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More info?)
Sounds like the laser is too dirty to detect the disk. It may be time to
replace the drive, thankfully they are now a lot cheaper than they were two
years ago.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
"Hobogbo" <Hobogbo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:466F8471-B413-472A-B3B0-DBEF656935D4@microsoft.com...
> It is a dvd player in the computer. It is about two years old (same as the
> computer).
> It will play all discs home made and commercial when it wants. When it
> doesn't feel like it, it won't play anything.
>
> (It doesn't even detect the disc) <-- that is the whole problem really.
> Like
> I said sometimes it works with no problems and other times it doesn't
> matter
> what type of disc I put it... DVD (home made or commercial), music cd, or
> PC
> game.
>
> I get "Please insert disc into drive D:."
>
> It shows up in properties as
>
> _NEC DVD+RW ND-1100A Type: DVD/CD-R Drive
> Manufacturer: (Standard CD-R Drives) *It's made by dell same as the
> computer
> Location: Location 0(0) *it's always said this
> Device Status: This device is working properly.
>
> Thanks for the responce
>
>
> "Graham Hughes" wrote:
>
>> Is this a dvd player in the pc, a stand alone through the tv? How old is
>> it?
>> What sort of discs play, commercial ones but home made ones don't? Does
>> it
>> play cd's? Have you tried cleaning it?
>>
>> --
>> Graham Hughes
>> MVP Digital Media
>> www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
>> www.dvds2treasure.com
>> www.simplydv.com
>>
>>
>> "Hobogbo" <Hobogbo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B60EA307-A6E9-440F-A551-792098035D2B@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'm at a loss now... so here I am. Sometimes my dvd player works
>> > fine..
>> > other times it will not read any disc that I put it.
>> >
>> > The drivers are up to date and Microsofts trouble shooting isn't
>> > helping
>> > me
>> > any.
>>
>>
>>
>