Not reading disks?

Luigio97 · 12-06-2007, 08:24 PM

Hey all,
I've been having this problem with my DVD player for awhile now. It's an older model (Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-104 if I recall correctly). It used to be installed on my other computer (came factory installed), but started to reboot my computer each time I put a disk in.
I recently moved it upstairs to my newer computer, and have yet to have this reboot problem. It won't write information though. My computer will occasionally read it as a CD drive instead of a DVD drive.
Burning programs most often don't even recognize it as a usable drive. It's starting to get frustrating.
Thank you for any help,
-Luigio97

StrangleHold · 12-06-2007, 09:50 PM

Other than you using a bad IDE cable it sounds like the drive is going. You can get new burners for like 30 bucks on newegg now.

12-06-2007, 08:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
Luigio97 Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 18 Posts: 32	Not reading disks? Hey all, I've been having this problem with my DVD player for awhile now. It's an older model (Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-104 if I recall correctly). It used to be installed on my other computer (came factory installed), but started to reboot my computer each time I put a disk in. I recently moved it upstairs to my newer computer, and have yet to have this reboot problem. It won't write information though. My computer will occasionally read it as a CD drive instead of a DVD drive. Burning programs most often don't even recognize it as a usable drive. It's starting to get frustrating. Thank you for any help, -Luigio97

12-06-2007, 09:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 7,540	Other than you using a bad IDE cable it sounds like the drive is going. You can get new burners for like 30 bucks on newegg now. __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600-3.3ghz. Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 1066-944mhz. 4gbs. PNY 8800GT/VD964 Cooler W/D Sata 3.0 500gb RE2 Humans are curious creatures and by nature insane. Lock us all in a room together and within hours we're dividing into groups, creating Gods and plotting on how to kill one another.

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