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DVD drive is not playing DVD
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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Thanks Dave,
OK, I'll need guidance on this one. See replies within your message ... "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... Another thing to try is to remove the storage controller in setttings/system/device manager tab/hard disk controllers. Reboot. There are three hard disk controllers. Would it be the primary or secondary IDE?? Or a PCI Bus master IDE?? I am not familiar with doing such a thing. 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. Tried that before. If you have a 98 startup disk, boot with cdrom support. Do you mean the CD that came with the computer? 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. Another twist is that I had to reinstall something that was "looking" for the D drive. I couldn't figure how to get around it since my D drive was not working. So I changed the D drive to be a J drive. Then changed my E (CD-RW) drive to the D so I could install or reinstall that program. Nutty "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
Thanks Dave,
OK, I'll need guidance on this one. See replies within your message ... "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... Another thing to try is to remove the storage controller in setttings/system/device manager tab/hard disk controllers. Reboot. There are three hard disk controllers. Would it be the primary or secondary IDE?? Or a PCI Bus master IDE?? I am not familiar with doing such a thing. 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. Tried that before. If you have a 98 startup disk, boot with cdrom support. Do you mean the CD that came with the computer? 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. Another twist is that I had to reinstall something that was "looking" for the D drive. I couldn't figure how to get around it since my D drive was not working. So I changed the D drive to be a J drive. Then changed my E (CD-RW) drive to the D so I could install or reinstall that program. Nutty "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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Just posted to "lil Dave". Hopefully he can tell me how to do this.
Thanks, Nutty "dadiOH" wrote in message ... 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
Just posted to "lil Dave". Hopefully he can tell me how to do this.
Thanks, Nutty "dadiOH" wrote in message ... 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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Not hard...
1. Winkey + Pause/Break (to open Device manager...or do it the way you are used to) 2. Expand the CDROM entry 3. Click the correct drive 4. Click "Remove" 5. Close Device Manager 6. Reboot dadiOH _______________ Nutty wrote: Just posted to "lil Dave". Hopefully he can tell me how to do this. Thanks, Tried removing it in Device manager and rebooting? -- dadiOH |
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DVD drive is not playing DVD
Not hard...
1. Winkey + Pause/Break (to open Device manager...or do it the way you are used to) 2. Expand the CDROM entry 3. Click the correct drive 4. Click "Remove" 5. Close Device Manager 6. Reboot dadiOH _______________ Nutty wrote: Just posted to "lil Dave". Hopefully he can tell me how to do this. Thanks, Tried removing it in Device manager and rebooting? -- dadiOH |
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Ok, I removed the DVD drive. Rebooted. Now it has renamed my DVD drive the
D drive again. Tried a CD. Still get the same thing ... a flickering little yellow/green light but it never plays the CD or recognizes it. Nutty "dadiOH" wrote in message ... Not hard... 1. Winkey + Pause/Break (to open Device manager...or do it the way you are used to) 2. Expand the CDROM entry 3. Click the correct drive 4. Click "Remove" 5. Close Device Manager 6. Reboot dadiOH _______________ Nutty wrote: Just posted to "lil Dave". Hopefully he can tell me how to do this. Thanks, Tried removing it in Device manager and rebooting? -- dadiOH |
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DVD drive is not playing DVD
Ok, I removed the DVD drive. Rebooted. Now it has renamed my DVD drive the
D drive again. Tried a CD. Still get the same thing ... a flickering little yellow/green light but it never plays the CD or recognizes it. Nutty "dadiOH" wrote in message ... Not hard... 1. Winkey + Pause/Break (to open Device manager...or do it the way you are used to) 2. Expand the CDROM entry 3. Click the correct drive 4. Click "Remove" 5. Close Device Manager 6. Reboot dadiOH _______________ Nutty wrote: Just posted to "lil Dave". Hopefully he can tell me how to do this. Thanks, Tried removing it in Device manager and rebooting? -- dadiOH |
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Only suggestion I can make before you go shopping for a new one is to
check the cables (both the IDE and the power) to make sure they are secure....unplug and plug back in. Better yet, try different ones. dadiOH _____________ Nutty wrote: Ok, I removed the DVD drive. Rebooted. Now it has renamed my DVD drive the D drive again. Tried a CD. Still get the same thing ... a flickering little yellow/green light but it never plays the CD or recognizes it. Nutty "dadiOH" wrote in message ... Not hard... 1. Winkey + Pause/Break (to open Device manager...or do it the way you are used to) 2. Expand the CDROM entry 3. Click the correct drive 4. Click "Remove" 5. Close Device Manager 6. Reboot dadiOH _______________ Nutty wrote: Just posted to "lil Dave". Hopefully he can tell me how to do this. Thanks, Tried removing it in Device manager and rebooting? -- dadiOH |
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