DVDRW 1004 wont read DVD - Club CDFreaks

pattdaddy · 12-03-2004

I'v had this drive for 2 months with no problems. All of a sudden it wont read or Burn any DVDs at all. But still is able to read cd-rom and audio. I have as Secondary master, upgraded firmware to 049, figured it may be a software issue so uninstallind all software related to the drive. Still wont read DVD's. Tried to contact manufacturer but their customer service definitely needs improvement

Also I changed from DMA to PIO mode. I think I've tried just about everything I have read in several forums. Is this drive useless for dvd now or is there something else i can do? Any Help appreciated

pattdaddy · 10-04-2004

Thanks for all the replies. Just wanted to update everyone. Got an RMA, sent it back, they sent me another, 2 days later, guess what......It stops reading dvds. My Nightmare I guess.

blueman2 · 10-04-2004

I had the exact same issue, where my drive's DVD section stopped working. But the cause was a bad version of firmware, ersion 0039, which cause the DVD portion of the drive to burn out. With your replacement drive, assuming you had a recent firmeware, this should not have happened again. You may want to try booting in DOS mode with CD rom support, and see if the drive sees DVD's. That is a good way to test the DVD portion of the drive.

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pattdaddy New on Forum Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3	DVDRW 1004 wont read DVD <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> I'v had this drive for 2 months with no problems. All of a sudden it wont read or Burn any DVDs at all. But still is able to read cd-rom and audio. I have as Secondary master, upgraded firmware to 049, figured it may be a software issue so uninstallind all software related to the drive. Still wont read DVD's. Tried to contact manufacturer but their customer service definitely needs improvement Also I changed from DMA to PIO mode. I think I've tried just about everything I have read in several forums. Is this drive useless for dvd now or is there something else i can do? Any Help appreciated Last edited by pattdaddy; 12-03-2004 at 02:36.

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10-04-2004	#2 (permalink)
pattdaddy New on Forum Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3	Thanks for all the replies. Just wanted to update everyone. Got an RMA, sent it back, they sent me another, 2 days later, guess what......It stops reading dvds. My Nightmare I guess.

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blueman2 New on Forum Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 27	I had the exact same issue, where my drive's DVD section stopped working. But the cause was a bad version of firmware, ersion 0039, which cause the DVD portion of the drive to burn out. With your replacement drive, assuming you had a recent firmeware, this should not have happened again. You may want to try booting in DOS mode with CD rom support, and see if the drive sees DVD's. That is a good way to test the DVD portion of the drive.