Many DVDs will not play

[Guest Sirtokalott]

Please can someone help? At some point last year both my DVD ROM and my

DVDRW decided to become picky about which DVDs they will play. Some DVDs

will only work in one drive, which is not always the same one. I have no

problem with CDs. Both drives used to work fine. I haven't made any changes

to the hardware. I have tried installing the firmware from the manufacturer.

I have done a full system recovery. I have the proper codecs installed.

I've installed service pack 2. I've tried uninstalling the drives then

rebooting. Nothing seems to work the drives even have the cheek to say they

are working properly. I've seen this problem posted elswhere by another

person but no one had an answer.

[Guest John]

Re: Many DVDs will not play

 

Sirtokalott wrote:

> Please can someone help? At some point last year both my DVD ROM and my

> DVDRW decided to become picky about which DVDs they will play. Some DVDs

> will only work in one drive, which is not always the same one. I have no

> problem with CDs. Both drives used to work fine. I haven't made any changes

> to the hardware. I have tried installing the firmware from the manufacturer.

> I have done a full system recovery. I have the proper codecs installed.

> I've installed service pack 2. I've tried uninstalling the drives then

> rebooting. Nothing seems to work the drives even have the cheek to say they

> are working properly. I've seen this problem posted elswhere by another

> person but no one had an answer.

 

Are you talking about retail DVD's or copied/home-made versions?

 

John.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Many DVDs will not play

 

 

"Sirtokalott" <Sirtokalott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:9486484D-2B89-4EA0-B86F-0FBB565383D3@microsoft.com...

> Please can someone help? At some point last year both my DVD ROM and my

> DVDRW decided to become picky about which DVDs they will play. Some DVDs

> will only work in one drive, which is not always the same one. I have no

> problem with CDs. Both drives used to work fine. I haven't made any

> changes

> to the hardware. I have tried installing the firmware from the

> manufacturer.

> I have done a full system recovery. I have the proper codecs installed.

> I've installed service pack 2. I've tried uninstalling the drives then

> rebooting. Nothing seems to work the drives even have the cheek to say

> they

> are working properly. I've seen this problem posted elswhere by another

> person but no one had an answer.

 

I would borrow and test a friend's DVD drive. If it works then you have

to replace your drive - it would be a hardware problem.

[Guest Sirtokalott]

Re: Many DVDs will not play

 

It's generally retail DVDs that the problem is with, copies seem to be fine.

I am also having problems with some games that have been copied onto DVDs as

well though.

 

"John" wrote:

> Sirtokalott wrote:

> > Please can someone help? At some point last year both my DVD ROM and my

> > DVDRW decided to become picky about which DVDs they will play. Some DVDs

> > will only work in one drive, which is not always the same one. I have no

> > problem with CDs. Both drives used to work fine. I haven't made any changes

> > to the hardware. I have tried installing the firmware from the manufacturer.

> > I have done a full system recovery. I have the proper codecs installed.

> > I've installed service pack 2. I've tried uninstalling the drives then

> > rebooting. Nothing seems to work the drives even have the cheek to say they

> > are working properly. I've seen this problem posted elswhere by another

> > person but no one had an answer.

>

> Are you talking about retail DVD's or copied/home-made versions?

>

> John.

>

[Guest Sirtokalott]

Re: Many DVDs will not play

 

I haven't tried another DVD ROM as both DVD drives started the same problem

at the same time

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "Sirtokalott" <Sirtokalott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:9486484D-2B89-4EA0-B86F-0FBB565383D3@microsoft.com...

> > Please can someone help? At some point last year both my DVD ROM and my

> > DVDRW decided to become picky about which DVDs they will play. Some DVDs

> > will only work in one drive, which is not always the same one. I have no

> > problem with CDs. Both drives used to work fine. I haven't made any

> > changes

> > to the hardware. I have tried installing the firmware from the

> > manufacturer.

> > I have done a full system recovery. I have the proper codecs installed.

> > I've installed service pack 2. I've tried uninstalling the drives then

> > rebooting. Nothing seems to work the drives even have the cheek to say

> > they

> > are working properly. I've seen this problem posted elswhere by another

> > person but no one had an answer.

>

> I would borrow and test a friend's DVD drive. If it works then you have

> to replace your drive - it would be a hardware problem.

>

>

>