Optical drive not detecting

ryarnleycave@ya · 08-28-2008, 09:05 AM

Help, the drive is not detecting discs. My laptop is a Packard Bell MV46-008.
Tried various types of discs, drive is recognized by computer but green light on optical drive extinguishes after initial boot. Any ideas guys?

Madcatz · 08-28-2008, 02:13 PM

if it doesn't see anything you put into it, then i'd say time to replace the drive.

techyShiva · 08-28-2008, 11:01 PM

first check the the drive is detected in Bios .. if its detected then check the optical drive in the safe mode ,if it's detected ,then update the firmware ,if the drive is not detected in the safe mode ,go to the registry ,go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class ,in that key you will be having an sub key named " {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}... clock on it ..in the right hand side you will be able to see 2 options named " upper filter,lower filter " .. delete them ..restart the laptop ...check the drive ..still if it's not ,u hav to replace the drive ..

08-28-2008, 09:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
ryarnleycave@ya Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp	Optical drive not detecting Help, the drive is not detecting discs. My laptop is a Packard Bell MV46-008. Tried various types of discs, drive is recognized by computer but green light on optical drive extinguishes after initial boot. Any ideas guys?

08-28-2008, 02:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
Madcatz Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 1,424 OS: XP/7/Server 2008 My System	Re: Optical drive not detecting if it doesn't see anything you put into it, then i'd say time to replace the drive.

08-28-2008, 11:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
techyShiva Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4 OS: XP sp2	Re: Optical drive not detecting first check the the drive is detected in Bios .. if its detected then check the optical drive in the safe mode ,if it's detected ,then update the firmware ,if the drive is not detected in the safe mode ,go to the registry ,go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class ,in that key you will be having an sub key named " {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}... clock on it ..in the right hand side you will be able to see 2 options named " upper filter,lower filter " .. delete them ..restart the laptop ...check the drive ..still if it's not ,u hav to replace the drive ..