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DVD-ROM problem (Read 294 times)

Jul 20^th, 2009 at 9:52am

ShaneG Offline
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My disc drive has stopped reading DVD-ROM discs.

It will read and play: DVD's & CD's, and I had no problem installing FS9 & FSX.

When I try to install a game or app from a DVD-ROM my computer acts as if there is nothing in the drive. When I put the DVD-ROM disc in my wife's computer it runs just fine.

I have a HP DVD1040 dvd writer with lightscribe. It is about 9 months old now, and does not get used a lot.

I went to the HP site, there are no drivers for this device to download and no disc came with the drive.

I don't think there is a problem with the DVD drive at all, but I have a VERY clean & fresh install of XPpro sp3, with the only tweaks being those in NickN's list, so I don't think it's windows either.

Any ideas?

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Reply #1 - Jul 20^th, 2009 at 10:00am

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Take the cover off and clean the lens with alcohol (or proper lens cleaner) using a cotton bud. Let it dry. Put it back together.
Tis probably just some dirt on the lens. I clean my every six months or so, even a mote of dust can do this! Also give the disk a quick clean to make sure it isn't the cause Wink

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Reply #2 - Jul 20^th, 2009 at 1:50pm

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..there was nothing wrong with that Walmart; "18 Wheels of Steel", CD ROM, Truck Sim... Wink

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Reply #3 - Jul 20^th, 2009 at 5:16pm

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Fozzer wrote on Jul 20^th, 2009 at 1:50pm:

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Reply #4 - Jul 21^st, 2009 at 3:21am

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Similar thing happened to me... but my DVD drive just doesn't read anything at all. It is connected and appears allright in "Computer"....

Warranty ends in 1 month and I lost the purchase ticket Roll Eyes

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Reply #5 - Jul 21^st, 2009 at 7:51am

ShaneG Offline
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I have found the problem, and there doesn't appear to be any 'normal & easy' way around it.

It appears that modern DVD-ROM games 'look' for certain things on your system, and if it finds them, then it will not run, or do anything else.

They don't seem to like one of my music software plugins. Cry

And I'm not giving it up for anything. Grin

I can copy the contents off of a DVD-ROM onto my flash drive, and install that way, but the disc itself is useless in my system until I find a more permanent cure.

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Reply #6 - Jul 21^st, 2009 at 9:33am

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Have you tried updating all of your drivers to see if that cures the problem?

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Reply #7 - Jul 21^st, 2009 at 10:28am

ShaneG Offline
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Yep, I just did my reinstall a couple of weeks ago, and made sure I had all the latest drivers for everything.

Unfortunately, I'm 100% positive that my problem lies with a piece of software on my harddrive, and until I decide that playing games is more fun than recording music, I'm just out of luck. Embarrassed

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