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DVD-ROM not spinning?
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Posted by: Aurelius
Basic Specs
AMD Athlon 1050MHz
512 Mb SDRAM
CD and DVD drives
LG CD-RW CED-8083B (D)
SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-608 (E)
Generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device (F)
I actually only have one CD-RW and one DVD-ROM device. Whenever I put a DVD or CD into the DVD drive, the light blinks and my cursor changes back and forth to a cursor with a disc next to it... this goes on for about a minute and then quits, after which my system gives no sign of recognizing any sort of disc in the drive.
I've sought out and downloaded new drivers from DriverGuide.com, but I haven't been able to find any information on the SD-608 model on Samsung's website. My CD-RW works fine. I think I may have lost some codecs or something when I formatted my hard drive a while back, but I'm not very knowledgeable about such things.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Posted by: redwench
make sure you have scsi drivers installed, along with the correct drivers for the driver. does windows detect the drive properly? also run a cleaning disk.
Posted by: Aurelius
I forgot to mention that I'm using Windows XP.
The DVD drive is from an older pre-built HP Pavilion computer, and when it was time to upgrade I just moved it over to the new system. It worked fine until I had to reformat (forgot exactly why I had to). The Drive cleaner CD doesn't seem to be accomplishing much, and every site I go to says that I shouldn't have to download new SCSI drivers if I have XP.
Posted by: redwench
does windows detect the drive properly?
Posted by: Aurelius
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'properly'. Windows claims that the device is working properly and that the latest driver available is installed.
Posted by: redwench
does it detect it as a SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-608 or similar, or just as a generic type of drive?
Posted by: Aurelius
It actually detects two DVD-ROMs, one Generic SCSI device and one SAMSUNG SD-608, but I only have one device physically installed. I've uninstalled both devices and the system detects both of them again immediately.
Posted by: redwench
drive has probably gone belly up. even without drivers, it should read cds just fine. best guess is that the laser is out of alignment.
Posted by: matt.modica
Can you open the disk in windows explorer?
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