DVD Drive not reading CD's (sometimes?)

Stronghilt · 06-11-2009, 09:27 AM

So I recently put together my very first PC (hooray for me), booted it up, it turned on and didn't catch on fire, me and my friend thought "That's awesome we made a PC without a hitch."

Little did we know that a few days later I would try using a CD-Rom to rip music to my Itunes and it decided to fail on me. The strange thing was that it seemed to install Counter-Strike Source without a problem and it was a CD-Rom, I try a few other music CD's and the same thing. So without much thought to it I just decided I would rip the music to the laptop and just transfer it with a flash drive. Anyway, a few days later I tried to install Black and White 2 which decided to install perfectly fine until I tried to load it and it just kept popping up "Please insert correct disc to play. Click ok and restart." Again I thought this was odd, only to find out that it was on CD-Rom, next day I try to load my copy of NWN1 (Again on CD-Rom) it installs all the way up to the 3rd and final disc only to crash at 98% because it cannot read the CD.

So finally I decide that it is time to take this drive back, it must be defective, I've downloaded all the drivers, etc... I get a different brand as I was worried that LG made bunk drives, so here I am today. NWN1 managed to install first night I had the drive installed, "Hooray! My problems are over," but alas they are not my drive will still NOT read music CD's.

I've tried to find drivers for this one, but cannot find anything on HP's website. Any ideas of what I can do to fix my drive?

System Specs:

HP dvd1160i 22x Multiformat DVD Writer
Intel Core 2 Quad 2.83GHz
4 GB Ram
300+ GB Hard Drive Space
Windows Vista SP1 32-Bit

Thanks in advance for any help,

Mike

dai · 06-11-2009, 09:38 AM

the drivers are part of windows

what power supply
brand
model
wattage

check for a firmware update for the drive

check the data cable is plugged in ok and not loos

try a new data cable

Stronghilt · 06-11-2009, 09:57 AM

RocketFish RF-700PS2 700W

The cable is in tight
With the new drive came a new data cable

I honestly couldn't find anything in the way of firmware, on HP's website the drive doesn't even show up for their technical support, I'm showing 1170i and 1135i but nothing for 1160i.

dai · 06-11-2009, 10:23 AM

what video are using

check the last post here for information on your drive

http://club.cdfreaks.com/f61/hp-dvd1...badges-270746/

rocketfish a re relabelled huntkey crap

Stronghilt · 06-12-2009, 04:35 PM

NVIDIA Geforce GTS 250

dai · 06-13-2009, 12:19 AM

see if you can borrow a quality 550w or better to try in it

Power Supply Information and Selection

try the drive in another computer to check it is ok

06-11-2009, 09:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
Stronghilt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Vista SP1	DVD Drive not reading CD's (sometimes?) So I recently put together my very first PC (hooray for me), booted it up, it turned on and didn't catch on fire, me and my friend thought "That's awesome we made a PC without a hitch." Little did we know that a few days later I would try using a CD-Rom to rip music to my Itunes and it decided to fail on me. The strange thing was that it seemed to install Counter-Strike Source without a problem and it was a CD-Rom, I try a few other music CD's and the same thing. So without much thought to it I just decided I would rip the music to the laptop and just transfer it with a flash drive. Anyway, a few days later I tried to install Black and White 2 which decided to install perfectly fine until I tried to load it and it just kept popping up "Please insert correct disc to play. Click ok and restart." Again I thought this was odd, only to find out that it was on CD-Rom, next day I try to load my copy of NWN1 (Again on CD-Rom) it installs all the way up to the 3rd and final disc only to crash at 98% because it cannot read the CD. So finally I decide that it is time to take this drive back, it must be defective, I've downloaded all the drivers, etc... I get a different brand as I was worried that LG made bunk drives, so here I am today. NWN1 managed to install first night I had the drive installed, "Hooray! My problems are over," but alas they are not my drive will still NOT read music CD's. I've tried to find drivers for this one, but cannot find anything on HP's website. Any ideas of what I can do to fix my drive? System Specs: HP dvd1160i 22x Multiformat DVD Writer Intel Core 2 Quad 2.83GHz 4 GB Ram 300+ GB Hard Drive Space Windows Vista SP1 32-Bit Thanks in advance for any help, Mike Last edited by Stronghilt; 06-11-2009 at 09:28 AM.

06-11-2009, 09:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,593 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: DVD Drive not reading CD's (sometimes?) the drivers are part of windows what power supply brand model wattage check for a firmware update for the drive check the data cable is plugged in ok and not loos try a new data cable __________________

06-11-2009, 09:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
Stronghilt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Vista SP1	Re: DVD Drive not reading CD's (sometimes?) RocketFish RF-700PS2 700W The cable is in tight With the new drive came a new data cable I honestly couldn't find anything in the way of firmware, on HP's website the drive doesn't even show up for their technical support, I'm showing 1170i and 1135i but nothing for 1160i.

06-11-2009, 10:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,593 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: DVD Drive not reading CD's (sometimes?) what video are using check the last post here for information on your drive http://club.cdfreaks.com/f61/hp-dvd1...badges-270746/ rocketfish a re relabelled huntkey crap __________________

06-12-2009, 04:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
Stronghilt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Vista SP1	Re: DVD Drive not reading CD's (sometimes?) NVIDIA Geforce GTS 250

06-13-2009, 12:19 AM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,593 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: DVD Drive not reading CD's (sometimes?) see if you can borrow a quality 550w or better to try in it Power Supply Information and Selection try the drive in another computer to check it is ok __________________