dvd-rom not spinning up

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Chuck

I recently upgraded my PC's drives, adding a DVD-RW while keeping the
original DVD-ROM as a secondary drive. Here's the problem: while the drive
shows up in My Computer, and is "functioning normally" in Device Manager, it
won't read anything. I insert a disc (DVD/CD, doesn't matter), it'll spin up
for a few seconds, then spin down, and that's it. As far as my PC is
concerned, there's no disc in there.
HELP!! 8-G
 
Have you used Windows Explorer to see if you can read the disk there?

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Chuck" <Chuck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E799EE87-9079-4B56-B12B-B15AFA268F29@microsoft.com...
>I recently upgraded my PC's drives, adding a DVD-RW while keeping the
> original DVD-ROM as a secondary drive. Here's the problem: while the drive
> shows up in My Computer, and is "functioning normally" in Device Manager,
> it
> won't read anything. I insert a disc (DVD/CD, doesn't matter), it'll spin
> up
> for a few seconds, then spin down, and that's it. As far as my PC is
> concerned, there's no disc in there.
> HELP!! 8-G
 
Yup. Doesn't even recognize a disc as being present, be it music, movie or
megabytes. :-)

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

> Have you used Windows Explorer to see if you can read the disk there?
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> www.grystmill.com
>
> "Chuck" <Chuck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E799EE87-9079-4B56-B12B-B15AFA268F29@microsoft.com...
> >I recently upgraded my PC's drives, adding a DVD-RW while keeping the
> > original DVD-ROM as a secondary drive. Here's the problem: while the drive
> > shows up in My Computer, and is "functioning normally" in Device Manager,
> > it
> > won't read anything. I insert a disc (DVD/CD, doesn't matter), it'll spin
> > up
> > for a few seconds, then spin down, and that's it. As far as my PC is
> > concerned, there's no disc in there.
> > HELP!! 8-G
>
>
>
 
Ummm... Even new out of the box devices can be bad... Are you sure you
correctly jumpered the drives. Master/Slave, etc.? If both optical drives
are on the same cable, and are correctly jumpered, try switching them
around, or test with the new drive as the only drive on the cable (Master).

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Chuck" <Chuck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C74B4CA0-5AA5-4CAD-AAE9-FC897E048F3A@microsoft.com...
> Yup. Doesn't even recognize a disc as being present, be it music, movie or
> megabytes. :-)
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>
>> Have you used Windows Explorer to see if you can read the disk there?
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> www.grystmill.com
>>
>> "Chuck" <Chuck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E799EE87-9079-4B56-B12B-B15AFA268F29@microsoft.com...
>> >I recently upgraded my PC's drives, adding a DVD-RW while keeping the
>> > original DVD-ROM as a secondary drive. Here's the problem: while the
>> > drive
>> > shows up in My Computer, and is "functioning normally" in Device
>> > Manager,
>> > it
>> > won't read anything. I insert a disc (DVD/CD, doesn't matter), it'll
>> > spin
>> > up
>> > for a few seconds, then spin down, and that's it. As far as my PC is
>> > concerned, there's no disc in there.
>> > HELP!! 8-G
>>
>>
>>
 
I'll try that. I think I may have been a bit unclear, though. It's the
ORIGINAL drive that's snafued, not the new one.

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

> Ummm... Even new out of the box devices can be bad... Are you sure you
> correctly jumpered the drives. Master/Slave, etc.? If both optical drives
> are on the same cable, and are correctly jumpered, try switching them
> around, or test with the new drive as the only drive on the cable (Master).
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> www.grystmill.com
>
> "Chuck" <Chuck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C74B4CA0-5AA5-4CAD-AAE9-FC897E048F3A@microsoft.com...
> > Yup. Doesn't even recognize a disc as being present, be it music, movie or
> > megabytes. :-)
> >
> > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
> >
> >> Have you used Windows Explorer to see if you can read the disk there?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Gary S. Terhune
> >> MS-MVP Shell/User
> >> www.grystmill.com
> >>
> >> "Chuck" <Chuck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:E799EE87-9079-4B56-B12B-B15AFA268F29@microsoft.com...
> >> >I recently upgraded my PC's drives, adding a DVD-RW while keeping the
> >> > original DVD-ROM as a secondary drive. Here's the problem: while the
> >> > drive
> >> > shows up in My Computer, and is "functioning normally" in Device
> >> > Manager,
> >> > it
> >> > won't read anything. I insert a disc (DVD/CD, doesn't matter), it'll
> >> > spin
> >> > up
> >> > for a few seconds, then spin down, and that's it. As far as my PC is
> >> > concerned, there's no disc in there.
> >> > HELP!! 8-G
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
 
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