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DVD drive is not playing DVD
"Nutty" wrote in message
... Tell me, would the light flicker if the drive were bad? I thought as long as the light showed it was "trying" to access the CD it was not idicative of a bad drive. This is not a safe assumption. The light merely tells you something is trying to read data on the drive. The light cannot tell you whether it reads anything OK, or that the drive is undamaged and working OK. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Another thing to try is to remove the storage controller in
setttings/system/device manager tab/hard disk controllers. Reboot. If you had the PC open recently or moved the PC to a different place, unplug and reconnect both the power and ide ribbon cable connectors on the DVD drive. If you have a 98 startup disk, boot with cdrom support. Insert a known working CD (not DVD). Check the D: drive by typing in "D:", hit the return key. Type in "dir". It should return with data lising the content of the root of the directory structure. If not, its probably hardware associated. If it does, its a windows problem. "Nutty" wrote in message ... On my Windows 98SE computer, when I put a DVD into the D drive the little light flickers, however it never does recognize the DVD. Do I have something set up incorrectly? I go into My Computer and can see the DVD is not showing up. I click on the drive letter but it keeps me doing a "retry" that never works. Help. What is going on? Thanks, Nutty |
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DVD drive is not playing DVD
Another thing to try is to remove the storage controller in
setttings/system/device manager tab/hard disk controllers. Reboot. If you had the PC open recently or moved the PC to a different place, unplug and reconnect both the power and ide ribbon cable connectors on the DVD drive. If you have a 98 startup disk, boot with cdrom support. Insert a known working CD (not DVD). Check the D: drive by typing in "D:", hit the return key. Type in "dir". It should return with data lising the content of the root of the directory structure. If not, its probably hardware associated. If it does, its a windows problem. "Nutty" wrote in message ... On my Windows 98SE computer, when I put a DVD into the D drive the little light flickers, however it never does recognize the DVD. Do I have something set up incorrectly? I go into My Computer and can see the DVD is not showing up. I click on the drive letter but it keeps me doing a "retry" that never works. Help. What is going on? Thanks, Nutty |
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Nutty wrote:
On my Windows 98SE computer, when I put a DVD into the D drive the little light flickers, however it never does recognize the DVD. Do I have something set up incorrectly? I go into My Computer and can see the DVD is not showing up. I click on the drive letter but it keeps me doing a "retry" that never works. Help. What is going on? Tried removing it in Device manager and rebooting? -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
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DVD drive is not playing DVD
Nutty wrote:
On my Windows 98SE computer, when I put a DVD into the D drive the little light flickers, however it never does recognize the DVD. Do I have something set up incorrectly? I go into My Computer and can see the DVD is not showing up. I click on the drive letter but it keeps me doing a "retry" that never works. Help. What is going on? Tried removing it in Device manager and rebooting? -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
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Nope, that's an incorrect assumption. The light flickering means that
something's trying to access the drive, not that it's succeeding. If the head is dirty then it will try but fail and that's why the light may be flashing on and off as it re-tries to read the disc. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Nutty" wrote in message ... Been up to date on all those spyware/adware programs. No smoking here. Dust yes. But hopefully not too much. The other CD-RW drive works fine. I had been trying to use the Computer drive cleaner. Will have to get the plain CD one as suggested but I fear that will not do it. Tell me, would the light flicker if the drive were bad? I thought as long as the light showed it was "trying" to access the CD it was not idicative of a bad drive. Thanks, Nutty "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... Try cleaning the drive with an audio CD cleaning disc - one made for a CD player, not one of the fancy "computer/multimedia" cleaning discs; since your computer is not recognizing discs you'll only be wasting your money. If your computer is in an environment that has lots of pet dander, smoke or dust you may want to clean it two or three times following the instructions on the disc. Once it's cleaned, try a couple discs. If they still aren't recognized then you may have a faulty drive that needs to be replaced. I have had a couple reports of spyware/adware infestations interfering with a CD or DVD drive so you may want to peek at http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm for some tools to scan for infections. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Nutty" wrote in message ... Yes, it is a DVD drive. And it doesn't recognize CDs either. I should've stated that. Each time the yellow light flickers for probably a full minute, but it never "takes". The CD is never recognized. Thanks, Nutty "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... Is this a data DVD or a movie DVD? Does the drive recognize CDs? Is the drive in fact a DVD drive? -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Nutty" wrote in message ... On my Windows 98SE computer, when I put a DVD into the D drive the little light flickers, however it never does recognize the DVD. Do I have something set up incorrectly? I go into My Computer and can see the DVD is not showing up. I click on the drive letter but it keeps me doing a "retry" that never works. Help. What is going on? Thanks, Nutty |
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DVD drive is not playing DVD
Nope, that's an incorrect assumption. The light flickering means that
something's trying to access the drive, not that it's succeeding. If the head is dirty then it will try but fail and that's why the light may be flashing on and off as it re-tries to read the disc. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Nutty" wrote in message ... Been up to date on all those spyware/adware programs. No smoking here. Dust yes. But hopefully not too much. The other CD-RW drive works fine. I had been trying to use the Computer drive cleaner. Will have to get the plain CD one as suggested but I fear that will not do it. Tell me, would the light flicker if the drive were bad? I thought as long as the light showed it was "trying" to access the CD it was not idicative of a bad drive. Thanks, Nutty "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... Try cleaning the drive with an audio CD cleaning disc - one made for a CD player, not one of the fancy "computer/multimedia" cleaning discs; since your computer is not recognizing discs you'll only be wasting your money. If your computer is in an environment that has lots of pet dander, smoke or dust you may want to clean it two or three times following the instructions on the disc. Once it's cleaned, try a couple discs. If they still aren't recognized then you may have a faulty drive that needs to be replaced. I have had a couple reports of spyware/adware infestations interfering with a CD or DVD drive so you may want to peek at http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm for some tools to scan for infections. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Nutty" wrote in message ... Yes, it is a DVD drive. And it doesn't recognize CDs either. I should've stated that. Each time the yellow light flickers for probably a full minute, but it never "takes". The CD is never recognized. Thanks, Nutty "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... Is this a data DVD or a movie DVD? Does the drive recognize CDs? Is the drive in fact a DVD drive? -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Nutty" wrote in message ... On my Windows 98SE computer, when I put a DVD into the D drive the little light flickers, however it never does recognize the DVD. Do I have something set up incorrectly? I go into My Computer and can see the DVD is not showing up. I click on the drive letter but it keeps me doing a "retry" that never works. Help. What is going on? Thanks, Nutty |
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"Don Phillipson" wrote in message ... "Nutty" wrote in message ... Tell me, would the light flicker if the drive were bad? I thought as long as the light showed it was "trying" to access the CD it was not idicative of a bad drive. This is not a safe assumption. The light merely tells you something is trying to read data on the drive. The light cannot tell you whether it reads anything OK, or that the drive is undamaged and working OK. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) Thanks for this information. I have tried many things. Guess I just need a new DVD drive if I want to be bothered. I can just use my CD-RW drive anyway. The DVD drive is just so much fluff. Rarely used it anyway. But it's always nice to have access to what you have. :-) Nutty |
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DVD drive is not playing DVD
"Don Phillipson" wrote in message ... "Nutty" wrote in message ... Tell me, would the light flicker if the drive were bad? I thought as long as the light showed it was "trying" to access the CD it was not idicative of a bad drive. This is not a safe assumption. The light merely tells you something is trying to read data on the drive. The light cannot tell you whether it reads anything OK, or that the drive is undamaged and working OK. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) Thanks for this information. I have tried many things. Guess I just need a new DVD drive if I want to be bothered. I can just use my CD-RW drive anyway. The DVD drive is just so much fluff. Rarely used it anyway. But it's always nice to have access to what you have. :-) Nutty |
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Thanks for explaining these things to me.
Nutty "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... Nope, that's an incorrect assumption. The light flickering means that something's trying to access the drive, not that it's succeeding. If the head is dirty then it will try but fail and that's why the light may be flashing on and off as it re-tries to read the disc. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Nutty" wrote in message ... Been up to date on all those spyware/adware programs. No smoking here. Dust yes. But hopefully not too much. The other CD-RW drive works fine. I had been trying to use the Computer drive cleaner. Will have to get the plain CD one as suggested but I fear that will not do it. Tell me, would the light flicker if the drive were bad? I thought as long as the light showed it was "trying" to access the CD it was not idicative of a bad drive. Thanks, Nutty "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... Try cleaning the drive with an audio CD cleaning disc - one made for a CD player, not one of the fancy "computer/multimedia" cleaning discs; since your computer is not recognizing discs you'll only be wasting your money. If your computer is in an environment that has lots of pet dander, smoke or dust you may want to clean it two or three times following the instructions on the disc. Once it's cleaned, try a couple discs. If they still aren't recognized then you may have a faulty drive that needs to be replaced. I have had a couple reports of spyware/adware infestations interfering with a CD or DVD drive so you may want to peek at http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm for some tools to scan for infections. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Nutty" wrote in message ... Yes, it is a DVD drive. And it doesn't recognize CDs either. I should've stated that. Each time the yellow light flickers for probably a full minute, but it never "takes". The CD is never recognized. Thanks, Nutty "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... Is this a data DVD or a movie DVD? Does the drive recognize CDs? Is the drive in fact a DVD drive? -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Nutty" wrote in message ... On my Windows 98SE computer, when I put a DVD into the D drive the little light flickers, however it never does recognize the DVD. Do I have something set up incorrectly? I go into My Computer and can see the DVD is not showing up. I click on the drive letter but it keeps me doing a "retry" that never works. Help. What is going on? Thanks, Nutty |
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