Re: 2nd DVD-rw drive stops reading discs (2 days old this time)

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From: Yves Leclerc (yleclercNOSPAM_at_maysys.com)
Date: 02/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 15:09:43 -0500

So, this means that the DVD-RW is an external unit, not installed inside the
computer's chassis/case??????

"Neil Caulfield" <ken475uk@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:171001c3fbd3$e8d525a0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks for replying
> Using AMD Athlon XP 2800 333MHz Barton
> 512 DDR333 ram
> Master (only cd drive i have)
> IDE1008
> Power supply i'm not sure (if i open the case it voids
> the waranty)
> Using Memorex DVD+RW
> But can't read Gta3, BF1942 commercial discs either
> The machine is only a month old nad was bought complete
> (not a self build)
> Hope this helps
> Neil
> >-----Original Message-----
> >what is the name brand of the media you are using?
> >how big of a power supply do you have?
> >Is the drive set to master or slave and on what pci bus
> is it set on,
> >primary or secondary?
> >What is the speed of your processor and how much ram do
> you have?
> >
> >
> >"Neil Caulfield" <Ken475uk@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:167601c3fbcb$94d3d7b0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Last week my 3 week old NEC ND 1300a dvd-rw stopped
> >> reading discs, regardless of type (copy / commercial),
> >> tried all the usual install/uninstall drivers etc. Gave
> >> up phoned the waranty people who said the drive was at
> >> fault. Now have a 2 day old BTC 8x DVDRW and low and
> >> behold the same thing has happened! Disc goes in light
> >> flashes but the drive doesn't start to spin. Funny
> thing
> >> is it will play DVD Movies, but any other media simply
> >> doesn't register.
> >> When I double click on the drive it comes up blank with
> >> the CD writing taskbar on the left even if an un-
> >> writeable media is inserted.
> >> I'm running Windows XP Home with SP1
> >> And i'm loosing the plot
> >> Please help
> >> Thanks
> >> Neil
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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