Recently moved a working DVD-Rom to a second machine (Dell 4600 512MB). The machine already had a CD-RW drive. Installed the DVD drive as a Slave; the CD/RW as master. The PC recognizes both drives but is not able to read any disc from the DVD drive. The CD drive continues to work. I also tried changing the jumper setting to CS on both drives, and also tried making the DVD drive master, etc. Nothing works. The light blinks for a few seconds on the DVD drive, and stops. Any suggestions?
Yes it's seen by windows. It was working fine on my other computer, and the drive is only about an year old.
I've also checked the BIOS. Transfer mode is Ultra DMA on both drives. I'll try the lens cleaner but I have a feeling its something else.
I have a similar problem. Just built a PC for my girlfriends son but the DVD-Rom I installed didnt work properly. I have the hard drive and DVD Rom on separate IDE cables, both set as master. The funny thing is it would read CD's fine but not the DVD data discs I had prepared on my own PC. Fair enough I thought, and I brought my own DVD writer round and swapped it out, but the same thing happens when I put data DVD's in it, even though they were burnt on that drive! CD's still run on it though.... I guess it cant be to do with the IDE cable or it wouldnt work at all (drive appears on My Computer plus CD's still work etc). Is it a software problem? The PC is running XP Pro SP2. Thanks in advance for any help!
I used the software that comes with Nero but it just locked up. I can view the contents of the DVD-rom but if I try to copy or open anything it virtually freezes Windows Explorer. After 5 mins or so it might then access the file but everything goes so slow, or on some occasions it actually crashes explorer altogether. Please help as its keeping me awake at night!
You may need to increase the RAM in your system. My LG burner requires a minimum of 512mb of ram just to run the burner. Check and see what your burner spec minimum is. With the burner demanding so much and windows demanding up to 128mb to run That could be your whole problem. Fortunately ram is cheap.
