Thanks, but I'm in the US. I don't have another desktop to test the
drive in. I hadn't thought about the laser loosing intensity. It just
had me so stumped because I've never even heard of this before.
On 7/24/2013 12:29 AM, Bones wrote:
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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
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