Toshiba Sattelite Laptop DVD Drive Not Working

acp35 · 11-20-2008, 10:11 PM

I'm running Vista on my laptop. And I have had this laptop just over a year. A few days back I tried burning and thought I'd got a faulty batch of discs. Then as I checked into it I soon found that DVDs arent working at all. I hear a loud chugging and the thing just doesn't start.

The Cds work fine.

Anyone who can help me Id really appreciate it. I have already tried the regedit fix and it didnt do my dvd drive any good.

Thanks in Advance

dai · 11-20-2008, 11:59 PM

remove the filters
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461

try a different brand of disks
check for a firmware update for the drive
uninstall the drive from the device manager and reboot
clean the laser
the dvd laser may have gone

acp35 · 11-21-2008, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dai

remove the filters
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461

try a different brand of disks
check for a firmware update for the drive
uninstall the drive from the device manager and reboot
clean the laser
the dvd laser may have gone

I tried looking for updates and also different disks. It may be the laser that needs to be clean. How do I uninstall the dvd drive from a laptop.I took out the screws before when cleaning it and had no idea how to get the drive out.

I've been googling a few days to try and find how but no luck so far.

dai · 11-22-2008, 03:03 AM

http://repair4laptop.org/disassembly_toshiba.html

11-20-2008, 10:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
acp35 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 6 OS: Vista	Toshiba Sattelite Laptop DVD Drive Not Working I'm running Vista on my laptop. And I have had this laptop just over a year. A few days back I tried burning and thought I'd got a faulty batch of discs. Then as I checked into it I soon found that DVDs arent working at all. I hear a loud chugging and the thing just doesn't start. The Cds work fine. Anyone who can help me Id really appreciate it. I have already tried the regedit fix and it didnt do my dvd drive any good. Thanks in Advance

11-20-2008, 11:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,168 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Toshiba Sattelite Laptop DVD Drive Not Working remove the filters http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461 try a different brand of disks check for a firmware update for the drive uninstall the drive from the device manager and reboot clean the laser the dvd laser may have gone __________________

11-22-2008, 03:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,168 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Toshiba Sattelite Laptop DVD Drive Not Working http://repair4laptop.org/disassembly_toshiba.html __________________ Last edited by dai; 11-22-2008 at 03:14 AM.