G-Stress Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Hey guys I'm having a bit of a problem with my DVD-RAM drive. Weird cause I don't believe I installed any 3rd. party software right before I started having this problem it just happened one day. So I then decide to try installing Alcohol 120% before realizing that the drive just won't read disc's at all. I do currently have PowerISO installed and Neto v6. I uninstalled Aclohol 120. I've had this problem before a couple times actually and usually it was some registry keys that needed to be deleted, but this time that doesn't seem to solve the issue. It usually was the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlClass{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}LowerFilters HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlClass{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}UpperFilters System: AMD AthlonXP 1800 640 MB Ram XP Pro SP2 Drive: Matshita DVD-Ram SW-9585 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Does the drive read disks out side of windows? (This will determine if it's time to UBUNTU!!!!! xD) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Stress Posted May 21, 2007 Author Share Posted May 21, 2007 It sure doesn't appear to be reading them outside of windows. At least during boot it did not read a bootable linux distro or the XP disc at boot. I'm not wanting to believe the drive itself is bad one thing that's weird is I guess physically it appears it reads the disc, because usually on a bad cd/dvd drive when inserting a disc it will usually just keep spinning over and over with the light flashing like it's trying to read it. This one after a few seconds the light goes out as normal like it knows theres a disc there just can't read it. My other CD-R/DVD-Rom combo drive is working fine. Well I haven't tried recording yet, but it's reading disc's fine. Sucks if the drive is bad but if so oh well, time for a light scribe drive:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Try replacing the data connection cable (IDE/SATA). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Stress Posted May 21, 2007 Author Share Posted May 21, 2007 hmmm... will do, soo strange it seems like the weirdest problems always happen to me :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paralys Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 (This will determine if it's time to UBUNTU!!!!! xD) lol Is that your solution to everything Sparda? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 hmm im with replacing the EIDE, though if this doesnt help, switch her into another rig, if still no good, its time to upgrade her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Stress Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 Yea, I guess I will give that a try this weekend. I sooo hope it's not a bad drive, but if it is, I guess it's time for light scribe:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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