Help with DVD that doesn't work

[Mr. Anderson]

I have the following problem. I have a DVD drive that
worked before having to reinstall my WinXP Home Edition
OS. After reinstalling I found that the DVD drive didn't
work anymore. The first thing I did was to find and
download ASPI from Adaptec since my friend had the same
problem and we found that that worked. After that it
still didn't work though. I went into event viewer and
noticed that I had a device error stating that the drive
had a bad block and that it was suffering from timeout.
I went to the drives manufacturer and they were no help
with the firmware replacement since, between them and I,
we couldn't figure out why the firmware failed. After
hitting a brick wall there I went to the web, did
research and found a bios that would work with it. I
flashed the drive, unloaded ASPI/then reloaded it,
Unloaded Power DVD/reloaded it, uninstalled the drive
from SafeMode, and did a full cold boot. XP recognized
the drive installed it but I still get the timeout
error. I have moved the drive from master to secondary
on the secondary IDE, set it up as the only drive on said
channel. Moved it to the primary IDE as slave and still
get the same error. The "funny" thing about this is that
everytime the drive trys to "autoplay" while my CD-R/RW
drive is hooked up the CD drive activity light blinks
like it is the drive that is being used.

Please help if you can. Thank you.

 

[mrtee]

Had the same problem. Bad laser, HP replaced the drive, now the replacement went bad. It happens, buy a new one. Paid $300 for the HP, my new one cost $50 and does the same things CD writer & DVD ROM.

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Just my 2¢ worth,
Jeff
__________in response to__________
| I have the following problem. I have a DVD drive that
| worked before having to reinstall my WinXP Home Edition
| OS. After reinstalling I found that the DVD drive didn't
| work anymore. The first thing I did was to find and
| download ASPI from Adaptec since my friend had the same
| problem and we found that that worked. After that it
| still didn't work though. I went into event viewer and
| noticed that I had a device error stating that the drive
| had a bad block and that it was suffering from timeout.
| I went to the drives manufacturer and they were no help
| with the firmware replacement since, between them and I,
| we couldn't figure out why the firmware failed. After
| hitting a brick wall there I went to the web, did
| research and found a bios that would work with it. I
| flashed the drive, unloaded ASPI/then reloaded it,
| Unloaded Power DVD/reloaded it, uninstalled the drive
| from SafeMode, and did a full cold boot. XP recognized
| the drive installed it but I still get the timeout
| error. I have moved the drive from master to secondary
| on the secondary IDE, set it up as the only drive on said
| channel. Moved it to the primary IDE as slave and still
| get the same error. The "funny" thing about this is that
| everytime the drive trys to "autoplay" while my CD-R/RW
| drive is hooked up the CD drive activity light blinks
| like it is the drive that is being used.
|
| Please help if you can. Thank you.
|
|

 

[Guest]

Got a Question,

What drive do you have that is a CD writer and DVD rom
that only cost 50, and where can I get it for that price?

-----Original Message-----
Had the same problem. Bad laser, HP replaced the drive,

now the replacement went bad. It happens, buy a new
one. Paid $300 for the HP, my new one cost $50 and does
the same things CD writer & DVD ROM.

--
Just my 2¢ worth,
Jeff
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"Mr. Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote in

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[Shenan T. Stanley]

Got a Question,

What drive do you have that is a CD writer and DVD rom
that only cost 50, and where can I get it for that price?

While I have NO IDEA what hardware the person you are asking has:

Looking for a deal? Check these pages out:
http://www.pricewatch.com/
http://www.techbargains.com/
http://www.fatwallet.com/
http://www.edealinfo.com/
http://www.half.com/
http://www.epinions.com/

I found combo drives under the DVD section for $48 after shipping on
Pricewatch.

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Shenan Stanley
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[mrtee]

You are correct. Items have been known to sell out. It might have been a bulk purchase at a price, and when they're gone they're gone. I f ind some good deals that way.

--
Just my 2¢ worth,
Jeff
__________in response to__________
mrtee I went to that milwakee webpage and couldn't find
that drive on it.