Samsung DVD-ROM SD-608 Failure to read CDs

Question

I am running on Windows 98 SE with a Pentium 3 Processor. My CD-Rom Drive is a Samsung DVD-ROM SD-608. Whenever I put a CD in the CD-Rom drive, it begins to make the sound like it is reading the CD, like it is actually running, after about 5 seconds of making the sound, it just stops. Every once in a while(very rarely), the CD will actually load and the auto-run will pop up but after I hit play game, it never does anything and asks to put the CD in the Drive.This has been going on for a while now, what could possibly be the problem and what could I do to fix it?

Thank you,

Ryan

Supastud67 · Answer

Oh by the way, this happends with all of my CDs, so it isn't just one.  And sometimes when it DOES run the CD, it will make a ticking noise, and won't work at all.  When it stops making the 'revving up' sound, it just goes completely silent, and does do anything at all.  I am on a Dell Dimension XPS T600.

gmfry · Answer

I am experiencing a similar problem with this drive, only with DVDs.  It plays audio CDs and data CDs just fine, but when I insert a DVD it freezes the entire system.  I must remove the DVD to unfreeze it.  I haven't tried to play a DVD for several months, but it worked fine last time I did, so I am stumped!  It's in a Dell Dimension XPS B533r running Windows XP Professional.

tjackson52 · Answer

I have same problem (Samsung SD-608 DVD ROM drive won't play DVDs) on my Dimension xps b733r.  Drive churns for a while and then gives up.  I've searched repeatedly and found several people reporting this problem but as yet haven't seen a solution that works.

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Samsung DVD-ROM SD-608 Failure to read CDs

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