trouble with dvd burner...

linkin93 · 07-26-2009, 02:46 PM

My drive wont read some discs:

far cry 2
supreme commander
any demo disc from pc power play magazine.

I suspect it has something to do with dual layer dvd's, which supreme commander and far cry 2 are on, hell, all new games are! my dvd burner wont read them. it tries and tries but in the end it stops trying and doesnt spin the disc up. Its an IDE version and has the latest firmware (1.06) and still no luck.
can anyone help me?

burner is a "GSA-H55N" according to device manager.

**johnb35** · 07-26-2009, 03:10 PM

It is a dual layer drive, I suspect that it just fualty. They do go out.

linkin93 · 07-26-2009, 03:27 PM

It's new(ish) and has never even read any dl-dvd. It's a DVD-RAM drive if that helps... im at a loss... my brothers crappy generic dvd player can read them but this ting cost me $60 and it wont...

**johnb35** · 07-26-2009, 03:34 PM

Costing more money doesn't mean its gonna be better. It's labeled as a dvd ram drive as it can read dvd ram disks. All I ever get is Liteon brand and have never had a problem.

linkin93 · 07-26-2009, 07:44 PM

Yeah, true. this model has "SecurDisc" and "Super Multi" which i suspect has something to do with reading all formats of dvd's. Nero InfoCheck says that my drive supports +/- DVD-DL drives for reading and writing. But it wont read any of them... i really wanna play far cry 2

LA1 · 07-27-2009, 04:45 AM

have you tried upgrading the firmware ( flashing) GSA's are LG which are usually good drives..you might also want to try a dedicated site like club cd freak
lg support
http://www.lge.com/uk/support/produc...roduct-profile

llck · 07-27-2009, 06:31 AM

Have you tried to install the latest driver?

linkin93 · 07-27-2009, 07:41 AM

I've flashed the firmware to the latest 1.06 version, with no luck.
is the driver different to the firmware?

LA1 · 07-27-2009, 07:25 PM

I am unaware of a driver outside of the one in windows

linkin93 · 07-29-2009, 12:55 AM

Well, my brother made a copy of far cry 2 for me, and the copy works in my drive. but the original won't. It spins up, does something for a bit, then stops trying to read the disc. The original far cry game i have did this too, but after a couple of tries it worked... maybe i'll just keep trying.

07-26-2009, 02:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
linkin93 Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NSW, Australia Age: 16 Posts: 2,377	trouble with dvd burner... My drive wont read some discs: far cry 2 supreme commander any demo disc from pc power play magazine. I suspect it has something to do with dual layer dvd's, which supreme commander and far cry 2 are on, hell, all new games are! my dvd burner wont read them. it tries and tries but in the end it stops trying and doesnt spin the disc up. Its an IDE version and has the latest firmware (1.06) and still no luck. can anyone help me? burner is a "GSA-H55N" according to device manager. __________________ System CM Storm Scout - Asus P5N-E SLI - Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 3.02Ghz - 2x1GB Corsair XMS2 @ 900mhz - Sapphire HD 3870 - WD 250GB Caviar SE16 - SHAW 860W - Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Perhiprials Logitech G5 Mouse - Logitech R-10 Speakers - Targus Keyboard - HP L1470 17" 1280x1024 Monitor

07-26-2009, 03:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnb35 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Near Joliet Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 3,644	It is a dual layer drive, I suspect that it just fualty. They do go out. __________________ Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R CPU - E8400 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - ATI HD3870 Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

07-26-2009, 03:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
linkin93 Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NSW, Australia Age: 16 Posts: 2,377	It's new(ish) and has never even read any dl-dvd. It's a DVD-RAM drive if that helps... im at a loss... my brothers crappy generic dvd player can read them but this ting cost me $60 and it wont... __________________ System CM Storm Scout - Asus P5N-E SLI - Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 3.02Ghz - 2x1GB Corsair XMS2 @ 900mhz - Sapphire HD 3870 - WD 250GB Caviar SE16 - SHAW 860W - Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Perhiprials Logitech G5 Mouse - Logitech R-10 Speakers - Targus Keyboard - HP L1470 17" 1280x1024 Monitor

07-26-2009, 03:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
johnb35 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Near Joliet Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 3,644	Costing more money doesn't mean its gonna be better. It's labeled as a dvd ram drive as it can read dvd ram disks. All I ever get is Liteon brand and have never had a problem. __________________ Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R CPU - E8400 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - ATI HD3870 Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

07-26-2009, 07:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
linkin93 Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NSW, Australia Age: 16 Posts: 2,377	Yeah, true. this model has "SecurDisc" and "Super Multi" which i suspect has something to do with reading all formats of dvd's. Nero InfoCheck says that my drive supports +/- DVD-DL drives for reading and writing. But it wont read any of them... i really wanna play far cry 2 __________________ System CM Storm Scout - Asus P5N-E SLI - Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 3.02Ghz - 2x1GB Corsair XMS2 @ 900mhz - Sapphire HD 3870 - WD 250GB Caviar SE16 - SHAW 860W - Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Perhiprials Logitech G5 Mouse - Logitech R-10 Speakers - Targus Keyboard - HP L1470 17" 1280x1024 Monitor

07-27-2009, 04:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
LA1 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 147	have you tried upgrading the firmware ( flashing) GSA's are LG which are usually good drives..you might also want to try a dedicated site like club cd freak lg support http://www.lge.com/uk/support/produc...roduct-profile

07-27-2009, 06:31 AM	#7 (permalink)
llck New Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1	Have you tried to install the latest driver?

07-27-2009, 07:41 AM	#8 (permalink)
linkin93 Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NSW, Australia Age: 16 Posts: 2,377	I've flashed the firmware to the latest 1.06 version, with no luck. is the driver different to the firmware? __________________ System CM Storm Scout - Asus P5N-E SLI - Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 3.02Ghz - 2x1GB Corsair XMS2 @ 900mhz - Sapphire HD 3870 - WD 250GB Caviar SE16 - SHAW 860W - Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Perhiprials Logitech G5 Mouse - Logitech R-10 Speakers - Targus Keyboard - HP L1470 17" 1280x1024 Monitor

07-27-2009, 07:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
LA1 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 147	I am unaware of a driver outside of the one in windows

07-29-2009, 12:55 AM	#10 (permalink)
linkin93 Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NSW, Australia Age: 16 Posts: 2,377	Well, my brother made a copy of far cry 2 for me, and the copy works in my drive. but the original won't. It spins up, does something for a bit, then stops trying to read the disc. The original far cry game i have did this too, but after a couple of tries it worked... maybe i'll just keep trying. __________________ System CM Storm Scout - Asus P5N-E SLI - Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 3.02Ghz - 2x1GB Corsair XMS2 @ 900mhz - Sapphire HD 3870 - WD 250GB Caviar SE16 - SHAW 860W - Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Perhiprials Logitech G5 Mouse - Logitech R-10 Speakers - Targus Keyboard - HP L1470 17" 1280x1024 Monitor

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