optical drive

Forum discussion tagged with optical drive.
  1. J

    Question PC turned on and off from power cord coming out of bad wall outlet and optical drive seems to be making mechanical noises

    So I tried to push my power cord into the wall outlet and saw electrical sparks. Then the cord came out and I put it back in but sparks came out again so I quickly took it out, but the power switch wasn't turned off. After switching to another wall outlet, this time with my switch off, I turned...
  2. B

    Question Need Help!! Msi b450m Tomahawk Max II, doesnt work with 4 sata devices

    Yesterday i was sorting my awful cable management on my pc when i saw, a stuck sata cable, after some time and some careful work with my hands, i managed to take it out, but when i plugged my optical drive in into that slot, it didnt show up anymore. Fering i did to much strength and possibly...
  3. WuzNab

    [SOLVED] Installing optical drive prevents PC from booting ?

    I had recently built a pc, which works fine but, had decided to buy an optical drive to be able to play and write on cds and dvds (more specifically an Asus 24x DVD-RW Serial-ATA Internal OEM Drive DRW-24B1ST). However, after installing the optical drive and booting up the PC it just won't turn...
  4. blue_rays

    [SOLVED] Install 2.5" drive in my chassis in optical drive place.

    I have 3 spare places for optical drives in my chassis, but there is not enough space for more HDD/SSDs. Is there any bracket or something to install my new SSD in the optical drive's place? Can I use a laptop caddy to do that in my chassis?
  5. vissen

    [SOLVED] Problem with reading CDs

    I have a problem with two specific CDs. When I put them in, my optical drive spins up, starts reading them, and I can access them but after a few seconds, it stops spinning entirely (and the LED starts flashing intensely), which obviously stops it from reading anything. That also makes explorer...
  6. E

    [SOLVED] Upgrading CD drive To fit SATA SSD

    I have a dell Vostro 3578 with an optical drive and 1 TB of HDD storage. I am planing to buy an adapter (CD drive to SATA caddy) for the HDD and add a new SATA SSD to the default HDD location. Will the performance be affected? Are there any thing else I have to look for (like power issues...
  7. G

    [SOLVED] Replacement optical disk drive for Dell T7910 Workstation

    Hi, I’m looking for advice on replacing the failed LG GTA0N optical disk drive in my Dell T7910 workstation. What would be a reliable drive to replace my existing, but failed LG GTA0N optical disk drive? This drive seems to have been discontinued. Besides, it failed after very little use. My...
  8. Z

    [SOLVED] External CD/DVD drive doesn't recognize blank DVD's

    I just bought a new external usb CD/DVD drive to burn ISO files onto blank DVD's, Windows recognizes it, it plays CD's and DVD's just fine, but once i insert a blank DVD windows just asks to insert a disc and doesn't recognize the empty DVD. I tried reinstalling the drivers of it, tried using...
  9. BillWiTheScienceFi

    Question Can i burn music to cds with this optical drive?

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0033Z2BAQ/?tag=pcpapi-20 it says dvd rw, i want to be able to write/burn music onto an audio disc. (yes i am old school and like to do this for my car)
  10. Lil’bertz

    Question Sata power connector dilemma

    im planning to buy a SSD but my power supply only has 2 sata power connectors one for the mech hard drive and one for the optical drive yes i know i should ditch the optical drive and put it to the new SSD but i also use the optical drive i dont want to buy a external optical drive cus i...
  11. W

    Question Optical drive only working if booted with disc inside

    I'm having a slightly strange issue with an ASUS DRW-24B1ST optical drive in a new desktop build with Windows 10. Whenever I put a disk in and opened it in file explorer it would eject it with the message "Please insert a disc into drive...". I tried various things: Uninstalling in device...
  12. BlazingAngels

    Question Installing a game from my DVD Drive is slow

    I have been having issues that when I install some of my old games from my DVD Drive, it is very slow. Is there any way to fix this?