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« on: September 01, 2008, 01:54:50 AM »

  Hello  , I have the same problem and I was searching on the internet solutions and I found this forum . My father told me 1-2 weeks ago that he was trying to watch a movie , but the DVD drive wouldn't read the DVD . Today I tryed to some DVDs . I inserted the DVDs in the DVD drive , it spined and then it stoped . I tryed another one , another one ... Why isn't it reading them ? I don't think it's a problem with the computer because  I have a CD drive and it works normally and its much more older than the DVD drive .The DVD is an LG one

 Can someone help me ?
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« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2008, 02:01:15 AM »

What exactly happens when you place a DVD in the drive?

What program are you using to play the disk? (Windows media player, Real player, Nero,etc...)
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« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2008, 02:47:42 AM »

Is this the first time you have had this problem?

Also, can you confirm it is a DVD Drive?

What is the model of your computer?
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« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2008, 08:36:54 AM »

 It's the first time this hapens to me . I take a DVD which contains some programs , games , movie etc . and I want to use Wat's on it . I put the DVD in the drive . It starts to spin , and then it stopes . When I go to " my computer " it's like I don't have any DVD inside . My computer is made by CIM or GIM computers . Its 5 years old ( i think ) .
 
 And yes , I can confirm its a DVD drive  :-\
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« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2008, 08:43:30 AM »

5 years old....Hmmmmm.....

For a CD/DVD Drive, usually the first thing that starts to fail due to age is the DVD Reading Capability.

Can you get into Device Manager and check to see if there are any Yellow Question Marks or Exclamation Marks?
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« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2008, 01:27:48 PM »

 Shure , il go and see . The DVD drive is 1-2 years old .


 ... after 5 min ...


 I found the folder "Device Manager " and inside I have 7 things :
 - 1 folder " Loc "
 - a dll "custom.dll "
 - dpinst ( driver package installer )
 - dpinst64
 - msgrdvmn ( windows live mesenger device )
 - WLPhoneCV ( security catalog )
 - WLPhoneCV ( setup information )

 Did I go somewere else ?  :(
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« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2008, 04:06:24 PM »

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Did I go somewere else ?
Yes.
Go Start>Run, type in:
devmgmt.msc
Click OK.
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« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2008, 10:11:31 PM »

It's the first time this hapens to me . I take a DVD which contains some programs , games , movie etc . and I want to use Wat's on it . I put the DVD in the drive . It starts to spin , and then it stopes . When I go to " my computer " it's like I don't have any DVD inside . My computer is made by CIM or GIM computers . Its 5 years old ( i think ) .
 
 And yes , I can confirm its a DVD drive  :-\

When you go into "My Computer" does the drive's letter still appear? (D,G,F,E)
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« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2008, 12:19:34 AM »

 The Drive's letter still apear . And what am I gona do in Device Manager ?
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« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2008, 12:23:31 AM »

Do you see any yellow "?" or "!" or a red "x" in device manager?
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« Reply #10 on: September 02, 2008, 02:50:27 AM »

 Yes , I see yellow " ? " ( question marks ) .
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« Reply #11 on: September 02, 2008, 03:00:12 AM »

What are the question marks representing? (what does it say they are)
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« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2008, 03:13:40 AM »

  It's like this :

  - ? other devices
      - ? multimedia controller
      - ? multimedia video controller
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« Reply #13 on: September 02, 2008, 03:19:17 AM »

When you right click either of them, is there an option to Update or Install or something?
If so, click it to install the drivers.
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« Reply #14 on: September 02, 2008, 03:32:54 AM »

 Ok , I right clicked them and then I clicked " update " . The wizard started searching , and then ( after 1-2 min ) a message appeared sayng : the wizard can not find the necessary hardware :(
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