
45gb ultra DMA hd
dvd-rom 12x max speed
cd-rw hp cd writer+
according to the label on the front of the pc
also its like 4 maybe 5-6 years old
perhaps I need to update the drivers?
I did a complete wipe back to factory a week ago but wouldnt that have fixed the problem? the dvd drive used to play dvds just fine but that was a long time ago. was my dads cpu now its mine its had lots of viruses and other issues which is why did the wipe back to factory with the hp discs that came with the pc
once again thank you
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buxton
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31. July 2004 @ 14:03 |
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OK. If this was playing DVD's fine and then stopped I will stick my neck out and say the drive is faulty.
If it wasn't showing in Device Manager or in My Computer, and wasn't reading CD's etc Then maybe the cable had come loose - or a software issue and on and on and on.....
The fact that it is reading CD's says to me that the cable is fine and that the software is fine ie drivers.
Add to this a DVD that WAS working and now ISN'T - I would have to guess at a faulty unit.
I don't think the age of the system or the fact it has had viruses should stop the DVD from reading DVD's but allows it to read CD's
Unless you are quite confident/compitent with PC's and Windows you may have to take it somewere for someone to have a look at it.
I assume you mean you have one of those "Roll Back" cd's that image the Windows Installation when it was built, and basically returns it to the state it was in when you purchased it? If that didn't sort it then it is almost a certainty that it is a faulty drive - sorry to say it, but it may need replacing. 6 years is a decent haul for a piece of hardware.
I don't know what I am doing.
ABIT KN8 SLI
AMD64 X2-4600
Geil Platinum 4x512Mb
nVidia 8800Gts 320Mb
Pioneer106-DVDRW
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ksman13
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31. July 2004 @ 14:07 |
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ok thanks for your help I would have come to a similar conclusion but the whole running cds thing threw me. any way do you know of any good deals for a dvdr/rw? that i could insert? also any networking forums concerning xbox live and or an xbox to nic card to cpu to wireless modem to wireless router type conection would be appreciated.
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buxton
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31. July 2004 @ 14:17 |
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I think pretty much ALL DVD/RW are cheap these days - even the new DVDRW - Dual Layer Burners have been released at low prices - £60 in the UK for brands like LG/Liteon/NEC/Sony. Pretty amazing considering the prices of standard DVDRW just 6 months ago were over £100!!!
You want my preference - you can't go wrong with Pioneer - 107's are nice and cheap these days.
XBOX is out of my league - never even used one - sorry.
I don't know what I am doing.
ABIT KN8 SLI
AMD64 X2-4600
Geil Platinum 4x512Mb
nVidia 8800Gts 320Mb
Pioneer106-DVDRW
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