OT- DVD drive trouble

Atrocities · #1 March 18th, 2006, 06:19 AM

You might need to get yourself Nero or something. My machine would only recognize my DVD burner via Nero.

Randallw · #2 March 18th, 2006, 06:26 AM

It came with NERO startsmart and power DVD. the NERO I have only appears to give information on my CD drive. I don't so much want to burn DVDs as install a game off a DVD.

Atrocities · #3 March 18th, 2006, 06:31 AM

Can you post your system specs? I don't see why it wouldn't work, my machine is three years old, and my external drives work. However I have heard of this before, but I don't recall where or how they fixed it. Sorry Randallw.

Good luck.. (Try the manufacture help line. Assuming there is one available.)

Randallw · #4 March 18th, 2006, 06:40 AM

I remembered getting system information through something. I think this is it. It's pretty much the same as back then, only I installed sp2 a few motnhs ago.

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System Information
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Time of this report: 12/27/2004, 23:10:06
Machine name: RANDALL
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 (2600.xpsp2_gdr.040517-1325)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.0GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
Page File: 223MB used, 1027MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0902 32bit Unicode

Atrocities · #5 March 18th, 2006, 06:55 AM

From what I see here, your system is better than mine so it should work.

What is the type of DVD drive you have. Manufacture, make and model?

Randallw · #6 March 18th, 2006, 07:22 AM

As far as I can tell it's a Liteon SOHW-1693SX DVD +/- R, +/- RW drive. the user manual mentions that I should contact the manufacturer if the USB controllers have a yellow excalmation point. As I mentioned that emblem pops up for a few seconds each time I try to install the new hardware. Don't know if that means my USB ports are 1.1 or 2. One thing I have noticed is that the NERO software only seems to give information about my CD drive. Maybe there is some sort of conflict.

Atrocities · #7 March 18th, 2006, 07:27 AM

Try downloading SiSoft Sandra www.download.com or from their web own web site. It might give you some good info about your system that you don't have. http://www.sisoftware.net/

It is a utility that can tell you just about everything you ever wanted to know about your computer.