Little help with my DVD-ROM drive • Non-Gaming • PC Hardware • Eurogamer.net

Deleted user 2 January 2005 21:40:15

I've just noticed that my DVD-ROM drive's not working. I've tried using DVDs, DVD-ROMs, CD_-ROMs, and audio CDs with it and none of them work. I've tried restarting it and it's still not working. The only thing I've done recently is swap my memory sticks, I don't recal knocking anything when I did that though, I'm completely stumped. It seems to spin the disk then give up right at the point where it seems to get going.

It's a Samsung DVD-ROM SD-616Q if you want to know.

Sid-Nice 2 Jan 2005 21:44:46 15,848 posts
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Check your drivers.

Click start and then control panel, swich to classic view and click on system, click on harware and then device manager. Click on your CD/DVD ROM drive, you'll will be informed if the device is working properly.

Edited by Sid Nice at 21:48:26 02-01-2005

Sid-Nice 2 Jan 2005 21:48:45 15,848 posts
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vermin wrote:

Sid Nice wrote:
Check your drivers.

I wasn't joking.

Edited by Sid Nice at 21:49:23 02-01-2005

Deleted user 2 January 2005 21:50:36

I've checked the drivers, and it says that the device is working properly, but it's not!

I guess I'll try unplugging them and plugging them then.

Edited by cubbymoore at 21:52:42 02-01-2005

Sid-Nice 2 Jan 2005 21:57:47 15,848 posts
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Are you Jewish? If not could I suggest rollback.

NBZ 2 Jan 2005 22:24:49 2,425 posts
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By any chance do you have Windows xp SP2 installed?

Deleted user 2 January 2005 22:28:04

Haven't got any drivers to rollback to. Rebooted with disconnected, then rebooted again with it connected, still not working. And I can't try it on another computer (yet) since I haven't got another one. Won't be anything to do with the lens will it? Except if it was then it should say that there's a problem with it, but it says it's working properly.

Stupid computers, they'll never take over man.

Deleted user 2 January 2005 22:29:12

NBZ wrote:
By any chance do you have Windows xp SP2 installed?

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure I've used it after I installed it, quite a bit actually.

Deleted user 2 January 2005 22:38:44

Yeah, dammit. I used it fairly often.

Homer-Simpson 2 Jan 2005 22:43:08 1,543 posts
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I have a similar problem with my printer. It won't print out anything at all no matter what I try and whenever I go to control panel to test it my machine also says there is nothing wrong with the device. I've even tried uninstalling it and then reinstalling it god knows how many times and yet it still comes up with all these error messages about the documents I try printing off failing to print like half an hour after waiting for the printer to actually print them all off. Damn thing.

NBZ 2 Jan 2005 23:26:04 2,425 posts
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cubbymoore wrote:

NBZ wrote:
By any chance do you have Windows xp SP2 installed?
Yeah, but I'm pretty sure I've used it after I installed it, quite a bit actually.

I have lost rewriting abilities on my DVD rewriter, (windows does not even recognise writable media, but the drive spins up as if it detected it.) and I noticed this problem a few days AFTER upgrading to SP2. In the first couple of days I burnt a few discs without any problems.

I know what I blame...

Sid-Nice 2 Jan 2005 23:29:04 15,848 posts
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Click start, go to add hardware click, I've already installed the device, in the list of hardware you'll see your CD/DVD drive, double click, to enable, you may have to use your system disk for the drivers. If you haven't any drivers go to Samsung.com.

Deleted user 2 January 2005 23:33:09

I've just emailed them, I downloaded all the firmware upgrades and it's still not working. I can't believe that the SP2 has anything to do with it, but it's looking like one of the last options.

Hmmm, guess I'll try system restore then :/

Deleted user 3 January 2005 00:10:40

Well uninstalling SP2 did sod all, I'm running out of options now

Homer-Simpson 3 Jan 2005 00:14:53 1,543 posts
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cubbymoore wrote:
Well uninstalling SP2 did sod all, I'm running out of options now

Why not buy a new drive for it?

Deleted user 3 January 2005 00:16:42

Homer Simpson wrote:

cubbymoore wrote:
Well uninstalling SP2 did sod all, I'm running out of options now

Why not buy a new drive for it?

Heh. Yeah I'll try other options before just buying a new one, I'm not made of money

Deleted user 3 January 2005 00:22:43

I'll see what reply I get from Samsung and then contact them if neccessary.

Sid-Nice 3 Jan 2005 01:54:46 15,848 posts
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You should not of uninstalled SP2 as it's no longer available after 31/12/04. Have you tried a System Restore? If it doesn't change anything you can always undo your last Restore. Samsung and Delilah FFS.

deem 3 Jan 2005 01:57:27 31,667 posts
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Sid-Nice 3 Jan 2005 02:24:36 15,848 posts
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deem wrote:
SP2 is no longer available? how come?

Because every new copy of Windows XP has the SP2 included, Microsoft feel that everyone who needed the upgrade has had sufficient time to do so.

Homer-Simpson 3 Jan 2005 02:25:35 1,543 posts
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Sid Nice wrote:

deem wrote:
SP2 is no longer available? how come?
Because every new copy of Windows XP has the SP2 included, Microsoft feel that everyone who needed the upgrade has had sufficient time to do so.

/polishes SP2 disc

jellyhead 3 Jan 2005 02:34:15 24,355 posts
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We installed the "don't install sp2" regkey on the pc's at work to stop auto-update until we'd tested sp2 on production machines and that date was extended for 6 months until April i'm sure. There's also nothing on their website about a cutoff date.
I've not installed it on my home pc yet as i'm not online and haven't had a need to yet so i might be asking for a copy of that disk Homer.

Homer-Simpson 3 Jan 2005 02:36:38 1,543 posts
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jellyhead wrote:
We installed the "don't install sp2" regkey on the pc's at work to stop auto-update until we'd tested sp2 on production machines and that date was extended for 6 months until April i'm sure. There's also nothing on their website about a cutoff date.
I've not installed it on my home pc yet as i'm not online and haven't had a need to yet so i might be asking for a copy of that disk Homer.

Is there anything you'll do in return? I did also give you your Gmail account after all!

Edited by Homer Simpson at 02:37:08 03-01-2005

Sid-Nice 3 Jan 2005 02:39:44 15,848 posts
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It's actually Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition Service Pack 6a, how on earth did I get that mixed up. Well I do know as I was having some problems with Windows XP and that announcement was adjacent to the SP2 details. Sorry.