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phillyj
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_ 		7. October 2006 @ 15:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i have compaq presario sr1250nx with a dvd+-rw with cd-rw abilities and a cd-rom drive also. the drives can read data cd but has a longer load time than previously. the DVD drive can't read a music cd or a CD RW. when i put in a CD RW or music CD, the drive icon in My Computer shows no change. the drives are enabled. no new drivers were installed because they are not available. i believe this is a software problem but not sure. please tell me if you need any more info
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phillyj
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_ 		8. October 2006 @ 10:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
now the cd and dvd drive works somewhat. the dvd rw plays dvd,data cd but nothing happens when i put in a music cd(cd r and cd rw type. it doesnt register in the my computer section. data cd's work in my other CD drive and it can read the music cd(cd r and cd rw)but when i open it in MS media player, an error comes up( 0xC00D1197: Cannot play the file). previously these samed music cds worked fine in media player. then i opened it in in winamp and nothing happened. finally, i tried The Core Media Player and it worked. btw, i used a laser cleaning cd but i dont think there was any affect. anyone help please?
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phillyj
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_ 		8. October 2006 @ 15:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
can some one help.i need to burn a disc and don wanna try until i figure what the problem is.
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phillyj
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_ 		14. October 2006 @ 08:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
someone please help. i dont know what to do and i need the cd burner to get working
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phillyj
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_ 		29. October 2006 @ 15:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
if it will help, i used starforce nightmare a long time ago. but i have been able to burn things after i got rid of star force and that game i played.
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phillyj
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_ 		29. October 2006 @ 16:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
has no one encountered this problem. im on my wits end. HP is not much help. i cant update the drive becaue i cant burn and i don have a floppy drive. i used starforce nightmare many many months ago, about 5 months. i have unstilled the drives and had XP reinstall them and that was no help. my cd drive is fixed and i can play music on it b/c i made some registry changes like the HP guy told me. my dvd drive plays dvds but it took a long time, about 120 seconds to recognize that i had put in a blank DVD+R in the drive.

i guess no one said anything b/c i didn mention my drive name. it is a HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GWA4083B. hope this will help. can someone help me. i searched on every forum known to man for help.
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ireland
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_ 		2. November 2006 @ 07:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
my grand-children have a Compaq computer,and there dvd-drive was having a problem..

first i went to the Compaq web site and be-hold there was a bios update for there computer..sitting there..waiting for me to down load and install..

that fixed me problem..

next thing i did was install a new dvd-rom..a sony ddu1615 from newegg
for 18 dollars..

also ye can do is uninstall the drives in device mgr..
and reboot and windows will install the drivers for the drive..
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phillyj
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_ 		12. May 2007 @ 11:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
guess what everyone. i got the writer to work. i only tried the cd burner and didn't try out the dvd side yet. what i found was by mistake

i was looking over the startup programs in msconfig to turn off the unnecessary ones and i come across a program named "IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service." i check in administrative tools and it seems to do with burning. i turned it on using info from http://www.visualwin.com/CD-Burning/ and i got the burner to write a cd-rw. so anyone with this issue should check it out.

it sucks that hp/compaq help center could not even think of this. they need to teach these people before they send them to customer service.
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