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DVD Is Not Recognizing Any CD's
Hi,
I have a Dimension 8250 with XP. Just today, I noticed my dvd player is not playing any cd's. When I put a cd in it, the green light stays on then goes out. When I go to my computer, it tells me to put a cd in it. It is not recognizing any cd's.
Any info would be helpful.
Janine
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Posted August 8th, 2005 23:00
Me and another forum member are having the same problem with a Samsung SD 616E. All of a sudden it just stoped reading any CDor DVD exacly the way you described it. We still have no idea what is causing it. Jef (Predator) has suggested several tips, but I still haven't found anything that works. I replaced the cable too but nothing... what is Sonic DLA?Message Edited by Techy Homer on 08-08-2005 08:19 PM
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Posted August 9th, 2005 01:00
Hi Techy,
DLA is Sonic`s Packet Writing program ( for formating discs like Roxio`s Direct CD & Nero`s InCD ).
Did you get the chance to discuss this with Dell and what their suggestion/ advice might be?
Best Regards
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the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.
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Posted August 9th, 2005 13:00
Hi Jeff
Like I mentioned before, my guarantee is been over for about three months now. I do have Nero burning rom in my computer, I updated it to the latest version to make sure it worked fine, it was one of the first things I tried. I will completely un-install it this evening to see if that makes any difference. ^_^
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Posted August 9th, 2005 15:00
My apologies Techy, should have reviewed your previous thread once more before replying, too many irons in the fire at times.
Dell support still should trouble shoot the device but I understand..
Best Regards,
Jeff
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Posted August 8th, 2005 12:00
I had the same problem. Dell replaced the DVD 3 times. I finally gave up and purchased a retail Sony. After several days the same thing occured on the retail drive. I replaced the ide cable and all is well. I would suggest replacing the ide cable.
Also make sure that Sonic DLA is not active. Many forum members have reported DLA causes conflicts. You can uninstall this program from add/remove programs, or right click on the DVD drive and insure that "enable DLA" is not checked.
hope that helps,
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