Computer help,Please. (dvd drive)

[jtval 0]

I have this ridiculous problem with my DVD drive.

it seems to have a memory and its been pissing me off.


If I put a Picture disc (CD) in the drive it will read the disc ( most of the time.) but once I remove the disc and put another one in it will not read it. it only pulls up the pictures from the original disc.(that is no longer in the drive)


WTF, Is going on?
How can I make the drive usable?


I have a second dvd drive that will not allow me to open any picture disc(CD) i put in it. and the 2nd drive will not burn. if I click on it it says drive is not accessible.


I do have them set as master ans slave but they seem to be fucked up. can anyone help?

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[pds 0]

the 'memory' issue is an OS prob. get it on xp a lot. not quite as extreme as yours, mainly keeps the same disc title.

i can see it still showing the directory listing of the disc that used to be in there (been there) but if you are trying to tell me that you can still open files that are on a disc thatr isn't in the drive... well, they have medicine for that.

reboot with the drive empty and it should work. not optimal but you do what you have to.

also, test the drive. put it in another machine that doesn't present the same problems, i think you will find the drive is fine.

namaste, motherfucker.

[jtval 0]

yea, the drive is fine....I replced the old one because I thought it may have been a bad drive.

this drive is doing the same thing.

when I reboot it usually works but theres GOT to be a better fix than rebooting everytime I switch discs

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[gitRdone 0]

Make sure the CD-ROM you bought is compatible with Windows XP and make sure you are using the latest device driver. You can check Hardware Compatibility here:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx

More likely a device driver problem, update your driver using device manager.

Also insure you have the latest XP service pack installed, service pack 2 fixed a bunch CD-ROM bugs if I remember correctly.

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Have you tried F5? Seriously. Sometimes just a refresh fixes it in explorer.

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I do have them set as master ans slave but they seem to be fucked up. can anyone help?

Try putting them as cable select . . .

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[jtval 0]

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Have you tried F5? Seriously. Sometimes just a refresh fixes it in explorer.

Actually I have. NO go.


I will check the drivers as gitrdone suggested. I knwo when I bought the drive it said it was compatible

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[jtval 0]

what is cable select?

I assume its the third jumper?

the first is master the middle is slave.(IIRC, I am not actually looking at them) whats the 3rd?

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[jtval 0]

all drivers are up-to date. and the new version of windows is installed?

Its official, I fucking hate this POS.

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[ToyMaker 0]

Ive seen this case before... and yes.. it sucks

here...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330135&Product=winxp

...and call me in the morning

You can also try to play with the DMA/PIO Settings..
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310751/EN-US/

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[jtval 0]

do you think a hammer will work?


I did have EASy CD creator installed but even after remove and reboot. no fix.

I went through the registry and all values are correct.No fix

I will try to replace the Drive ...AGAIN.

I hope I can replace this computer so I can throw this one out of the plane...if I do I will film it and upload it.

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