Solve : DVD-rom not working.?

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Answer» Hey, I posted on dell COMMUNITY support forum (http://forum.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_cdrom&message.id=120232) but I doubt they'll ever help me. So I was wondering if anyone out here can lend a hand? My DVD player isn't working. It use to, a long time ago. But it's been a long time since I've tried playing a DVD on my machine so I can't tell you when the problem began. Anyway, I insert a DVD into the player and it doesn't work. At all. I put it in, the whirling of the reading can be heard, but nothing is displayed in My Computer. I click on the DVD-RW Drive (D: ) and it loads up blank. It reminds me of the time when I foolishly tried running DVDs in my CD-R drive. But this one is definately a DVD player. It's a recently bought Dell Dimension 5150, and it did play a DVD a long time ago. The specs? It shows up as "HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GWA4164B", a LG brand from my research. I've LOOKED around google all night and I couldn't find any solutions. I've tried messing with the DMA (newb at this, so don't ask me anything here) and it looks something like this afterwards: http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c140/rchan89/blog/2006/may/Help.png which isn't unlike this guy's problem: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=164494 I've tried REINSTALLING driver for the DVD-RW, but nothing's worked there. I've tried playing with the DMA, even downloaded a VBscript to reset it. I'm stuck, there APPEARS to be no solution out there. Please HELP!Do U have a SOFTWARE player eg: POWER DVD...to play the dvd...only trying to help...off the wall !!! Hmm... no. EDIT: it came with Cineplayer? I'm pretty certain I could play DVDs in the WMP before. The thing is that, nothing even shows up when I put a DVD into the drive.Is it a COMMERCIAL DVD IE: Movie or home made..Any DVD. The ones I'm testing with are Commercial of course. Sixth Sense, Lost in Translation, War of the Worlds (original )rchan89...... Quote It's a [highlight]recently bought [/highlight]Dell Dimension 5150, and it [highlight]did play a DVD a long time ago[/highlight]. That comment is really contradictory .......... You say , you just bought this machine .......and in the next breathe, you say it worked a long time ago...... So which is it , ........ If it's new then phone Dell ....... and get a replacement ....... That , by the way is what you were told on the Dell forum. Quote I posted on dell community support forum (http://forum.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_cdrom&mess age.id=120232) but I doubt they'll ever help me. ..... There are replies there , havent you checked ? dl65 Ok I have the same problem.. the commercially dvd's might not be supported by the DVD drive.. even though it worked along time ago but still.. sometimes the DVD over time does not support the DVD that you insert into the DVD drive..Yes I did check, didn't help me. RE: contradiction. Yeah, sorry, late at night - brain not FUNCTION. What I meant was that this is a computer that's not yet a year old. I did play a DVD on it about 3 months ago. But that was then. Hence - new computer / played long time ago.It's very strange though. It will read and write all CDs but it doesn't read nor write DVDs. I don't know if it's hardware or software. But the person @ dell's community forum says that the configuration is correct. I'm not sure however, because parts of it read "not applicable". ( see this: http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c140/rchan89/blog/2006/may/Help.png )DVD read and writes are much more complex than simple CD's. It could be that the optics are shot for that purpose, especially if nothing else has changed on your system. Is it still under warranty? Probably not, but they are about $40 now.

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Hey,
I posted on dell COMMUNITY support forum (http://forum.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_cdrom&message.id=120232) but I doubt they'll ever help me. So I was wondering if anyone out here can lend a hand?

My DVD player isn't working. It use to, a long time ago. But it's been a long time since I've tried playing a DVD on my machine so I can't tell you when the problem began.

Anyway, I insert a DVD into the player and it doesn't work. At all. I put it in, the whirling of the reading can be heard, but nothing is displayed in My Computer. I click on the DVD-RW Drive (D: ) and it loads up blank. It reminds me of the time when I foolishly tried running DVDs in my CD-R drive. But this one is definately a DVD player. It's a recently bought Dell Dimension 5150, and it did play a DVD a long time ago.

The specs? It shows up as "HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GWA4164B", a LG brand from my research. I've LOOKED around google all night and I couldn't find any solutions. I've tried messing with the DMA (newb at this, so don't ask me anything here) and it looks something like this afterwards: http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c140/rchan89/blog/2006/may/Help.png
which isn't unlike this guy's problem: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=164494

I've tried REINSTALLING driver for the DVD-RW, but nothing's worked there.
I've tried playing with the DMA, even downloaded a VBscript to reset it.

I'm stuck, there APPEARS to be no solution out there.
Please HELP!Do U have a SOFTWARE player eg: POWER DVD...to play the dvd...only trying to help...off the wall !!!
Hmm... no.
EDIT: it came with Cineplayer?
I'm pretty certain I could play DVDs in the WMP before.

The thing is that, nothing even shows up when I put a DVD into the drive.Is it a COMMERCIAL DVD IE: Movie or home made..Any DVD. The ones I'm testing with are Commercial of course.
Sixth Sense, Lost in Translation, War of the Worlds (original )rchan89......
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It's a [highlight]recently bought [/highlight]Dell Dimension 5150, and it [highlight]did play a DVD a long time ago[/highlight].

That comment is really contradictory .......... You say , you just bought this machine .......and in the next breathe, you say it worked a long time ago...... So which is it , ........ If it's new then phone Dell ....... and get a replacement ....... That , by the way is what you were told on the Dell forum.
Quote

I posted on dell community support forum (http://forum.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_cdrom&mess age.id=120232) but I doubt they'll ever help me.

..... There are replies there , havent you checked ?

dl65 Ok I have the same problem.. the commercially dvd's might not be supported by the DVD drive.. even though it worked along time ago but still.. sometimes the DVD over time does not support the DVD that you insert into the DVD drive..Yes I did check, didn't help me.

RE: contradiction.
Yeah, sorry, late at night - brain not FUNCTION.
What I meant was that this is a computer that's not yet a year old. I did play a DVD on it about 3 months ago. But that was then. Hence - new computer / played long time ago.It's very strange though. It will read and write all CDs but it doesn't read nor write DVDs.

I don't know if it's hardware or software. But the person @ dell's community forum says that the configuration is correct.
I'm not sure however, because parts of it read "not applicable". ( see this: http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c140/rchan89/blog/2006/may/Help.png )DVD read and writes are much more complex than simple CD's. It could be that the optics are shot for that purpose, especially if nothing else has changed on your system. Is it still under warranty? Probably not, but they are about $40 now.

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