New DVD-ROM won't play DVDs

retrovertigo · 12-16-2003, 12:22 AM

My computer recognizes my anything that goes in my DVD-ROM as an audio CD. Anyone else ever had this problem?

RoyalW · 12-16-2003, 02:50 AM

You have instalelled DVD software? (What is the software youre using?)
What is your OS?
What is your PC sepcifications?
What is your DVDROM make/model (External/Internal?)

retrovertigo · 12-17-2003, 12:47 AM

Software Installed: PowerDVD

OS: Win XP

I'm running a 2.4 Ghz Celeron Processor w/ 128 MB of RAM.

Made by: Artec (16X DVD-Rom Drive)

RoyalW · 12-17-2003, 03:14 AM

Ok, Ive never had this problem before but from what info I can find online is this that it seems to be a common problem with some DVDROM drives reading CD-R(W)'s
If this is the case, does it actually read original DVD's?

If this is not the case and you cant actually read original DVD's either, then I would try these (if this were my problem)...

1 - Uninstall/Reinstall PowerDVD
2 - Upgrade/downgrade PowerDVD
3 - Try other Software
4 - Remove (from safe mode) the DVDROM drive (and all other previous DVDROM drives) from device manager, reboot and let windows detect it again.
5 - Did you install any DVDROM drivers that came with the drive when purchaced?.. I would let windows install generic drivers if you installed DVDROM drivers instead or else do the opposite.
6 - Update DVDROM drivers?
7 - (long shot) Check to see that some extension are not opening with the wrong program (ex - Open *.VOB with CDPLAYER.exe)
8 - Bump

bekken · 01-08-2004, 07:10 PM

Make sure that you have set a region code in your DVD-ROM drive. You'll do this in the Device Manager. If it has no region set PowerDVD wont let you play any movies.

Or... make sure to make your DVD-ROM regionfree with a firmware upgrade or installing the Region-Killer software which you'll easly mau find using a search enigne or the superb software from DVDIdle.com

12-16-2003, 12:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
retrovertigo Newb Techie Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3	New DVD-ROM won't play DVDs My computer recognizes my anything that goes in my DVD-ROM as an audio CD. Anyone else ever had this problem?

12-16-2003, 02:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
RoyalW True Techie Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 189	You have instalelled DVD software? (What is the software youre using?) What is your OS? What is your PC sepcifications? What is your DVDROM make/model (External/Internal?) __________________ Windows XP Pro 2002 (SP2) Intel Northwood 2.4GHz Compaq Evo D510 SFF 768MB DDR PC2100 NVIDIA TNT2 32MB Intel 82801 (AC\'97) C: 40GB (FAT32)

12-17-2003, 03:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
RoyalW True Techie Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 189	Ok, Ive never had this problem before but from what info I can find online is this that it seems to be a common problem with some DVDROM drives reading CD-R(W)'s If this is the case, does it actually read original DVD's? If this is not the case and you cant actually read original DVD's either, then I would try these (if this were my problem)... 1 - Uninstall/Reinstall PowerDVD 2 - Upgrade/downgrade PowerDVD 3 - Try other Software 4 - Remove (from safe mode) the DVDROM drive (and all other previous DVDROM drives) from device manager, reboot and let windows detect it again. 5 - Did you install any DVDROM drivers that came with the drive when purchaced?.. I would let windows install generic drivers if you installed DVDROM drivers instead or else do the opposite. 6 - Update DVDROM drivers? 7 - (long shot) Check to see that some extension are not opening with the wrong program (ex - Open *.VOB with CDPLAYER.exe) 8 - Bump __________________ Windows XP Pro 2002 (SP2) Intel Northwood 2.4GHz Compaq Evo D510 SFF 768MB DDR PC2100 NVIDIA TNT2 32MB Intel 82801 (AC\'97) C: 40GB (FAT32)

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12-17-2003, 12:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
retrovertigo Newb Techie Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3	Software Installed: PowerDVD OS: Win XP I'm running a 2.4 Ghz Celeron Processor w/ 128 MB of RAM. Made by: Artec (16X DVD-Rom Drive)

01-08-2004, 07:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
bekken Newb Techie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3	Make sure that you have set a region code in your DVD-ROM drive. You'll do this in the Device Manager. If it has no region set PowerDVD wont let you play any movies. Or... make sure to make your DVD-ROM regionfree with a firmware upgrade or installing the Region-Killer software which you'll easly mau find using a search enigne or the superb software from DVDIdle.com