DVD not reading

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I have a matshita DVD-ram UJ-811 drive (slimline drive in a laptop). More
and more frequently, it will fail to read disks when they are put into the
drive.
When a disk is inserted and you close the drawer, the activity light will
flash a few times and the stop. The system doesn't seem to even know there
is a disk in the drive.
Also, I recently used it to burn backups of some files (nothing critical but
would like to have them back) onto dvd-r disks and when one of those disks
are inserted into any DVD drive they take 'forever' to read (I'm talking
about 45-90 minutes) before you can see the information on the disk. Even
then, 99 out of 100 times, I can't copy any of the files from the disks
(errors out telling me to reinsert the disk).
I have looked for updated drivers or firmware for the drive and found none.
I have found that if windows doesn't open up the 'autostart' choices window
within a few seconds that the system didn't see the disk being inserted and
that if I open and close the drive, may take several tries, eventually the
system sees the disk.
I have replaced the drive twice under warranty, but now the machine is out
of warranty and the drive is doing the same thing.
I'm beginning to believe this is a problem with all of these drives or
something else is wrong with my machine.
--
Nill

 

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Use a standard CD cleaning kit and see if it cleans the lens. Otherwise I'm
afraid it's new drive time.... yet again. But at least you haven't paid for
the last two replacements.

Also check the disks are clean... but I'm sure you've probably done that
already.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"Nill" <Nill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9E460D03-C7E3-4A44-ABCB-A6BFB10AB81B@microsoft.com...
>I have a matshita DVD-ram UJ-811 drive (slimline drive in a laptop). More
> and more frequently, it will fail to read disks when they are put into the
> drive.
> When a disk is inserted and you close the drawer, the activity light will
> flash a few times and the stop. The system doesn't seem to even know
> there
> is a disk in the drive.
> Also, I recently used it to burn backups of some files (nothing critical
> but
> would like to have them back) onto dvd-r disks and when one of those disks
> are inserted into any DVD drive they take 'forever' to read (I'm talking
> about 45-90 minutes) before you can see the information on the disk. Even
> then, 99 out of 100 times, I can't copy any of the files from the disks
> (errors out telling me to reinsert the disk).
> I have looked for updated drivers or firmware for the drive and found
> none.
> I have found that if windows doesn't open up the 'autostart' choices
> window
> within a few seconds that the system didn't see the disk being inserted
> and
> that if I open and close the drive, may take several tries, eventually the
> system sees the disk.
> I have replaced the drive twice under warranty, but now the machine is out
> of warranty and the drive is doing the same thing.
> I'm beginning to believe this is a problem with all of these drives or
> something else is wrong with my machine.
> --
> Nill

 

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Thanks Cari. That is kind of the conclusion I have come to also. Tried
cleaning it, but it made no difference at all. I guess I'll buy a new
slimline drive to install.
Two questions as follow-up:
Anyone know a reliable vendor for slimline DVD-r(w) drives?
Could the connection to the bus be the problem?
--
Nill


"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Use a standard CD cleaning kit and see if it cleans the lens. Otherwise I'm
> afraid it's new drive time.... yet again. But at least you haven't paid for
> the last two replacements.
>
> Also check the disks are clean... but I'm sure you've probably done that
> already.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
>
>
>
> "Nill" <Nill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9E460D03-C7E3-4A44-ABCB-A6BFB10AB81B@microsoft.com...
> >I have a matshita DVD-ram UJ-811 drive (slimline drive in a laptop). More
> > and more frequently, it will fail to read disks when they are put into the
> > drive.
> > When a disk is inserted and you close the drawer, the activity light will
> > flash a few times and the stop. The system doesn't seem to even know
> > there
> > is a disk in the drive.
> > Also, I recently used it to burn backups of some files (nothing critical
> > but
> > would like to have them back) onto dvd-r disks and when one of those disks
> > are inserted into any DVD drive they take 'forever' to read (I'm talking
> > about 45-90 minutes) before you can see the information on the disk. Even
> > then, 99 out of 100 times, I can't copy any of the files from the disks
> > (errors out telling me to reinsert the disk).
> > I have looked for updated drivers or firmware for the drive and found
> > none.
> > I have found that if windows doesn't open up the 'autostart' choices
> > window
> > within a few seconds that the system didn't see the disk being inserted
> > and
> > that if I open and close the drive, may take several tries, eventually the
> > system sees the disk.
> > I have replaced the drive twice under warranty, but now the machine is out
> > of warranty and the drive is doing the same thing.
> > I'm beginning to believe this is a problem with all of these drives or
> > something else is wrong with my machine.
> > --
> > Nill
>
>
>

 

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It's possible it could be the cable, but that usually brings up a "Bad
Block" error.

www.mwave.com have a few slimline drivers.....
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/Viewproducts.hmx?deptall=all&Simage=&Start=40.&updepts=MM-DVDRW&DName=DVD-R%20and%20DVD-RW&TP=107&PGN=3&Sort=price

If this doesn't go to the right page, it's page 3, I see a Pioneer and a
Toshiba and an NEC. I haven't tried mwave.com (I usually use NewEgg but
they only have one single drive). You can check out how they do at
www.resellerratings.com

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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"Nill" <Nill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2EC06A2D-437B-4324-9020-D58B5B2C1FBE@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Cari. That is kind of the conclusion I have come to also. Tried
> cleaning it, but it made no difference at all. I guess I'll buy a new
> slimline drive to install.
> Two questions as follow-up:
> Anyone know a reliable vendor for slimline DVD-r(w) drives?
> Could the connection to the bus be the problem?
> --
> Nill
>
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Use a standard CD cleaning kit and see if it cleans the lens. Otherwise
>> I'm
>> afraid it's new drive time.... yet again. But at least you haven't paid
>> for
>> the last two replacements.
>>
>> Also check the disks are clean... but I'm sure you've probably done that
>> already.
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> Printing & Imaging
>>
>>
>>
>> "Nill" <Nill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9E460D03-C7E3-4A44-ABCB-A6BFB10AB81B@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a matshita DVD-ram UJ-811 drive (slimline drive in a laptop).
>> >More
>> > and more frequently, it will fail to read disks when they are put into
>> > the
>> > drive.
>> > When a disk is inserted and you close the drawer, the activity light
>> > will
>> > flash a few times and the stop. The system doesn't seem to even know
>> > there
>> > is a disk in the drive.
>> > Also, I recently used it to burn backups of some files (nothing
>> > critical
>> > but
>> > would like to have them back) onto dvd-r disks and when one of those
>> > disks
>> > are inserted into any DVD drive they take 'forever' to read (I'm
>> > talking
>> > about 45-90 minutes) before you can see the information on the disk.
>> > Even
>> > then, 99 out of 100 times, I can't copy any of the files from the disks
>> > (errors out telling me to reinsert the disk).
>> > I have looked for updated drivers or firmware for the drive and found
>> > none.
>> > I have found that if windows doesn't open up the 'autostart' choices
>> > window
>> > within a few seconds that the system didn't see the disk being inserted
>> > and
>> > that if I open and close the drive, may take several tries, eventually
>> > the
>> > system sees the disk.
>> > I have replaced the drive twice under warranty, but now the machine is
>> > out
>> > of warranty and the drive is doing the same thing.
>> > I'm beginning to believe this is a problem with all of these drives or
>> > something else is wrong with my machine.
>> > --
>> > Nill
>>
>>
>>