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DVD drive problem

12 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/dvd-drive-problem.142456/

Alok
Alok Original post #1
Jun 17, 2011 at 12:20 PM
:-x hi ! I have a sony dvd writer. It was working very fine yesterday , i bought a tekken tag tournament ps2 dvd then insert it in drive worked fine and i enjoyed game using PCSX-2 0.9.8 for about one hour , then shut down my pc .

Again started and insert same disk .Suddenly my pc get hanged , so i just press reboot button and restart it.BUT NOW :-x :-x it doesn't read any kind of disk . Green light which used to blink not doing so and just remains green.
I tried device manager to uninstall drive and restart , but problem remains same:-x I'm not able to play any game.

What should i do . Please help..

PC CONFIGURATION :

Asus P5KPL-AM/PS
INTEL Core 2 duo 2.93 GHz
2 GB DDR2 ram
320 GB HDD
512 mb ASUS EN 8400 GS
Zangetsu
Jun 17, 2011 at 12:23 PM
@Kola2842: Lens of DVD writer is faulty
Alok
Alok #3
Jun 17, 2011 at 1:00 PM
So should i clean it ?

@zangetsu Btw thanks for reply:) :)
Alok
Alok #5
Jun 17, 2011 at 6:03 PM
@zangetsu I'll try and reply soon...

My friend knows how to clean so i'm going to his house . Take a little time..

:-xHey i cleaned my lense with alcohol but problem remains same.....green light stays green and doesn't blink
when i insert a disk , mouse pointer shows disk but nothing happens :-(
TechPlex
Jun 17, 2011 at 6:07 PM
Just remove that PS simulator app. And then tell what happened. Maybe the app is playing with your drive.
Alok
Alok #7
Jun 17, 2011 at 6:23 PM
I checked drive on another pc , same result
T
Tech&ME #8
Jun 17, 2011 at 8:35 PM
Tell us "

1. can you tell us if the tray is opening and closing normally or not ??

2. Does the CD/DVD in the tray spins and then stop with out any result ?

3. Which CD/DVD are you trying to test the drive ?
Alok
Alok #9
Jun 17, 2011 at 8:42 PM
1-Tray is working normally

2-i used many movies , mp3 and ps2 game dvd

3-:-/According to sound i think there is no spinning.:-/
T
Tech&ME #10
Jun 17, 2011 at 9:21 PM
^^

ok so, according to you there is no spinning.

Now its clear that some parts have moved inside your DVD Drive.

What I am expalining below is not for newbies (please consider doing it if you are confident enough)

Step 1 : Open the DVD Drive cover.

Step 2 : Clean the lens with a cotton cloth (with some camera lens cleaner).

Step 3 : Move the lens manually back and forth with your hands.

Step 4 : Look for loose connections, screws etc and tighten it. (don't put your force on it)

Step 5 : Replace the TRAY and Cover it back.

Step 6 : Install it on your computer and see if things go RIGHT!

If the above procedure doesnot help take risk in doing the following :

You Tube Video
Alok
Alok #11
Jun 17, 2011 at 9:36 PM
Great Cool Thanx it now works again :):)

you all rocks thanxxx a lot.
T
Tech&ME #12
Jun 17, 2011 at 9:51 PM
^^

Okay !! nice to hear that :-D