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arkid5

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can some one please help me my dvd cd drive is not reading any disc music games i tried to fix registry errors and when i click on my computer to doulble click the game in drive it tells me no cd and it opens up i used to click on my computer and look at drive E and the game will be there now its just says dvd i have vista 64 bit can someone please help:mad:
 

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Wow- my mind hurts after trying to read that. A little punctuation goes a long way. Let me try to rewrite that:

Can someone please help me? My DVD/CD drive is not reading any disk, music or games. I tried to fix registry errors and when I click on my computer to double-click the game in the drive, it tells me "No CD" and opens up. I uses to click on My Computer and look at drive E, and the game would be there. Now it just says DVD. I have Vista 64 bit. Can someone please help?

How old is the drive? It sounds more like a hardware problem than a driver problem, but you never know. Can you test the drive in another system?
 

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The fact that the drive is new has little bearing on the situation. There are drives that come Dead On Arrival, and there are drives that last a week and then fail. Try rebooting your computer and hitting F12 during the POST to bring up the list of bootable drives. See if your optical drive is listed.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Jonathan King
    CPU
    AMD Athlon Dual Core Processor 4850e overclocked @ 2.92 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASRock A780 FullDisplayPort
    Memory
    6.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 290MHz Crucial Technology
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI 3200 (onboard), nVidia 7200 GS (PCIe)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Cybervison ds69T, 17" Starlogic
    Screen Resolution
    1024x768
    Hard Drives
    WD 320GB SATA, Hitachi 1TB SATA
    PSU
    Antec ea-430d 430W
    Case
    Antec 300
    Cooling
    stock cpu, 120mm rear, 140mm top
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 (PS/2)
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    Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 (USB)
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    9.32 Mb/s download; 0.36 Mb/s upload
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Try uninstalling all of the drivers in Device Management and rebooting. Then try inserting a disk.
 

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    AMD Athlon Dual Core Processor 4850e overclocked @ 2.92 GHz
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    ASRock A780 FullDisplayPort
    Memory
    6.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 290MHz Crucial Technology
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI 3200 (onboard), nVidia 7200 GS (PCIe)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
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    17" Cybervison ds69T, 17" Starlogic
    Screen Resolution
    1024x768
    Hard Drives
    WD 320GB SATA, Hitachi 1TB SATA
    PSU
    Antec ea-430d 430W
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    Antec 300
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    stock cpu, 120mm rear, 140mm top
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 (PS/2)
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    9.32 Mb/s download; 0.36 Mb/s upload
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Tell me exactly what happened. It worked fine for a while, and suddenly it stopped reading disks?
 

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    AMD Athlon Dual Core Processor 4850e overclocked @ 2.92 GHz
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    ASRock A780 FullDisplayPort
    Memory
    6.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 290MHz Crucial Technology
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI 3200 (onboard), nVidia 7200 GS (PCIe)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Cybervison ds69T, 17" Starlogic
    Screen Resolution
    1024x768
    Hard Drives
    WD 320GB SATA, Hitachi 1TB SATA
    PSU
    Antec ea-430d 430W
    Case
    Antec 300
    Cooling
    stock cpu, 120mm rear, 140mm top
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 (PS/2)
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 (USB)
    Internet Speed
    9.32 Mb/s download; 0.36 Mb/s upload
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    Other OS's:
    Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows Professional x86, Ubuntu x64
What happened?
 

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    AMD Athlon Dual Core Processor 4850e overclocked @ 2.92 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASRock A780 FullDisplayPort
    Memory
    6.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 290MHz Crucial Technology
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI 3200 (onboard), nVidia 7200 GS (PCIe)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Cybervison ds69T, 17" Starlogic
    Screen Resolution
    1024x768
    Hard Drives
    WD 320GB SATA, Hitachi 1TB SATA
    PSU
    Antec ea-430d 430W
    Case
    Antec 300
    Cooling
    stock cpu, 120mm rear, 140mm top
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 (PS/2)
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    Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 (USB)
    Internet Speed
    9.32 Mb/s download; 0.36 Mb/s upload
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Please, I asked for details, not an exact repeat of your last post. If I wanted to re-read your post, I would have. First, what is a benq?
 

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    AMD Athlon Dual Core Processor 4850e overclocked @ 2.92 GHz
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    ASRock A780 FullDisplayPort
    Memory
    6.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 290MHz Crucial Technology
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI 3200 (onboard), nVidia 7200 GS (PCIe)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Cybervison ds69T, 17" Starlogic
    Screen Resolution
    1024x768
    Hard Drives
    WD 320GB SATA, Hitachi 1TB SATA
    PSU
    Antec ea-430d 430W
    Case
    Antec 300
    Cooling
    stock cpu, 120mm rear, 140mm top
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 (PS/2)
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    Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 (USB)
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    9.32 Mb/s download; 0.36 Mb/s upload
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I believe a Benq is a brand of computer. I have a similar problem to the TC, I have a thread about it a few threads below this, but my HP Pavillion laptop, only bought April last year, has stopped reading disks through the Pioneer DVDRW drive.

I accessed my BIOS like suggested, though i had to use F9 not F12, and could not see the option "optical drives", let alone my driver listed.

Rather than hijacking this thread, i request you check my thread, and help me there if you can

Thank you in advance

Rurik
 

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Rurik said:
I believe a Benq is a brand of computer. I have a similar problem to the TC, I have a thread about it a few threads below this, but my HP Pavillion laptop, only bought April last year, has stopped reading disks through the Pioneer DVDRW drive.

I accessed my BIOS like suggested, though i had to use F9 not F12, and could not see the option "optical drives", let alone my driver listed.

Rather than hijacking this thread, i request you check my thread, and help me there if you can

Thank you in advance

Rurik
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Go ahead and hijack. I am not referring to entering the CMOS, just pulling up the popup boot menu.
 

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    AMD Athlon Dual Core Processor 4850e overclocked @ 2.92 GHz
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    ASRock A780 FullDisplayPort
    Memory
    6.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 290MHz Crucial Technology
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI 3200 (onboard), nVidia 7200 GS (PCIe)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Cybervison ds69T, 17" Starlogic
    Screen Resolution
    1024x768
    Hard Drives
    WD 320GB SATA, Hitachi 1TB SATA
    PSU
    Antec ea-430d 430W
    Case
    Antec 300
    Cooling
    stock cpu, 120mm rear, 140mm top
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 (PS/2)
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    Internet Speed
    9.32 Mb/s download; 0.36 Mb/s upload
    Other Info
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Oh, how do I do that? There doesn't appear to be an option for that, if it helps, my laptop has two boot up options, windows vista, or another one whose name I cant remember. It was put there when I got my OS fixed after it died on me, it asks me to choose between them each time
 

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    AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 1.90 GHZ
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    2.00GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
    Sound Card
    Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
You might have to enter the CMOS to enable the F12 menu.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
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    CPU
    AMD Athlon Dual Core Processor 4850e overclocked @ 2.92 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASRock A780 FullDisplayPort
    Memory
    6.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 290MHz Crucial Technology
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI 3200 (onboard), nVidia 7200 GS (PCIe)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Cybervison ds69T, 17" Starlogic
    Screen Resolution
    1024x768
    Hard Drives
    WD 320GB SATA, Hitachi 1TB SATA
    PSU
    Antec ea-430d 430W
    Case
    Antec 300
    Cooling
    stock cpu, 120mm rear, 140mm top
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 (PS/2)
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 (USB)
    Internet Speed
    9.32 Mb/s download; 0.36 Mb/s upload
    Other Info
    Other OS's:
    Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows Professional x86, Ubuntu x64
OK I will try that shortly and get back to you, Sorry to the TC for hijacking your thread
 

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  • CPU
    AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 1.90 GHZ
    Memory
    2.00GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
    Sound Card
    Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
Jonathan King said:
You might have to enter the CMOS to enable the F12 menu.
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Tried this, no option in CMOS. I increased the delay for F10/F12 in the boot options, which was the closest to what I wanted, but still no option to press F12.

The other boot option i can choose from is RAMDISK device options, which leads to system recovery

anything else I can try?
 

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  • CPU
    AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 1.90 GHZ
    Memory
    2.00GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
    Sound Card
    Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
arkid5 said:
yes it was working fine for awhile. and i went to play a game and it wont read disc.
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Could you go to Device Manager, right-click on your drive and hit Properties, and post a screenshot?

Edit: Rurik, could you do the same?
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Jonathan King
    CPU
    AMD Athlon Dual Core Processor 4850e overclocked @ 2.92 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASRock A780 FullDisplayPort
    Memory
    6.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 290MHz Crucial Technology
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI 3200 (onboard), nVidia 7200 GS (PCIe)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Cybervison ds69T, 17" Starlogic
    Screen Resolution
    1024x768
    Hard Drives
    WD 320GB SATA, Hitachi 1TB SATA
    PSU
    Antec ea-430d 430W
    Case
    Antec 300
    Cooling
    stock cpu, 120mm rear, 140mm top
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 (PS/2)
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wired Desktop 500 (USB)
    Internet Speed
    9.32 Mb/s download; 0.36 Mb/s upload
    Other Info
    Other OS's:
    Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows Professional x86, Ubuntu x64
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