(LG DVD DUAL LAYER) To work or not to work ?That is the question

Discussion in 'DVD / Blu-ray drives' started by Nate1982, Jun 25, 2006.

  1. Nate1982

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    Hi i'm new to this forum and I am having trouble with my LG dvd ram drive it seems to work on and off when it wants to.
    My setup is as follows
    Amd Athlon x2 3800+ running on an ABIT Ul8 series motherboard
    2 x 1 gig sticks pc3200 ddr 400mhz memory running at dual channel
    Ati x850 pro agp 256 gddr3 memory
    soundblaster live 5.1 sound card
    1 100 and 1 200 gig maxtor ata harddrives
    I have cleaned dvd drive a few times but it still has made no diffrence still seems to work when ever it wants too pls help someone. THANKS
     
    Nate1982, Jun 25, 2006
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    Please be much more specific as to the problems it is having if other than my assumptions.
    By 'having trouble on and off' I assume you mean it sporadically fails to read or write regardless of media. That's usually a sign of a bad IDE or power cable, a bad connection of the IDE or power or maybe a bad drive.

    Try disconnecting the drive and deleting it out of your Hardware Profile and reboot, then shutdown and re-install it as if it were a new installation (except that you do not have to remove the thing). Check the jumper settings of the LG and any other device that may be on the cable, plug in all connectors, check for the tightness of your IDE and power connectors, and allow your OS to reinstall it.
     
    Dunker, Jun 25, 2006
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  3. Nate1982

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    Thanx I did what you said to do and It worked then about twenty minutes later my drive dissappered Then reappered later???

    My drive is an LG HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4082b it's only about a month old.When I insert a dvd it would not read then would not let me eject the disc untill I restarted my cpu Could this be caused by some kind of virus? It's driving me crazy.It worked fine with my old motherboard.Any help I would be very greatfull. Thanks
     
    Nate1982, Jun 27, 2006
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    What brang is LG? Give me the full name please.
     
    SFreedom, Jun 27, 2006
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  5. Nate1982

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    LG made by Hitachi
     
    Nate1982, Jun 28, 2006
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  6. Nate1982

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    I know It's Not The Cable or IDE controller cause I replaced it with just a dvd rom and that works fine.
     
    Nate1982, Jun 28, 2006
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    Ok, and I assume the jumper settings are correct? Is the appropriate BIOS setting set to AUTO? Although anything is possible with virii or hijackers like Sony's XCP, your problem *seems* a bit more like a hardware problem.

    Oh, a BIOS update and/or a chipset driver update might help. Or not. I had an Asus mobo that would not write a DVD or CD under 98SE or Win2k, until I installed Windows XP. There IS the possibility of incompatibility, though try whatever you can first.

    If all that doesn't help, try also posting your driver settings from the SYSTEM control panel.
     
    Dunker, Jun 29, 2006
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  8. Nate1982

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    Thanks everyone for all your help but after trying everything that I could think of there was one thing that I didn't try a firmware update.Works great now but again thanks everyone for all your help.
    You guys Rock keep giving all the great advice you guys give Im sure I'll be back.......
     
    Nate1982, Jul 1, 2006
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