Dvd Not Recognisin Media

#1 satnam

Member

Group: Members
Posts: 23
Joined: 10-February 07

Posted 01 April 2008 - 04:03 AM

My DVD drive keeps giving message - no media - when there is actually a blank disc in the drive, I have tried different discs and it also read CD's ok, it is only when I try to burn to a DVD
I changed the region code recently from region 2 to region 4 as I have moved to Australia, and since then it does not recognose Black discs

#2 dc3

Recalcitrant

Group: Members
Posts: 9,478
Joined: 04-March 05
Gender:Not Telling

Posted 01 April 2008 - 04:15 AM

Is this media that you have used in this drive before?

#3 david28

Forum Member

Group: Banned
Posts: 1,614
Joined: 20-September 07
Gender:Male

Posted 01 April 2008 - 04:27 AM

How old is the DVD Drive? I have a problem like this where you need to keep re-inserting the DVD until it starts to read it. Like you, only happens with DVDs.

Try this: keep re-inserting the DVD and wait to see if it loads. After 10 unsuccessful tries, just leave it and tell us.

Report back and tell us how it goes :thumbsup:

Regards,
David.

#4 Budapest

Bleepin' Cynic

Group: Moderator
Posts: 22,234
Joined: 11-November 06
Gender:Male

Posted 01 April 2008 - 04:48 PM

Some things you can try:

If you recently installed some burning software, uninstall it.
Clean the laser using one of those drive cleaning kits.
Open the Device Manager (Start > Run > type "devmgmt.msc"). Locate the CD/DVD drive, right click on it and select "Uninstall". After it has uninstalled reboot the computer (it will be automatically reinstalled).

_{The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who haven't got it.

—George Bernard Shaw}

#5 DaChew

Visiting Alien

Group: BC Advisor
Posts: 10,317
Joined: 20-May 07
Gender:Male
Location:millenium falcon and rockytop

Posted 01 April 2008 - 05:00 PM

what drive do you have and what brand of dvd blanks are they?

they sell some real doozies down under

BleepingComputer.com: Dvd Not Recognisin Media