Vista - DVD drive only detected sometimes.

sfaust13 · 12-02-2008

Sometimes my computer can see my dvd drive and sometimes it can't. Any thoughts. I already tried the registry thing where you delete the lowfilter. when i went in there there wasn't a low or highfilter reg. to delete. Thanks for any help.

**mansrm81** · 12-02-2008

Is your computer a laptop or desktop.

manas mohanty · 12-03-2008

if u found that there was no upper or no lower filter then u need to reseat the cd/dvd drive (take the cd drive out and then put it back to the computer)and if still if it does not work then u need to do the recovery and has to set it to the factory settings

still if it does not work then talk

to the hardware manufacturer and let them know al the steps that u have done and i can

bet u they will replace the cd/dvd drive if the computer is in waranty as it is simply a hardware issue (its for the laptop)

sfaust13 · 12-03-2008

It's a lap top. It's done this for awhile now. Like it was there earlier today and now it's not. Sometimes it's there sometimes it's not. When it's there it works perfectly.

**johngalt** · 12-03-2008

When this occurs, are you on electrical power or battery, or does it not matter?

12-02-2008	#1 (permalink)
sfaust13 Vista Home Premium 2 posts	DVD drive only detected sometimes. Sometimes my computer can see my dvd drive and sometimes it can't. Any thoughts. I already tried the registry thing where you delete the lowfilter. when i went in there there wasn't a low or highfilter reg. to delete. Thanks for any help.
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12-02-2008	#2 (permalink)
mansrm81 Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2/ 1,863 posts	Re: DVD drive only detected sometimes. Is your computer a laptop or desktop.
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12-03-2008	#3 (permalink)
manas mohanty vista home premium 32bit 2 posts	Re: DVD drive only detected sometimes. if u found that there was no upper or no lower filter then u need to reseat the cd/dvd drive (take the cd drive out and then put it back to the computer)and if still if it does not work then u need to do the recovery and has to set it to the factory settings still if it does not work then talk to the hardware manufacturer and let them know al the steps that u have done and i can bet u they will replace the cd/dvd drive if the computer is in waranty as it is simply a hardware issue (its for the laptop)
My System Specs

12-03-2008	#4 (permalink)
sfaust13 Vista Home Premium 2 posts	Re: DVD drive only detected sometimes. It's a lap top. It's done this for awhile now. Like it was there earlier today and now it's not. Sometimes it's there sometimes it's not. When it's there it works perfectly.
My System Specs

12-03-2008	#5 (permalink)
johngalt Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... 3,848 posts	Re: DVD drive only detected sometimes. When this occurs, are you on electrical power or battery, or does it not matter?
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