Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

DVD Drive can't read particular DVD (others OK). But DVD reads on other machines

  • 20-07-2005 3:32pm
    #1
    theCzar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭


    I've got GTA: San Andreas but my drive (Samsung SM-352F) can't really read it (I say really because it's inconsistent in what it can and can't read). The DVD works fine on another machine with a different DVD drive. Also, I've had the disc replaced and I still get the same read errors. So the problems with the drive.

    But, is it a software issue or a hardware issue, since I can read other DVDs no prob. I've updated my drives firmware with no effect.

    anybody got a diagnosis?


Comments

  • #2
    peterk19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭peterk19


    Sounds like a hardware defect a lot of older dvd drives have problems reading certain discs either that ot the laser is worn for the price of a new dvd drive you would be better off replacing it and save yourself the hastle
    Pete


  • #3
    DirkVoodoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,505 ✭✭✭✭DirkVoodoo


    Diagnosis: Murder!

    I dunno wado, maybe the DVD for San Andreas is Dual Layer and your laser doesnt have a small enough wavelength to read it, although this is probably not the case.

    Did San Andreas work before?


  • #4
    theCzar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭theCzar


    My current (problematic) DVD drive is 10 months old, the drive on my old comp is ~4 years old and it read the GTA:SA DVD without a hitch, so I don't think it's an age issue.

    Well done Dirk, any Elec Eng would be proud of that jargon.


  • #5
    DirkVoodoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,505 ✭✭✭✭DirkVoodoo


    I aim to please.

    Please dont compare me to the lowly Elec engineers, we frown upon them :p

    Buy a NEC DVD-RW off komplett.ie wado, wont give you a days bother.


  • #6
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    Where I work, we send customers software DVDs and everytime I got customers complaining about the fact that they couldn't read a DVD, they had a Samsung DVD Drive... Coincidence? :confused:


  • Advertisement
Advertisement