DVD Drom does not play dvds

[dennis13]

My lg DRD 8160 B dvd rom will not play DVDs. It will play
and read music and data cd, cd-r cd-rw etc just not dvds.
Ialso have a sony DVD+-rw,r burner that does read
dvds.When I insert the dvds i get the error
message :Lplease insert disc into drive F:. Any help or
suggestions would be greatly appreciated!! I also treid
different aspi layers(4.6 4.7 4.72 ) but they didnt do
anything different!

[Nick Burns]

Install some form of dvd player like power DVD, xp don't come with any.
Should have got a player with your burner.



"dennis13" > wrote in message
...
> My lg DRD 8160 B dvd rom will not play DVDs. It will play
> and read music and data cd, cd-r cd-rw etc just not dvds.
> Ialso have a sony DVD+-rw,r burner that does read
> dvds.When I insert the dvds i get the error
> message :Lplease insert disc into drive F:. Any help or
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated!! I also treid
> different aspi layers(4.6 4.7 4.72 ) but they didnt do
> anything different!

>-----Original Message-----
>Install some form of dvd player like power DVD, xp don't
come with any.
>Should have got a player with your burner.
>
>
>
>"dennis13" > wrote
in message
...
>> My lg DRD 8160 B dvd rom will not play DVDs. It will
play
>> and read music and data cd, cd-r cd-rw etc just not
dvds.
>> Ialso have a sony DVD+-rw,r burner that does read
>> dvds.When I insert the dvds i get the error
>> message :Lplease insert disc into drive F:. Any help or
>> suggestions would be greatly appreciated!! I also treid
>> different aspi layers(4.6 4.7 4.72 ) but they didnt do
>> anything different!
>
>
>.I have power DVD and MSI DVD which will play DVDs when
they are in my DVD rw drive but the dvd rom doesnt play
them!
>

[dennis13]

>-----Original Message-----
>Install some form of dvd player like power DVD, xp don't
come with any.
>Should have got a player with your burner.
>
>
>
>"dennis13" > wrote
in message
...
>> My lg DRD 8160 B dvd rom will not play DVDs. It will
play
>> and read music and data cd, cd-r cd-rw etc just not
dvds.
>> Ialso have a sony DVD+-rw,r burner that does read
>> dvds.When I insert the dvds i get the error
>> message :Lplease insert disc into drive F:. Any help or
>> suggestions would be greatly appreciated!! I also treid
>> different aspi layers(4.6 4.7 4.72 ) but they didnt do
>> anything different!
>
>
>.
>I have power dvd and msi dvd which work fine with my dvd
rw drive but I get nothing out of my dvd rom drive.

[Nick Burns]

What does the DRD stand for, Ram Drive...? Look and see what type of disk
your book says you have to use with your DRD Drive.

"dennis13" > wrote in message
...
> My lg DRD 8160 B dvd rom will not play DVDs. It will play
> and read music and data cd, cd-r cd-rw etc just not dvds.
> Ialso have a sony DVD+-rw,r burner that does read
> dvds.When I insert the dvds i get the error
> message :Lplease insert disc into drive F:. Any help or
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated!! I also treid
> different aspi layers(4.6 4.7 4.72 ) but they didnt do
> anything different!

[loby-one]

There are firmwares for various DVDW+Rs especially for Sonys. Check on sony's site to see if your DVD has one.

[Dennis1375]

LG DRD 8160 B is just the product ID code from the
manufacturer. It is a DVD-ROM drive.
>-----Original Message-----
>What does the DRD stand for, Ram Drive...? Look and see
what type of disk
>your book says you have to use with your DRD Drive.
>
>"dennis13" > wrote
in message
...
>> My lg DRD 8160 B dvd rom will not play DVDs. It will
play
>> and read music and data cd, cd-r cd-rw etc just not
dvds.
>> Ialso have a sony DVD+-rw,r burner that does read
>> dvds.When I insert the dvds i get the error
>> message :Lplease insert disc into drive F:. Any help or
>> suggestions would be greatly appreciated!! I also treid
>> different aspi layers(4.6 4.7 4.72 ) but they didnt do
>> anything different!
>
>
>.
>

[BR]

I am having a similar problem. When I insert a DVD in either of my two DVD burners, they will not play. With no DVD in the drive, windows explorer shows the drive as "DVD-RW (G:) CD Drive". As soon as I put in a DVD, it changes to "CD-Rom(G:) CD
Drive" (or something like that). Attempts to play the movie with WinDVD or Windows Media Player give the message "Please insert disc into drive G:". Of note is that the drives can be used to burn DVDs and the DVDs so burned play just find in other DVD pl
ayers. It's like the system thinks the inserted DVD disk is actually a CD, not a DVD, or that the DVD drive is a CD drive.

I've tried updating drivers with no success. If I uninstall the driver and then reinstall, sometimes the drive will work for a while, then it quits again.

----- dennis13 wrote: -----

My lg DRD 8160 B dvd rom will not play DVDs. It will play
and read music and data cd, cd-r cd-rw etc just not dvds.
Ialso have a sony DVD+-rw,r burner that does read
dvds.When I insert the dvds i get the error
message :Lplease insert disc into drive F:. Any help or
suggestions would be greatly appreciated!! I also treid
different aspi layers(4.6 4.7 4.72 ) but they didnt do
anything different!