dvd drive reading problem

[Guest]

i have a problem reading dvd's on my drive....it reads cd's fine....and also
blank dvd's.....but when trying to play a dvd it keeps trying to read them
but all i get is the clicking noise and it fails..my drive is
called....Slimtype DVDRW SOSW-852S

any help would be gratefully accepted.
Grant.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Different lasers are used for the CD side and the DVD side..... it's
probably time to replace the drive.

 

[Guest]

See if any apply or can help..
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321641
j;-j

 

[Guest]

Read through the forum, see if you agree and heed all warnings..
Flashing the firmware can work great or fail and kill the drive, your call..
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=154590
http://codeguys.rpc1.org/firmwares.html#SOSW-852S
Use this as a last resort or do a google search on your own..
j;-j

 

[Guest]

Hi, I've got a similar problem. My acer aspire notebook has a slimline DVDRW
sosw-825s. The device manager shows it as a CDRW, and won't allow me to
update the driver. Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

Drivers for the optical drive should not be needed in XP.. Look into updating
your burning app and it's drivers..
Look here for more info..
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03september16.mspx
j;-j