Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Saturday 23.11.2024 / 06:00
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > software, operating systems and more > mac - general discussion > dvd drive problems
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
DVD drive problems
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
andsteele
Junior Member
_ 		15. April 2007 @ 05:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a problem with my dvd drive, wondering if anyone out there can help. My dvd drive reads/writes cd's fine. It writes dvds and even reads off dvd disks (games, data etc) but when I put a dvd movie in it, it just does nothing and clicks now and then. It worked fine when I got it, but now it keeps doing this.

Oh just remembered, a few months ago, i got some paper stuck in the drive. It was a small piece that had the cd key on for a program. It stayed in there a while still working lol, untill one day it fell out and was on top of a cd when ejected. The thing is though, it reads dvd disks so I know that can't have damaged it, but just mentioning it just in case.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry about any spelling mistakes
[ + quote]
lbucci
Inactive
_ 		15. April 2007 @ 21:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It sound like your mechanism (open and closing Try) has more paper stuck in it. Get it serviced or do it your self. It’s out of alignment.

The other issue I've seen is that there are CDs or DVDs that have white paper on them, actually stuck to the media and unnoticed by people. They insert the DVD with the paper, the laser hits the shiny white paper and bounces back to the laser. That DVD will not burn anymore, it reads and plays movies, but won't burn. But I don't believe that this is your problem.

[ + quote]
=/\=
andsteele
Junior Member
_ 		19. April 2007 @ 14:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks, but why is it reading dvd's? And even writing dvd movies! Shouldn't it be able to play them? Also, I am quite sure I have been playing dvd's since then (not 100% sure :O)
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
 
_
andsteele
Junior Member
_ 		20. April 2007 @ 12:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I opened up the drive to see if there was anything in there. There wasn't. I put it back together, and it works! I didn't do a thing and now it reads dvd movies.

Thanks
cya
[ + quote]
afterdawn.com > forums > software, operating systems and more > mac - general discussion > dvd drive problems
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2024 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork