DVD ROM blackout!

aflimmd · 02-02-2006, 12:54 PM

ey guys! need help on my dvd rom!

I was playin a dvd movie disc but decided to stop and take it out. after a while, i reinserted the same disc and played it again but this time, the rom could no longer play the disc. It keeps on readin the disc and the harddisk red light indicator is on. It then all ended up nothin so i pressed the reset button for restart.

Problem: dvd rom wont read anymore. not even audio cd nor data cd. I also tried inserting a bootable win98 disc and tried bootin from there. still wont read. Not even in DOS environment. WHAT COULD BE A POSSIBLE REASON FOR THIS? THANKS IN ADVANCE!

Cbeck527 · 02-02-2006, 06:10 PM

I had that same problem, for me, it was because one of ide pins connecting the drive to the mobo was bent. i bent it back and it works fine now! check to see your ideo connection, because they could be easily bent.

Djunknown · 02-06-2006, 10:21 PM

I have had the same problem, but not as simple as a bent pin
One minute, everything was working fine, the next nothing
Having looked at my computer for hours confused, i decided to take it into a computer shop
They did some tests and discovered my motherboard had become corrupt, making the drive impossible to function correctly
A new motherboard was inserted an everything was fine
Hope that your problem is not as bad as this, but maybe it is worth taking it into a local computer shop for a look

diduknowthat · 02-06-2006, 11:34 PM

i had that problem before, except for my entire DVD drive shut down..until i restarted and it's all good. Try unplugging and replugging everything from the drive.

02-02-2006, 12:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
aflimmd New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 8	DVD ROM blackout! ey guys! need help on my dvd rom! I was playin a dvd movie disc but decided to stop and take it out. after a while, i reinserted the same disc and played it again but this time, the rom could no longer play the disc. It keeps on readin the disc and the harddisk red light indicator is on. It then all ended up nothin so i pressed the reset button for restart. Problem: dvd rom wont read anymore. not even audio cd nor data cd. I also tried inserting a bootable win98 disc and tried bootin from there. still wont read. Not even in DOS environment. WHAT COULD BE A POSSIBLE REASON FOR THIS? THANKS IN ADVANCE!

02-02-2006, 06:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cbeck527 Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Blue Bell, Pennsylvainia Age: 17 Posts: 168	I had that same problem, for me, it was because one of ide pins connecting the drive to the mobo was bent. i bent it back and it works fine now! check to see your ideo connection, because they could be easily bent. __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon64 3500+ Venice MOBO: Abit KN8 SLI GPU: XFX 7800GT 256MB VRAM RAM: 2x 512MB Patriot Signature Series HDD: Western Digital 300GB 7200RPM, Western Digital 20GB 5400RPM PSU: Antec 550watt Truepower 2.0 SPU: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS CASE: Aspire X-Dreamer MONITOR: BenQ FP91G+ Queen said it first: Wii Will Wii Will ROCK YOU

02-06-2006, 10:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
Djunknown Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 19 Posts: 52	i had the same problem... I have had the same problem, but not as simple as a bent pin One minute, everything was working fine, the next nothing Having looked at my computer for hours confused, i decided to take it into a computer shop They did some tests and discovered my motherboard had become corrupt, making the drive impossible to function correctly A new motherboard was inserted an everything was fine Hope that your problem is not as bad as this, but maybe it is worth taking it into a local computer shop for a look __________________ www.ukdeejayz.co.uk Bedroom Dj - Computer Fanatic:P

02-06-2006, 11:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
diduknowthat formerly liuliuboy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Massachusetts Age: 18 Posts: 6,636	i had that problem before, except for my entire DVD drive shut down..until i restarted and it's all good. Try unplugging and replugging everything from the drive. __________________ Dell Latitude XT Convertible Tablet Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 1.2ghz CPU 3GB DDR2 677 Memory 120GB 1.8" PATA Hard Drive ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 Graphics 12.1" WXGA LED Touch Screen N-Trig Capacitive Touch/Active Digitizer

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