dvd drive not working

marbello23 · 03-13-2009, 06:07 PM

my dvd drive has ceased to work on my pc. the drive is fine, i tested it on my brothers computer. i thought it might be the mem so i replaced it-still nothing. the connections all seem fine. the only other thing i can currently think of is that it might be my hard drive or my mobo. im confused as hell and i'd appreciate any one else's opinion.

motherboard: xfx nvidia 790i
hard drive: western digital 10000 rpm raptor
memory: 1st: crucial-2gb dimm 128mx64 ddr3
2nd: corsair-2gb xms ddr3
dvd drive: lite-on multi-recorder dvd burner
video card: xfx nvidia 9800 gtx
cpu: intel quad core
ps: ultra 500 watt:

**TriggerFinger** · 03-13-2009, 09:56 PM

When you say it ceased to work.. you mean in Windows? How about BIOS, have you tried using a bootable CD? If your PC can boot from the DVD drive then it means you BIOS still sees it. Try that first.

marbello23 · 03-14-2009, 05:52 PM

yes the bios recognizes it but when i try to install xp an error screen pops up. im thinking about wiping the hard-drive but i dont want end up with the same problem with no os

**TriggerFinger** · 03-14-2009, 07:18 PM

So if BIOS sees it... does it appear in your My Computer?

marbello23 · 03-14-2009, 07:26 PM

no just the bios. i tried to add hardware from control panel but that didnt work.

**TriggerFinger** · 03-14-2009, 07:47 PM

Have you tried the suggestions on the page link below?

http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...dvd-drive.html

marbello23 · 03-14-2009, 09:54 PM

k yea that worked thanx a lot. but i still cant load xp. vista only has a 33% partition

**TriggerFinger** · 03-14-2009, 11:06 PM

So your problem now is to install XP in another partition (HDD has Vista already installed and is running OK)?

karthik_v21 · 04-10-2009, 06:23 AM

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03-13-2009, 06:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
marbello23 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4 OS: vista 64 bit	dvd drive not working my dvd drive has ceased to work on my pc. the drive is fine, i tested it on my brothers computer. i thought it might be the mem so i replaced it-still nothing. the connections all seem fine. the only other thing i can currently think of is that it might be my hard drive or my mobo. im confused as hell and i'd appreciate any one else's opinion. motherboard: xfx nvidia 790i hard drive: western digital 10000 rpm raptor memory: 1st: crucial-2gb dimm 128mx64 ddr3 2nd: corsair-2gb xms ddr3 dvd drive: lite-on multi-recorder dvd burner video card: xfx nvidia 9800 gtx cpu: intel quad core ps: ultra 500 watt:

03-13-2009, 09:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,846 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: dvd drive not working When you say it ceased to work.. you mean in Windows? How about BIOS, have you tried using a bootable CD? If your PC can boot from the DVD drive then it means you BIOS still sees it. Try that first. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

03-14-2009, 05:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
marbello23 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4 OS: vista 64 bit	Re: dvd drive not working yes the bios recognizes it but when i try to install xp an error screen pops up. im thinking about wiping the hard-drive but i dont want end up with the same problem with no os

03-14-2009, 07:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,846 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: dvd drive not working So if BIOS sees it... does it appear in your My Computer? __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

03-14-2009, 07:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
marbello23 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4 OS: vista 64 bit	Re: dvd drive not working no just the bios. i tried to add hardware from control panel but that didnt work.

03-14-2009, 07:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,846 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: dvd drive not working Have you tried the suggestions on the page link below? http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...dvd-drive.html __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

03-14-2009, 09:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
marbello23 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4 OS: vista 64 bit	Re: dvd drive not working k yea that worked thanx a lot. but i still cant load xp. vista only has a 33% partition

03-14-2009, 11:06 PM	#8 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,846 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: dvd drive not working So your problem now is to install XP in another partition (HDD has Vista already installed and is running OK)? __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

04-10-2009, 06:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
karthik_v21 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Win XP,2	Re: dvd drive not working How to format 32gb kingston pen drive????