Simliar to what Bones said, lasers become tired and will stop reading some discs. All discs are marked by shadows and light. Writable disks tend to have dark shadow and light formations than purchased DVD's. Some lasers can go out of sync or move slightly with wear and tear and will only read some discs.
That's the bad news - the good news is, replacing the DVD drive will fix the issue right up. :) Mandy On 24 July 2013 14:59, Bones <[email protected]> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Susie Smith <[email protected]> > Reply-to: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Papermodels II 48289] O.T. Diskdrive Problem > Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 23:42:47 -0500 > > This is completely off-topic, but I'm hoping someone can help me because > I'm at my wit's end. My DVD drive refuses to read some of my game discs. > It used to play them, but now won't even acknowledge their presence. The > discs play in other computers, so that isn't the problem. I uninstalled > the drive and reinstalled it, both in the system and then physically > with no results. It will not play these discs. They are DVD game discs. > > Now for the part that really has me stumped. The drive will play any > other disc I put in it. It will play DVD movies, CD-roms, music CDs, and > even VCD and CDG karaoke discs. I am completely stumped. Does anyone > have any ideas at all? I have Windows XP Home Edition, if that helps. > > Susie > > I haven't come across this one but if it will read some game disks and > not ohers and the drive has done a far bit of work I can only think that > the laser has lost some intensity and is being selective about what > disks it will and won't read. It may be coincidental that the ones it > won't read are game disks. Can you try the drive in another PC with > those disks ?. > DVD drives are fairly cheap although if it's an IDE rather than SATA > drive then one may be a little difficult to find. I have a pile of IDE > DVD drives about 2 metres high and most still are fine, if you're in Oz > I could sent a few to you but postage here is a killer. > > Bones > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Papermodels II" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Please use mandythepcgirl at gmail.com for fast email delivery. :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
