dvd drive not working

[Schakal]

just started using my old pc after a long while , but i have this problem
with the dvd-rom (dvd re writer ) not reading any of the discs i throw in .
gone in to device manager and checked and it says the device is working fine :confused:

i have also tried 2 different dvd reader and witers since, still the same .
the pc is a compaq presario 5240 running xp professional .
any help much appreciated

[CJ GTT]

New poster! (less than 10 posts)

have you changed the jumper settings / slave or master etc.

does the disc spin in the drive

[Schakal]

New poster! (less than 10 posts)

have you changed the jumper settings / slave or master etc.

does the disc spin in the drive

ayee i think its something simple as that tbh but i cant figure out :crap:
what should the jumper be at ??

[CJ GTT]

New poster! (less than 10 posts)

well that depends on the what cable running from the motherboard to your drive

one is master and one would be slave. the cable from the main board goes to the hardrive is normally the master.

[Schakal]

New poster! (less than 10 posts)

well that depends on the what cable running from the motherboard to your drive

one is master and one would be slave. the cable from the main board goes to the hardrive is normally the master.


i think its something silly like that :(
in fact i might have messed them cables up a bit somehow .
there are 3 multi pin sockets (female) on the motherboard .
i think the small one is for the floppy drive which i have not got .
the other 2 are identical in size and number of pins .

is one of them for hard drive and the other for the dvd drive ?
if so how do i know which is which :confused:

[CJ GTT]

New poster! (less than 10 posts)

the top one of the 2 is the primary location which i have running to my hard drive which is set to master.

the secondary location below is running to my dvd drive which is set to slave.

have you updated the drivers or firmware for your drive? also an option.

we should get there soon lol

[Schakal]

New poster! (less than 10 posts)

the top one of the 2 is the primary location which i have running to my hard drive which is set to master.

the secondary location below is running to my dvd drive which is set to slave.

have you updated the drivers or firmware for your drive? also an option.

we should get there soon lol

hmm my dvd drive was deffo set to CSEL(what ever that means) for some reason .
will check the cable connections etc and report back .

i have done a lot to this pc since my 80gb hd fried up .
stuck in a 10gb hd from my ancient pc etc .
does not help when you dont know what you are doing :laugh:

[UNICRONICUS]

If your drive is being recognised in Device Manager then I doubt it's a jumper issue with the drive. CSEL stands for cable select, so if this is the only drive on the IDE cable it should be recognising fine. So you've tried various drives but have you changed the IDE cable (data cable to the motherboard)? Have you tried a different slot in the motherboard (i.e. swap over the two ports, although if the hard drive is working I doubt this is your problem either)? And probably the most important thing to try is a totally different DVD, you'd be surprised at how many DVD's fail!

[UNICRONICUS]

What kind of DVD's are you putting in as well, proper DVD movies? DVD-R's? DVD-RW's? I'm just thinking that if you are trying to play a movie maybe your machine is missing important codecs to play it using whatever media player you use...

[Schakal]

What kind of DVD's are you putting in as well, proper DVD movies? DVD-R's? DVD-RW's? I'm just thinking that if you are trying to play a movie maybe your machine is missing important codecs to play it using whatever media player you use...


had to settle with a very old dvd-rom in the end .
read most cd s but sometimes struggles with dvd stuff .
not to worry though ,i am not gonna keep this setup for
long . looking for a newish pc or a laptop :agree: