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Sharon F Wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 07:20:58 +0000, niko wrote:
> -
> Hi all, new to the forum
>
> Anyway, I've got an unsual problem that I just can not work out.
> I've
> got two DVD burners, one is a Pioneer DVR-109 and the other is a
> Lite-On DVDRW SOHW-832S. Now, my pioneer burner is practically brand
> spanking new, I haven't even burnt a DVD with it yet! It worked fine
> at
> the start, and now it's just stopped reading CDs and DVDs all
> together,
> I've updated firmware, no difference. I think I've just bought a
> dodgy
> DVD drive, but thats not really my concern. My other burner, which
> is
> also very new worked fine for ages, then started to stop working.
> Would only read CDs and DVDs very slowly, but for some reason it
> wouldn't read any type of Movie files, only data such as documents
> and
> images. Now, it's totally died. CD/DVD loads up in Windows, asks
> what
> action I wanna take (eg. music cd) I then load it up into winamp, all
> the tracks load up, but nothing will play, it will just freeze
> winamp.
> It's definitely not a winamp problem as the same thing happens if I
> load
> up into Media Player. Also updated firmware, with no luck. After a
> format, the Lite-On burner works fine for a few days... so I'm not
> sure
> If possibly I've got a virus or some corrupt software I installed
> keeps
> interferring with it. Really have no idea... any suggestions!?!?!
> :S
>
> Thanks.-
>
> Impossible to say for sure without working with the hardware firsthand
> but
> every time I've had drives that work on and off, they were on their way
> out
> and ultimately needed replacing. DVD drives work with two lasers. It's
> possible for the DVD laser to be out of alignment yet still be able to
> read
> CDs. Your drives are both relatively new. Is there anything about the
> environment (heavy exposure to dust?) that might be knocking them out
> so
> quickly?
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
Thanks for the advice so far. No heavy exposure to dust, and my case
isn't getting knocked around at all, sitting on my desk. Only times
I've moved it is to take out optical drives to change jumper settings
and check IDE cables are in correctly. Here's a list of main programs
I've got installed and use (running xp pro).
XP Office;
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
CDex_150
DSS DJ
Internet Download Manager
JASC; Paint Shop Pro
Flash 5
mIRC
Winamp
MSN Messenger 7.0
Ableton Live 4
Nero 6316
CyberLink PowerDVD
DigitalWatch 0.701
TwinhanDTV 2.602
That's basically what I've had installed so far... can't do much
without optical drives I've realised
--
niko
Sharon F Wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 07:20:58 +0000, niko wrote:
> -
> Hi all, new to the forum
>
> Anyway, I've got an unsual problem that I just can not work out.
> I've
> got two DVD burners, one is a Pioneer DVR-109 and the other is a
> Lite-On DVDRW SOHW-832S. Now, my pioneer burner is practically brand
> spanking new, I haven't even burnt a DVD with it yet! It worked fine
> at
> the start, and now it's just stopped reading CDs and DVDs all
> together,
> I've updated firmware, no difference. I think I've just bought a
> dodgy
> DVD drive, but thats not really my concern. My other burner, which
> is
> also very new worked fine for ages, then started to stop working.
> Would only read CDs and DVDs very slowly, but for some reason it
> wouldn't read any type of Movie files, only data such as documents
> and
> images. Now, it's totally died. CD/DVD loads up in Windows, asks
> what
> action I wanna take (eg. music cd) I then load it up into winamp, all
> the tracks load up, but nothing will play, it will just freeze
> winamp.
> It's definitely not a winamp problem as the same thing happens if I
> load
> up into Media Player. Also updated firmware, with no luck. After a
> format, the Lite-On burner works fine for a few days... so I'm not
> sure
> If possibly I've got a virus or some corrupt software I installed
> keeps
> interferring with it. Really have no idea... any suggestions!?!?!
> :S
>
> Thanks.-
>
> Impossible to say for sure without working with the hardware firsthand
> but
> every time I've had drives that work on and off, they were on their way
> out
> and ultimately needed replacing. DVD drives work with two lasers. It's
> possible for the DVD laser to be out of alignment yet still be able to
> read
> CDs. Your drives are both relatively new. Is there anything about the
> environment (heavy exposure to dust?) that might be knocking them out
> so
> quickly?
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
Thanks for the advice so far. No heavy exposure to dust, and my case
isn't getting knocked around at all, sitting on my desk. Only times
I've moved it is to take out optical drives to change jumper settings
and check IDE cables are in correctly. Here's a list of main programs
I've got installed and use (running xp pro).
XP Office;
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
CDex_150
DSS DJ
Internet Download Manager
JASC; Paint Shop Pro
Flash 5
mIRC
Winamp
MSN Messenger 7.0
Ableton Live 4
Nero 6316
CyberLink PowerDVD
DigitalWatch 0.701
TwinhanDTV 2.602
That's basically what I've had installed so far... can't do much
without optical drives I've realised
--
niko
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