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Angry with DVD drive.
I know Dell sucks, but bear with me:
I've had my Dell computer for about 2 yrs now, and about 6 months ago, my DVD drive game me problems. It is still recognised by the computer and is, according to the computer, in worling condition. Every time I put a DVD into this drive, it will spin for about 5 seconds, and then stop. When I click on the drive in My Computer, it says there is no disk inserted. I have tried cleaning the lens many times, and don't know what to do. any ideas? Specs: the drive is made by hitachi-LG . it is a HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B it is NOT a DVD writer, only reads them. |
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Angry with DVD drive.
get a new one
"TheFinkel" wrote in message oups.com... I know Dell sucks, but bear with me: I've had my Dell computer for about 2 yrs now, and about 6 months ago, my DVD drive game me problems. It is still recognised by the computer and is, according to the computer, in worling condition. Every time I put a DVD into this drive, it will spin for about 5 seconds, and then stop. When I click on the drive in My Computer, it says there is no disk inserted. I have tried cleaning the lens many times, and don't know what to do. any ideas? Specs: the drive is made by hitachi-LG . it is a HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B it is NOT a DVD writer, only reads them. |
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Angry with DVD drive.
It is further alleged that on or about 2 Apr 2006 17:00:38 -0700, in
alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, the queezy keyboard of "TheFinkel" spewed the following: |I know Dell sucks, but bear with me: | |I've had my Dell computer for about 2 yrs now, and about 6 months ago, |my DVD drive game me problems. It is still recognised by the computer |and is, according to the computer, in worling condition. Every time I |put a DVD into this drive, it will spin for about 5 seconds, and then |stop. When I click on the drive in My Computer, it says there is no |disk inserted. I have tried cleaning the lens many times, and don't |know what to do. any ideas? | |Specs: |the drive is made by hitachi-LG . it is a HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B |it is NOT a DVD writer, only reads them. I assume that you are running WinXP. Go to device manager (Windows key + Break, Hardware Tab) and delete the IDE channel that your DVD is on. Reboot and windows will reinstall the drive. If the drive is still contrary, it will need to be replaced. -- -nos1eep |
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Angry with DVD drive.
First find out if in fact it is still working by going into the bios and
changing the boot order to CD-ROM drive. Save the settings and put the Windows installation disk into the drive. Reboot and see if the computer will start from the disk. That should give you a clue to whether or not the drive should be trashed. If it does work then it's software related. Deleting the drive from the system and allowing it to be refound by Windows may cure it.. If not you may need to do a Google search through the Internet to see if there are any problems with the drive, or just going to the Hitachi web site might turn up answers to this mystery. Jan Alter "TheFinkel" wrote in message oups.com... I know Dell sucks, but bear with me: I've had my Dell computer for about 2 yrs now, and about 6 months ago, my DVD drive game me problems. It is still recognised by the computer and is, according to the computer, in worling condition. Every time I put a DVD into this drive, it will spin for about 5 seconds, and then stop. When I click on the drive in My Computer, it says there is no disk inserted. I have tried cleaning the lens many times, and don't know what to do. any ideas? Specs: the drive is made by hitachi-LG . it is a HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B it is NOT a DVD writer, only reads them. |
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Angry with DVD drive.
That is probably what will happen ^___^
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Angry with DVD drive.
Thank you very much. ^__^
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Angry with DVD drive.
It sounds like your DVD drive has failed and needs to be replaced.
-- DaveW ---------------- "TheFinkel" wrote in message oups.com... I know Dell sucks, but bear with me: I've had my Dell computer for about 2 yrs now, and about 6 months ago, my DVD drive game me problems. It is still recognised by the computer and is, according to the computer, in worling condition. Every time I put a DVD into this drive, it will spin for about 5 seconds, and then stop. When I click on the drive in My Computer, it says there is no disk inserted. I have tried cleaning the lens many times, and don't know what to do. any ideas? Specs: the drive is made by hitachi-LG . it is a HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B it is NOT a DVD writer, only reads them. |
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Angry with DVD drive.
"Jan Alter" wrote in message news:RQZXf.3021$aW5.2827@trndny07... First find out if in fact it is still working by going into the bios and changing the boot order to CD-ROM drive. Save the settings and put the Windows installation disk into the drive. Reboot and see if the computer will start from the disk. That should give you a clue to whether or not the drive should be trashed. Only useful if you have a bootable DVD! May well read CD OK as drives use two seperate lasers for CD & DVD discs. Boot off Win98 startup siskette with CDROM support and see if can read CD & DVD disc, if not, drive is broke! Mike. If it does work then it's software related. Deleting the drive from the system and allowing it to be refound by Windows may cure it.. If not you may need to do a Google search through the Internet to see if there are any problems with the drive, or just going to the Hitachi web site might turn up answers to this mystery. Jan Alter "TheFinkel" wrote in message oups.com... I know Dell sucks, but bear with me: I've had my Dell computer for about 2 yrs now, and about 6 months ago, my DVD drive game me problems. It is still recognised by the computer and is, according to the computer, in worling condition. Every time I put a DVD into this drive, it will spin for about 5 seconds, and then stop. When I click on the drive in My Computer, it says there is no disk inserted. I have tried cleaning the lens many times, and don't know what to do. any ideas? Specs: the drive is made by hitachi-LG . it is a HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B it is NOT a DVD writer, only reads them. |
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