Problem With My Hl-dt-st Rw/dvd Gcc-4521b

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Problem With My Hl-dt-st Rw/dvd Gcc-4521b, CD Drive not working properly

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manu1991 View Member Profile	Aug 25 2006, 11:44 PM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 1-April 06 From: New Delhi , India Member No.: 62,035	Hi everybody , I have been using the HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4521B drive (from LG i think) for the past 1 year and it has been running fine without any problems but now when i try to run some dvd's the drive doesnt recognize them (no error or something) [it behaves as if no dvd has been inserted] . Some of the dvds are pirated but i dont think thats the problem because they run fine on my friends ASUS dvd rom e-608 [which is region free] . Can anybody help me . Also i have a particular game DVD (read pirated) which ran fine i installed the game but the dvd wasnt recognized after that . [the game has a starforce protection system] . Can i run that dvd again ? What could have been the problem . (its an 8x DVD) . My drive details are as follows : MODEL : RW/DVD GCC-4521B REVISION : 1.03 VENDOR SPECIFIC : H.L.D.S.2004/06/26 LOADING MECHANISM : Tray NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 255 BUFFER SIZE : 2048KB INTERFACE : ATAPI RPC2 SCHEME : YES STATUS : Not Set USER CHANGES : 5 VENDOR CHANGES : 4 CURRENT REGION : Not set ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES COMPOSITE OUTPUT : NO DIGITAL PORT-PORT1 : NO DIGITAL PORT-PORT2 : NO READ UPC CODE : YES MULTISESSION READ : YES MODE 2 FORM 1 : YES MODE 2 FORM 2 : YES READ ISRC CODE : YES READ BAD CODE : NO BUFFER UNDER-RUN : YES MT. RAINIER : YES CAN READ CDR : YES CAN READ CDRW : YES CAN READ CDRM2 : YES CAN WRITE CDR : YES CAN WRITE CDRW : YES CAN TEST WRITE : YES CAN READ DVD-ROM : YES CAN READ DVD-R : YES CAN READ DVD-RW : YES CAN READ DVD-RAM : YES CAN READ DVD+R : YES CAN READ DVD+RW : YES CAN WRITE DVD-R : NO CAN WRITE DVD-RW : NO CAN WRITE DVD-RAM : NO CAN WRITE DVD+R : NO CAN WRITE DVD+RW : NO MAX CDR READ SPEED : 52 MAX CDR WRITE SPEED: 52 <- -> DISCINFO VERSION : 1.6.1.6 VENDOR : SCSIVAX MODEL : DVD/CD-ROM REVISION : 2.7a LOADING MECHANISM : Tray NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256 BUFFER SIZE : 512KB INTERFACE : SCSI 2 RPC2 SCHEME : YES STATUS : Not Set USER CHANGES : 5 VENDOR CHANGES : 4 CURRENT REGION : Not set ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES COMPOSITE OUTPUT : NO DIGITAL PORT-PORT1 : YES DIGITAL PORT-PORT2 : NO READ UPC CODE : YES MULTISESSION READ : YES MODE 2 FORM 1 : YES MODE 2 FORM 2 : YES READ ISRC CODE : YES READ BAD CODE : NO BUFFER UNDER-RUN : NO MT. RAINIER : NO CAN READ CDR : YES CAN READ CDRW : YES CAN READ CDRM2 : YES CAN WRITE CDR : NO CAN WRITE CDRW : NO CAN TEST WRITE : NO CAN READ DVD-ROM : YES CAN READ DVD-R : YES CAN READ DVD-RW : YES CAN READ DVD-RAM : YES CAN READ DVD+R : YES CAN READ DVD+RW : YES CAN WRITE DVD-R : NO CAN WRITE DVD-RW : NO CAN WRITE DVD-RAM : NO CAN WRITE DVD+R : NO CAN WRITE DVD+RW : NO MAX CDR READ SPEED : 32 --------------------

ComputerMan23 View Member Profile	Aug 27 2006, 11:59 AM Post #2
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 231 Joined: 30-January 06 Member No.: 53,118	if you go to my computer and right click on the drive, go to properties and go to hardware, there you can troubleshoot it. why not looking up the manufactuer too? try afterdawn.com, a lot of their stuff has information on cd an dvd drives and that such.

manu1991 View Member Profile	Aug 28 2006, 05:02 AM Post #3
Member Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 1-April 06 From: New Delhi , India Member No.: 62,035	i changed the region and it worked but thanks anyways for the help ! Cheers , Manu --------------------

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