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Problem with DVD Player
I run WinXP Home. I have a Lite On DVD Player which uses the PowerDVD
software. On occasion when I insert a DVD Movie disc the light on my DVD drive will flash for a few seconds and than nothing happens. The normal menu I get in Windows asking me how I want to play the movie doesn't come up. When I go to Windows Explorer, for my DVD drive it says there is no disc inserted (even though there is). My Power DVD software also says that there is "no disc." Most of the time this problem goes away when I eject and reinsert the disc. Windows will than read it just fine! I've had this system since September 2002, and it used to not be this way, but it has started doing this the last few weeks. Any thoughts or ideas? Michael |
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Problem with DVD Player
"Michael Wright" wrote in message ... I run WinXP Home. I have a Lite On DVD Player which uses the PowerDVD software. On occasion when I insert a DVD Movie disc the light on my DVD drive will flash for a few seconds and than nothing happens. The normal menu I get in Windows asking me how I want to play the movie doesn't come up. When I go to Windows Explorer, for my DVD drive it says there is no disc inserted (even though there is). My Power DVD software also says that there is "no disc." Most of the time this problem goes away when I eject and reinsert the disc. Windows will than read it just fine! I've had this system since September 2002, and it used to not be this way, but it has started doing this the last few weeks. Any thoughts or ideas? Michael Three thoughts come to mind right off hand. Older DVD drives do not play the new gold colored disks very well and this is what happens. The disk is scratched or dirty or the laser lens may be dirty and this will also cause what you describe. Sometimes opening and closing the drive will remedy this. I usually take my drive apart to clean the lens as the commercial lens cleaning disks don't remove tar and nicotine very well. Other than that you might try to see if there is a firmware upgrade for your DVD drive. Bernie |
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"Bernie" wrote in message
... "Michael Wright" wrote in message ... I run WinXP Home. I have a Lite On DVD Player which uses the PowerDVD software. On occasion when I insert a DVD Movie disc the light on my DVD drive will flash for a few seconds and than nothing happens. The normal menu I get in Windows asking me how I want to play the movie doesn't come up. When I go to Windows Explorer, for my DVD drive it says there is no disc inserted (even though there is). My Power DVD software also says that there is "no disc." Most of the time this problem goes away when I eject and reinsert the disc. Windows will than read it just fine! I've had this system since September 2002, and it used to not be this way, but it has started doing this the last few weeks. Any thoughts or ideas? Michael Three thoughts come to mind right off hand. Older DVD drives do not play the new gold colored disks very well and this is what happens. The disk is scratched or dirty or the laser lens may be dirty and this will also cause what you describe. Sometimes opening and closing the drive will remedy this. I usually take my drive apart to clean the lens as the commercial lens cleaning disks don't remove tar and nicotine very well. Other than that you might try to see if there is a firmware upgrade for your DVD drive. Bernie I have a LiteOn LTD163 (I think) drive. I can't seem to find a firmware upgrade on the liteon site. Does anyone know of one that's been released? |
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Problem with DVD Player
http://perso.club-internet.fr/farzen...re/dvd/dvd.htm
You might find something here. I never have for my Toshiba drive even though they say there is an upgrade it is not available on the web. Be careful. Bernie "Michael Wright" wrote in message ... "Bernie" wrote in message ... "Michael Wright" wrote in message ... I run WinXP Home. I have a Lite On DVD Player which uses the PowerDVD software. On occasion when I insert a DVD Movie disc the light on my DVD drive will flash for a few seconds and than nothing happens. The normal menu I get in Windows asking me how I want to play the movie doesn't come up. When I go to Windows Explorer, for my DVD drive it says there is no disc inserted (even though there is). My Power DVD software also says that there is "no disc." Most of the time this problem goes away when I eject and reinsert the disc. Windows will than read it just fine! I've had this system since September 2002, and it used to not be this way, but it has started doing this the last few weeks. Any thoughts or ideas? Michael Three thoughts come to mind right off hand. Older DVD drives do not play the new gold colored disks very well and this is what happens. The disk is scratched or dirty or the laser lens may be dirty and this will also cause what you describe. Sometimes opening and closing the drive will remedy this. I usually take my drive apart to clean the lens as the commercial lens cleaning disks don't remove tar and nicotine very well. Other than that you might try to see if there is a firmware upgrade for your DVD drive. Bernie I have a LiteOn LTD163 (I think) drive. I can't seem to find a firmware upgrade on the liteon site. Does anyone know of one that's been released? |
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Lite_On DVD BIOS updates are now at:
http://www.jlms.com.tw/ (The 163 and 163D drives seem to not be identical.) If you update the drive's BIOS, it will be reported as from JLMS. I have no idea whether a BIOS update would fix your problems, but it may be worth a try. (I suppose that there is some risk that the drive could be rendered unusable if the flash doesn't go right, but I've never seen that happen myself.) Good luck. Bob Knowlden Spam dodger may be in use. replace nkbob with bobkn. "Michael Wright" wrote in message ... (snip) I have a LiteOn LTD163 (I think) drive. I can't seem to find a firmware upgrade on the liteon site. Does anyone know of one that's been released? |
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