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How To properly Troubleshoot Your DVD Drive

Copyright 2006 Otis Cooper

Laptop Battery You really enjoy those dvd movies and games and the last thing you need or want is to experience problems with your dvd drive.

1. Make sure you have a PC that can handle Windows Home Server. Hardware requirements are minimal — almost any PC built in the past five years will suffice, but you can't install WHS on a laptop computer, and you must have a functioning LAN connection. Your newly anointed server must have a DVD drive, and the computer must be told to boot from that drive. A USB DVD drive is okay, but only if your computer can be cajoled into booting from it.

Thinkpad To prepare for the possibility of having your dvd drive leaving you out in the cold one morning, we will discuss problems that may cause dvd failure as well as the procedures you should take to correct these problems.

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Microsoft As with all drives, be sure to double check the failure. If the dvd drive will not read the dvd, try running another dvd in the drive.Make sure the dvd has no scratches and is clean.

BMS does not always run properly on laptop computers because of the power saving features of the laptop hard drives which can suspend playback for 1 or 2 seconds at times. Unfortunately, this cannot easily be resolved. P. The computer sometimes crashes when you skip tracks A small number of drivers supplied with sound cards have a bug which causes system instability if the sound card is reset and immediately restarted. The only solution is to update your sound card drivers or install different sound cards.

Laptop Computers Visually inspect the drive if the drive is external and if the drive is enternal, check the computer. Check to see if the computer has good ventilation to help keep it cool. Here are the common dvd problems with their solutions.

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Laptop Computer DVD DRIVE HAS NO POWER

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Desktop Computer First...For external drives that have no power,first check to see if anything or anyone has caused the power cord to become unplugged. Rule out the wall outlet by plugging in another device such as a radio and see if it plays.

Notebooks Second...If you've proven the wall outlet to be good, but you still don't have power, check the surge protector for any signs of damage. If the surge protector is good, check the cord.

Lenovo Third...If you're certain the surge protector or wall outlet is providing power, double check the cord by plugging it in a few times. If no power is present, you will have to replace the cord or the drive itself.

Hard Drive Internal dvd drives receive their power from the connector from the power supply. Try another connector to the drive. if the internal dvd drive still does not receive power after using another connector, the drive is faulty.

Travelstar DRIVE HAS POWER BUT TRAY WON'T OPEN

Gateway You may experience the tray failing to open. Should this happen, press the button a couple times to see if it will open. If the tray fail to open, reboot your computer and try to open the tray.

Laptop Parts When rebooting the system,notice the monitor to see if the drive is recognized by the computer. Some systems will not display installed hardware during bootup. If this is the case, you will have to access your BIOS to check if the dvd drive is being registered.

Software You can also try the manual eject button on the drive to get it to open. Use something very small but firm to press in the pinhole in front of the drive to open the tray.

Hard Drives Shut the computer off and unplug it. Use something like a long paperclip to insert in the pinhole to open the tray. The tray may open a couple inches and you can grab it with your fingers to open it completely.

Electronics DRIVE IS NOT RECOGNIZED BY WINDOWS

Canon Be sure the operating system is recognizing the drive by clicking on My Computer.Windows XP will show "drives with removable storage".If your drive is present, highlight the drive, right click and select properties. Click on properties and you should see "this drive is working properly".

Desktop Pc If you see another message such as "this drive is not working properly", you may be able to update the device driver.If the drive is not present in My computer, reboot the computer and access the cmos setup.

Desktop Computers In the cmos setup, the dvd drive should be present.The drive may not be properly installed or one of the cables have become disconnected if the drive is missing

Think Pad If you check the drive cables and are certain they are connected correctly, it may be that the data cable is faulty and the drive controller may be at fault. And we can't overlook the fact that the drive itself may be bad.

Repair DRIVE HAS POWER BUT WILL NOT READ DVD

Data Recovery First..try another dvd since a dirty or scratched dvd may not play. If the new dvd fail to play as well, check to see if the operating system is recognizing the drive

Cisco Click on My Computer and highlight the dvd drive. Right click and select properties. The statement "This device is working properly" should be present.If not or you see another message, try to update the device driver.

Keyboard In the My Computer screen, highlight the dvd drive,and select the Properties screen, select Drivers, and then select update device driver.

Monitor Another cause may be the Windows Registry is corrupt. You can use software utilities such as PC Bug Doctor to repair your registry. Download this free repair utility at http://www.pcbugdoctor.com/download.html.

Desktop To make a backup of your registry with Windows 98, just go to Start, select Run, enter scanregw and click OK. This will run Scanregw.exe.

Infosys Restore your registry in Windows 98 by typing scanreg / restore at the Dos Prompt. You can also use.Winrescue XP at http://www.superwin.com/index.htm is a neat little utility for backup and restore of Windows XP.

Refurbished Laptops The dvd drive or writer is an awesome storage and data backup drive.Use it to the fullest to enjoy music, video, audio, and more. Understand everything about this drive before something goes wrong.

Wipro Should your audio die on you,check the dvd to be sure it is not dirty or damaged. Look at the audio cable for signs of looseness.Inspect this cable to be sure it is inserted in the connector completely and that is indeed inserted in the correct connector.

Lap Top If you have a dvd drive, take the time to visit the support web site and download the latest device drivers or patches to keep your drive running at peak performance.

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Memory Otis F. Cooper is solely dedicated to boosting the knowledge and confidence of every computer user. Use his informative articles and videos to understand all about the drives in your computer.Learn and see more at http://www.dvdcrank.com


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