dvd drive gives clicking sound when trying to play movie

[yuckck]

when a dvd video disc is put into my drive, sometimes it plays totally fine. for others though, it gives out clicking sound and sounds like its having trouble seeking and reading. i have one disc that just refuses to play in the drive, which is a Panasonic (Mashita) SR-8586. windows can't even recognize that there is a disc in the drive.

anyone with this or other dvd drives has had problem like this? any ideas?

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asus a7v, and a tbird running windows me

 

[AMB]

I think that is considered normal with a Pioneer drive, but I do not know with Panasonic

 

[Howard]

Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!

Somebody stole my name! Ahhhh!

J/K. Welcome aboard.

 

[RolandG]

I have a Creative Labs DVD-ROM DVD2240E drive which is made by Panasonic and has the same problem your drive does. I have found that it only has this problem with particular DVD's & it will usually read them after reloading the DVD into the drive several times. It seems to have more problems recognizing newer DVD's for some reason. I have had this drive for almost three years so I guess I can't complain much. If anyone knows of a solution to this problem let's hear it.

 

[LeStEr]

I have the exact same problem with my Acer 10X DVD Drive....not sure the model but that does happen. I usually got mad and tried again like 5 mins later or rebooted in some cases and that usually works.

 

[yuckck]

what movies do not work for you? me, keeping the faith just refuses to play totally. sometimes have problems with out of sight.

i just wonder if its certain type of dvd type- layered, whatever, that's causing the trouble.

 

[AMB]

The Acer is the same as the Pioneer I think