Comments on: CD/DVD drive stopped reading all CDs and DVDs

By: nancy

nancy — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:16:25 +0000

I have an Acer Aspire 3003LM laptop/notebook and it will no longer read cd’s or dvd’s . The green light flashes when i insert either a cd or dvd and it makes a short high pitched noise every 2 or 3 seconds but doesn’t sound like it is actually spinning the disc . Microsoft Fix it , cant mend it . It says there is no readable media . So im assuming that it’s optical drive that’s somehow died .
Can i buy any replacement dvd+rw combo drive to replace it or do i have to buy a specific one ?
At present it has an Liteon dvd=rw SOSW 833S ( VRS2)(E) installed .
Thanks in advance .
Nancy

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:24:54 +0000

Thinkpad T42 CD-RW DVD-Rom drive cable catches and kinks when closing tray. There is a very thin flexible plastic cable that follows the tray out underneath. When you close it instead of sliding back in the cable folds and kinks and gets pull into drive and flattened again. I can’t imagine the cable would last this way for more than a few dozen cycles. I have taken the drive cover off expecting to find something that prevents this but there is nothing. At this point I use a finger to guide the cable everytime I close the tray. Any ideas?

By: nick c

nick c — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:58:39 +0000

my hp pavilion dv6000 is no longer recognizing blank cd’s. it recognizes both normal, store-bought audio cd’s, and dvd’s but not the blanks. i have already right-clicked on the properties of the drive to make sure it’s allowed for recording. any other suggestions?

By: Laptop Freak

Laptop Freak — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:18:23 +0000

sagar,

i have a lenovo note book model no 85Q of N-series.It can’t read any CD but can read dvd.

1. Try cleaning the optical drive lens with alcohol.
2. Try deleting the CD/DVD drive entry from the device manager and let Windows re-detect the optical drive on startup. It will reinstall the driver.
3. If nothing helps, probably you’ll have to replace the drive.

By: sagar

sagar — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:11:44 +0000

hi i have a lenovo note book model no 85Q of N-series.It can’t read any CD but can read dvd.What’s the problem.plz help me.

By: Jaren Mallard

Jaren Mallard — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:53:22 +0000

Well i have a hp pavilion dv6700 and my dvd drive have stop detecting.. i need help with it…but i dont know wat a upper filter and lower filter is under the registry files

By: lost

lost — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:47:37 +0000

Hi,
I have an Inspiron 1525. I was trying to rip or even play some cds and it wont work. I hear the cd turning, but it always kicks it back out with a message telling me to insert a cd. I have tried multiple cds and winamp and yahoo music jukebox with the same result. My laptop is out of warranty of course. The funny thing is that it will play DVDs fine. I have played cds on it before, in the past, but it has been a while, because I have been really busy.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:26:48 +0000

I have an HP Paviion dv5000 and I’m having trouble with the cd/dvd rom. It will not play any cd’s or dvd’s. In fact, when I try to burn a cd it states that no cd or dvd burner has been detected. Can you please help?

Thanks…

By: Laptop Freak

Laptop Freak — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:35:12 +0000

dbm2,

I’vd read about the registry settings and removing the upper and lower filters. I’ve done that. Then (as warned)other programs may not work right. That’s true. DVD started working but then iTunes won’t start up without error message about not being able to read from CD’s.

Sounds like a software related problem. I would suggest reimaging the hard drive from the recovery disc and start over. I published your question here: Laptop stopped reading CDs and DVDs

By: dbm2

dbm2 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:28:41 +0000

I’ve read forums for days now. My Toshiba Satellite p205d with Vista was reading CD’s and DVD’s fine. Then sometime it stopped reading “program” discs to download something. (I’d have to copy it on wife’s laptop with XP to a USB stick and then download to mine) Then I noticed it wasn’t reading DVD’s either. I’vd read about the registry settings and removing the upper and lower filters. I’ve done that. Then (as warned)other programs may not work right. That’s true. DVD started working but then iTunes won’t start up without error message about not being able to read from CD’s. Re-installed iTunes and still the same warning. I, then, did a system restore to get my registry settings changed back to where they initially were. So, I’m sitting in the same boat I was in at the beginning. iTunes is fine now; but, can’t view DVD’s. These forums are endless with no good solution that I’ve seen yet. Perhaps there’s another windows update that will address this registry issue better. That will change it enough to have everything work!