Dvd-rw Drive Problens

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Dvd-rw Drive Problens, my dvd drive stopped working

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megaman0000000 View Member Profile	Mar 18 2006, 02:51 AM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 5-February 06 Member No.: 53,785	so i bought the sims 2 open for business and i installed it fine then after the install the dvd drive won't read the disc i put it in and then the lights go on for a little bit then it just stops and now most of my newer games do this the only disc that works in the sims 2 dvd edition so please help

acklan View Member Profile	Mar 18 2006, 03:37 AM Post #2
Bleepin' cat's meow Group: BC Advisor Posts: 8,524 Joined: 11-January 05 From: Baton Rouge, La. Member No.: 9,323	Have you cheched the DVD's (player) web site for firmware updates? Are the problem discs CD, DVD, or both? -------------------- "2007 & 2008 Windows Shell/User Award"

Enthusiast View Member Profile	Mar 18 2006, 09:59 AM Post #3
Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 5,898 Joined: 10-March 05 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 14,085	What size processor, how much RAM, what kind of graphics adapter do you have? Does it have its own memory or draw from shared RAM and if it does, how much does it have?

megaman0000000 View Member Profile	Mar 18 2006, 05:28 PM Post #4
New Member Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 5-February 06 Member No.: 53,785	so no cds work right now only blank dvds and sims 2 dvd work but i haven't tried any other dvds

megaman0000000 View Member Profile	Mar 18 2006, 05:38 PM Post #5
New Member Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 5-February 06 Member No.: 53,785	okay so all my dvds work on it only cds don't that i tried to updated the drivers but it said it was already up to date so i don't know what to do next

megaman0000000 View Member Profile	Mar 18 2006, 05:41 PM Post #6
New Member Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 5-February 06 Member No.: 53,785	i have 1gb of ram and i think it's shared but not sure

acklan View Member Profile	Mar 18 2006, 05:45 PM Post #7
Bleepin' cat's meow Group: BC Advisor Posts: 8,524 Joined: 11-January 05 From: Baton Rouge, La. Member No.: 9,323	Have you tried a CD drive cleaner. I have a bad feeling the drive is failing. The last two I had atop working started with the CD stopped working first. -------------------- "2007 & 2008 Windows Shell/User Award"

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