PCBUILD Archives

Personal Computer Hardware discussion List

PCBUILD@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG
Options: Use Forum View

Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Condense Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Sender:
Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 3 Mar 2014 18:36:35 -0500
Reply-To:
Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:
Re: Computer won't read DVDs
MIME-Version:
1.0
Message-ID:
<[log in to unmask]>
In-Reply-To:
<[log in to unmask]>
Content-Type:
text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
From:
Hugh Vandervoort <[log in to unmask]>
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (17 lines) 
This is a typical failure  for these drives. One of the lasers has
probably failed, and you need to replace the drive. The good news is
that they are inexpensive..

On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Russ Cox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I have an older Compaq D510s computer, 2.5 GHz
> Pentium 4, 2.5 GB ram. I have loaded Win XP, then Win 7. I have tried two
> different DVD drives, but the computer won't read the DVDs. The drive is
> recognized and there is no update for the drivers. The drive will read a
> CD, but not a DVD.
> A second D510s running Win 7 does read DVDs.
> Any ideas?

         PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download
                     visit our download web page at:
                  http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml

ATOM RSS1 RSS2