Re: Trouble reading DVDs


"Vincenzo" <Vincenzo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The drive can view data CDs and commercial audio CDs. It will not view
DVDs
or CDR/CDRWs. With the later the drive spins and the access lights blinks
steadily every second until it fails which would tell me it isn't really
reading the disks. If it was a hardware problem I would expect to not be
able to view anything. Could the DVD head be bad? Any further ideas?

Vincenzo


"Rey Santos" wrote:

In almost all cases, these messages are being posted due to hardware
problems
with either the controller or, more likely, a device that is attached to
the
controller in question. The hardware problems can be associated with poor
cabling, incorrect termination or transfer rate settings, a faulty
device,
or, in very rare cases, a poorly written device driver.

More information about Event ID 51
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/244780/
--
Rey


"Vincenzo" wrote:

I am having trouble getting my LG DVD writer to read DVDs. I receive a
system error in the event viewer: Event ID 51 An error was detected on
device
\Device\CdRom0 during a paging operation ; Event ID 7 \Device\CdRom0,
has a
bad block ; Event ID 9 The device, \Device\Ide\IdePort1, did not
respond
within the timeout period. ; Event ID 11 The driver detected a
controller
error on \Device\Ide\IdePort1. Any ideas what to do?


Vincenzo
The drive uses (at least) one laser for CDs and (at least) one different
laser for DVDs.
So, if your drive can access a CD but cannot access a DVD, you have a
defective drive.
Jim


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