Philips duel dvd re-writer.HHHEEEELLLLPPPP

freeze123 · 02-22-2006, 03:47 AM

HELP PLZ.My Philips duel dvd re-writer has died.it does nothing,Apart from light up when turn computer on.tried uninstall and re-installing but no joy.Plz help.

**please** · 02-22-2006, 08:12 AM

@ freeze123
Does the tray open? Can you try the drive in another system? Did you do anything before this failure that may have caused the problem, like a firmware flash? Try flashing the drive with newer firmware.

freeze123 · 02-22-2006, 08:57 AM

Tray doesnt open,Well last night it opened really slow,but nowt sinceWill try in other computer when home from work.Will keep posted.

freeze123 · 02-22-2006, 09:31 AM

Im A bit of a computer rookie,so what is firmware and how do flash something with it.

freeze123 · 02-22-2006, 10:22 AM

Unable to check on a diff system.had one but must of got rid of it.In the device thingy it shows that the drive is working ok if thats any help

zeefrog · 02-23-2006, 10:58 AM

Is your DVD/RW a Philips 8631?
I had the same problem with my Philips DVD+RW. (Model 8631). I called my computer manufacturer and went through 75 minutes of doing nothing that helped. The DVD drive was DEAD! My system is still under warranty and they had to replace the drive. It was replaced with a Philips mod#8701. So far so good!
Good luck but you probably will have to replace the drive

freeze123 · 02-23-2006, 01:53 PM

Is then any test i can do with my computer to check the drive,its a philips dvdr1640p if that helps?

02-22-2006, 03:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
freeze123 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: uk Posts: 27 OS: win2000	Philips duel dvd re-writer.HHHEEEELLLLPPPP HELP PLZ.My Philips duel dvd re-writer has died.it does nothing,Apart from light up when turn computer on.tried uninstall and re-installing but no joy.Plz help.

02-22-2006, 08:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
please Tech Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,185 OS: WinXP SP2	@ freeze123 Does the tray open? Can you try the drive in another system? Did you do anything before this failure that may have caused the problem, like a firmware flash? Try flashing the drive with newer firmware. __________________ P4P800E-D:~:P4 3.0C@3.75GHz:~:Zal7000AlCu:~:OCZ4001024ELDCPER2-K@250MHz 2.5-3-3-7 WinXP SP2>2X160GB Samsung SATA ICH5R RAID1:~:2x80GB Samsung SATA Promise RAID0 ATI A-I-W X800XT~SB Audigy2 ZS~2X BenQ1620~Antec SLK3700AMB~Antec SmartPower2.0 500W

02-22-2006, 08:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
freeze123 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: uk Posts: 27 OS: win2000	Tray doesnt open,Well last night it opened really slow,but nowt sinceWill try in other computer when home from work.Will keep posted.

02-22-2006, 09:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
freeze123 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: uk Posts: 27 OS: win2000	Im A bit of a computer rookie,so what is firmware and how do flash something with it.

02-22-2006, 10:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
freeze123 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: uk Posts: 27 OS: win2000	Unable to check on a diff system.had one but must of got rid of it.In the device thingy it shows that the drive is working ok if thats any help

02-23-2006, 10:58 AM	#6 (permalink)
zeefrog Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 4 OS: WinXP/Media Center 2005	Is your DVD/RW a Philips 8631? I had the same problem with my Philips DVD+RW. (Model 8631). I called my computer manufacturer and went through 75 minutes of doing nothing that helped. The DVD drive was DEAD! My system is still under warranty and they had to replace the drive. It was replaced with a Philips mod#8701. So far so good! Good luck but you probably will have to replace the drive

02-23-2006, 01:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
freeze123 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: uk Posts: 27 OS: win2000	Is then any test i can do with my computer to check the drive,its a philips dvdr1640p if that helps?