DVD-ROMs in XP

[sublime79]

I know very little about DVD playback and such in XP. I have two different DVDROMs and neither will recognize any DVD disc I put in them. Music and data CDs work fine but not DVD. What do I need to check?

Thanks ppl.

 

[bovinda]

Are you trying to put in movie DVDs? If so, do you have a program to play them, like Windows Media Player or PowerDVD?

 

[sublime79]

Yes I have Power DVD 6.0 installed and still no luck

 

[sublime79]

It won't even recognize that I have any DVD disc inserted into either drive.

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: sublime79
It won't even recognize that I have any DVD disc inserted into either drive.

weird... check the settings in device manager and make sure everything is ok with the drive,... dont know what to say, i saw a computer like that last year and it was just a dirty drive...

 

[skadoo323]

this may seem lame, but have you tried putting in any regular cd to see if windows can even access that drive and read it. check under device manager to see if the computer sees the drive. sometimes other devices sharing the same ide cable as the drive can cause problems. try one drive at a time, having it as the only device on the ide cable. just throwing some ideas.

 

[dunkster]

Try to isolate the problem - is it a device or driver problem?

Try each DVD-ROM individually, configured as a master on it's own IDE channel - the other device disconnected entirely.

If your mobo is Nvidia chipset, and you're using Nvidia IDE/ATAPI driver, try rolling back the driver to the standard Windows IDE/ATAPI driver. This worked for me.

Hope this helps!