DVD/CD-ROM problems

lukelyons · 10-13-2006, 03:05 PM

Hello,

I just came across a computer that is having a cd-rom issue. It will read DVDs, but will not read CDs. I've tried uninstalling all drivers and then re-installing. I tried audio, data, and cd-r cds and none will even mount to the drive.

Then I can put any DVD (DVD-R/W, DVD-R, and plain DVDS) in and it will run perfect.

Any advice?

Thanks,
Luke

sPlAtOiD · 10-13-2006, 07:58 PM

Is this an older drive? Some of the older ones dont read CD,s if I recal right. But Im not sure.

djb · 10-14-2006, 07:01 PM

yes... old&bold is correct. some of the older dvd roms don't read cd's. if this is almost new drive and is under warranty, force this. if not, is very hard to find out where is the problem and repair it.

10-13-2006, 03:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
lukelyons Newb Techie Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1	DVD/CD-ROM problems Hello, I just came across a computer that is having a cd-rom issue. It will read DVDs, but will not read CDs. I've tried uninstalling all drivers and then re-installing. I tried audio, data, and cd-r cds and none will even mount to the drive. Then I can put any DVD (DVD-R/W, DVD-R, and plain DVDS) in and it will run perfect. Any advice? Thanks, Luke

10-13-2006, 07:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
sPlAtOiD Monster Techie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,612	Is this an older drive? Some of the older ones dont read CD,s if I recal right. But Im not sure. __________________ MSI K8NEO4 Ultra PCI Express x16: BFG GeForce 8800 GTX 768 Mb AMD DualCore AMD Opteron 185, 2600 MHz (13 x 200) Memory Corsair2046 MB (DDR SDRAM) Dual Channel 320 Western Digital IDE Drive Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller Windows XP Por SP2

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10-14-2006, 07:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
djb Junior Techie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 64	yes... old&bold is correct. some of the older dvd roms don't read cd's. if this is almost new drive and is under warranty, force this. if not, is very hard to find out where is the problem and repair it.