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my dvd rw drive wont recognise any discs at all

by mox1968 Jan 24, 2010 6:50PM PST

hi hope some one can help with this.when i put any kind of disc in to my dvd rw drive the drive is asking me to put a disc in the drive as if there is no disc there!!my device manager is saying the drive is working normally.so im thinking something is maybe blocking it ,some kind of software issue ?? i have a dell dimension 9200 vista home premium the dvd rw is a tsst corp dvd+ rw ts h653a any help with this problem would be much appreciated thanks.

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Re: drive

by Kees Bakker Jan 24, 2010 6:53PM PST

If a head-cleaner doesn't work (maybe!), I'd start with trying another drive. Might very well work.

Kees

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Probably dead

by Jimmy Greystone Jan 25, 2010 12:54AM PST

It's probably dead. Optical drives do not generally last very long, and for some reason this always seems to come as a great shock to people.

You can try some kind of lens cleaner disc, but I'm betting that won't work either, so you'll need a new drive.

Main thing you need to do is figure out if it's an IDE or SATA drive, which is really easy. An IDE drive will have a cable about 1.5-2" wide plugged into it in the back, and a SATA drive will have a cable maybe 1/4" wide. Whichever it is, go out and buy another one of the same type.

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