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DVD Drive problem

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  • 23-06-2008 4:59pm
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    musicinmouth
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I am trying to help my father with a problem he is having with his PC. The problem is that his DVD drive does not play CDs or DVDs any more... When you put a disc into the DVD drive, the computer just hangs.

    He recently had Windows reinstalled. All was working ok. He bought a new monitor. When he tried to play a DVD with Windows Media Player it said that there was no suitable codec. I downloaded k-lite free codecs to try to resolve the problem. It didn't. I uninstalled k-lite. I then downloaded VLC for him and that allowed him to play a DVD. It's few hours later now and no disc will play in the drive.

    The DVD drive is a LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163. The new screen is an LG. He uses Windows XP SP2.

    I'd really appreciate any advice you might have. Thanks!


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    Ruu_Old
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    If you are comfortable enough, try a different IDE cable and see if it makes any difference. Does it sound like it is trying to read the disc (lights flickering and hum noise)?


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    musicinmouth
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭musicinmouth


    Thanks for your reply. Yeah, the light flickers and there is a hum noise.


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    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    musicinmouth wrote: »
    Hi,

    I am trying to help my father with a problem he is having with his PC. The problem is that his DVD drive does not play CDs or DVDs any more... When you put a disc into the DVD drive, the computer just hangs.

    He recently had Windows reinstalled. All was working ok. He bought a new monitor. When he tried to play a DVD with Windows Media Player it said that there was no suitable codec. I downloaded k-lite free codecs to try to resolve the problem. It didn't. I uninstalled k-lite. I then downloaded VLC for him and that allowed him to play a DVD. It's few hours later now and no disc will play in the drive.

    The DVD drive is a LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163. The new screen is an LG. He uses Windows XP SP2.

    I'd really appreciate any advice you might have. Thanks!
    Try uninstall the dvd drive (From device manager) and reboot the pc, on next boot windows should re-install the driver and might fix it

    Nick

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    musicinmouth
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭musicinmouth


    Thanks Nick. I just tried that. It re-installed the dvd-rom drive, but we are still getting the same result. Everything just hangs as soon as you put in a disc. The light flickers yellow persistently and it makes a noise like it's trying to load the disc.


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    yoyo
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    musicinmouth wrote: »
    Thanks Nick. I just tried that. It re-installed the dvd-rom drive, but we are still getting the same result. Everything just hangs as soon as you put in a disc. The light flickers yellow persistently and it makes a noise like it's trying to load the disc.
    Could be the drives dead m8, if you can, try it in another machine to confirm...

    Nick

    My Beer Glass collection site 🍺

    My Irish Callcards site



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