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TheJimmonator
sorry if this is in the wrong place and stuff but I was just looking for quick help -
my computer is kinda old, built from random parts by a friend so I don't know much about it and I don't know a lot about computers.
The DVD drive is having problems recognizing DVD's, CD's are fine.
when I enter a DVD, you can hear the drive is trying to read it and SOMETIMES it does it fine and is recognized in my computer but other times it just stays 'DVD-RW DRIVE'
i have tried uninstalling the drive and reinstalling it, looking for firmware updates and booting in safe mode/clean state mode etc but it always struggles to read DVD's. I also tried editing the Primary IDE channels in the Device manager to PIO only/ DMA if available to experiment and see if it helped but no joy. do you think it's just a case of the laser that reads DVD's has given up?
ps. im using windows XP
thanks :~)
my computer is kinda old, built from random parts by a friend so I don't know much about it and I don't know a lot about computers.
The DVD drive is having problems recognizing DVD's, CD's are fine.
when I enter a DVD, you can hear the drive is trying to read it and SOMETIMES it does it fine and is recognized in my computer but other times it just stays 'DVD-RW DRIVE'
i have tried uninstalling the drive and reinstalling it, looking for firmware updates and booting in safe mode/clean state mode etc but it always struggles to read DVD's. I also tried editing the Primary IDE channels in the Device manager to PIO only/ DMA if available to experiment and see if it helped but no joy. do you think it's just a case of the laser that reads DVD's has given up?
ps. im using windows XP
thanks :~)