 Sony NEC Optiarc 5200s DVD drive |
 Sep 28 2008, 05:47 PM
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 Knight Errant  Group: Clan Members Posts: 645 Thank(s): 0 Joined: 18-November 07 From: Swindon Member No.: 43  |
Hi,
I recently bought this DVD drive (http://tinyurl.com/53na3t) however from eBay rather than this shop. It ssuddenly started not recognising CD's anymore. Ive used it before to rip cd's but it not does not recognise blank or burnt cd's. But strangely it can still read DVD's and game discs.  Any ideas of what might be wrong or would you send it back for a new drive? Lawpf2001 --------------------  |
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Sep 30 2008, 11:57 AM
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 Security and Projects Group: Clan Dogsbody Posts: 4,701 Thank(s): 1104 Joined: 31-August 07 From: A Magical Place, with toys in the million, all under one roof Member No.: 1 |
First thing we need to know: does it recognise any CD's at the moment?
A lot of CD/DVD players have dual diodes, meaning that hardware damage on the cd reading diode part will render cd reading knackered but dvd's still ok. I've had this happen once before, its possible to replace the lazer assembly but these days with cheap new dvd/cd writers, its better to buy them new (at least you generally get a 1 year guarantee) If it can read some sort of CD then you'd be worth checking out other drivers/firmware upgrades --------------------  |
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Lawpf2001 Sony NEC Optiarc 5200s DVD drive Sep 28 2008, 05:47 PM
=R6= Warduk i gots me one of them. Sep 28 2008, 08:07 PM Magik5 could try a firmware update
if that fails, messag... Sep 28 2008, 08:14 PM Magik6 Potato! Sep 28 2008, 08:23 PM
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