XP and stubborn DVD drives - is there an answer?

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XP and stubborn DVD drives - is there an answer?

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I give up.
I've tried everything.
After installing XP Pro SP1 my Samsung DVD ROM SD-616F just refuses to play DVDs.
It'll play music CDs without a problem but it just won't have a bar of any DVD - I'm using PowerDVD XP 4.0 with the lastest patch installed.
The drive was working just fine under W2K before I did a fresh install of XP to a different drive.
Since then I've upgraded to the latest firmware. I've uninstalled the thing, gone through the registry and deleted any references to it (there was one under Local Machine\System\ControlSet002\Enum\IDE that it wouldn't let me delete), then I shutdown, unplugged the thing and rebooted a couple of times without it connected.
After doing all this I then reconnected it, Windows found it again but it still refuses to play DVDs.
This seems to be a common problem from what I can see but I have been unable to find a difinitive answer.
Can anyone out there help - this is driving me batshit.
Thanks, Revhead
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Nup. that didn't do any good either? :(
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Post by Sandells »

Hate to say this RevHead, but I owned 2 Samsung DVD drives which both refused to read DVD's. In the end I threw them out in the garbage and got me 2 Lite-on DVD drives, no problems since.

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ya, my Lite-on burner and DVD drives are Rawk Solid!!!! I love them!!!!
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Re: XP and stubborn DVD drives - is there an answer?

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Revhead wrote:I give up.
I've tried everything.
After installing XP Pro SP1 my Samsung DVD ROM SD-616F just refuses to play DVDs.
I assume your problem is with this system:

Barton 2500+, KX18D Pro II, 512DDR400DC, 80GSATA 7200, GF2MX400, DVD-RW LiteOn 451s, DVD-ROM Samsung SD-616F XP Pro SP1a

If it is, the problem may be the nForce drivers. If you are using nVidia's latest drivers, make sure NOT to install their IDE drivers, but use the default WinXP drivers. I had a problem with both my optical drives on my nForce 2 motherboard until I uninstalled the nVidia IDE drivers.

I wish I could remember how to do it exactly, but a good Nforce site is http://www.nforcershq.com, which is where I found the solution! Do a search and you should find the answer. Try it out and let me know if that worked.
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Re: XP and stubborn DVD drives - is there an answer?

Post by Nohr »

Cthulhu8u wrote:If it is, the problem may be the nForce drivers. If you are using nVidia's latest drivers, make sure NOT to install their IDE drivers, but use the default WinXP drivers. I had a problem with both my optical drives on my nForce 2 motherboard until I uninstalled the nVidia IDE drivers.
I agree. I recently reinstalled WinXP on my nForce 2 system and used nvidia's 3.13 drivers. I used their IDE drivers as well for the heck of it to see if they worked any better than older versions. It caused my system to freeze whenever I tried to burn a cd with Nero. :?

Switching back to the stock IDE drivers fixed it. I did it by going in to the Device Manager and updating the drivers for the IDE controller. Choose the specific location option, then "Don't Search". Install the driver named "NVIDIA nForce2 IDE Controller". That's what worked for me anyhow.
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Post by Revhead »

I actually solved this problem, which I think I mentioned in another post.
If I did not, I apologise in advance.
Both my optical drives are now functioning perfectly (like to think so anyway) in my Barton system.
And with the Nvidia IDE driver 5.10.2600.307 13/11/2002 which seems to work better than the Microsoft one and gives faster burn times.
Thanks, Revhead
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K6-III+450@600(6x100) 2.1v, FOP32, SP-A586B, 512M PC133, 20G 100/7200, Kyro II, Vibra128, XP Pro SP1a (retired)
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