SHW-160P6S PLEASE help me!

[lursprung]

Hi all, I'm new here. I was brought here out of frustration as I imagine others were/are.
I have a LITE-ON DVDRW SHW160P6s. Which is supposed to play +/- RW's. Well, I ran the DR16PS08 update and ow my drive only recognizes that it is a cd drive. It shows DVD-RW but right under it it shows CD drive. It will not acknowledge when I put a +RW disk anymore. I don't know if it will on a -RW b/c I don't have any to try it on.
Can someone please,PLEASE tell me how to fix this problem. I have already uninstalled and re-installed the drivers. I uninstalled the drive. Nothing works and it is driving me crazy. Yes, I can play a DVD in the drive...but only a movie dvd, nothing else and it has to be one from the video store.
Ever wanna throw your 'puter out the window?

 

[razzle346]

Same thing here.

I have the same problem. With the same drive. I am able to burn dvd's and cd's, and can also read a movie dvd, data cd, and music cd. The only thing it won't do is what I need it to do. Read a dvd backup of my hard drive from last month..

And yes, sometimes I do want to throw my pc out the window.

 

[raybay]

The drive only lasts a year. If yours is older than that, it is dead. There are two lasers. One has gone bad.
Replacements are relatively cheap, but you will be wise to get both a CD-RW and a DVD-RW or DVD.
LiteOn is not a bad brand by today's standards. LG and Samsung are better for little more money. A top unit would be a Plextor, Yamaha, Phillips, and certain models of the Pioneer.
In our experience, the above are more reliable and long lasting than LaCie, Sony, HP, HDLS, Asus, Nu, Nec, 4XEM, Verbatim, RiData, and Mitsumi

 

[razzle346]

Well, that's not exactly the answer I was hoping for... :stickout: But I guess it'll do. Thanks a bunch for the help! :giddy:

 

[raybay]

They are not ALWAYS defective. Try this:
Go to http://aumha.org/reg3.htm

then scroll down to Restore Missing CD Drive

This works for a lot of people... at least for a few times.

 

[Tmagic650]

If you play a lot of games or use programs that use a CD, you might want to look into a program like Daemon Tools that will allow you to do these things without having a CD in the drive. This will save a lot of wear and tear on the optics. I have an NEC combo CD/DVD burner, and a Lite-On CD/DVD ROM. They are both over 2 years old. The NEC burner has burned over 300 CD/DVD's. We do not smoke in this house either. Smoke will deteriorate optics fast