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dvd rom suddenly won't play some types of disc?

I have an in the box DVD R/RW drive.

It will play audio CDs fine.

It will play Grandmaster Chess CD Rom game fine.

It has suddenly stopped playing DVDs and Football Manger 2007 CD Rom.

FM2007: when I click the link the light flashes, it spools a few times, makes a couple of small clicking sounds and then says 'Insert correct CD'.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled drivers, I have done system restore, the disc drawer does eject through My Computer... I am really stuck.

It an't be broken as it still plays some discs, surely then it can't be a laser problem either. I have searched the net for advice for hours and tried everything.

Any help - not just telling me to do what I've already done - appreciated.

Glenn

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Well, I'm not sure but I think the CD reader and DVD reader have separate lasers for reading the disks, If one fails, it will still read the other type. Also with DVD R/RW drives, they have regions, similar to the DVD regions for DVD disks, and you are only allowed 5 changes, on the 5th change, the drive is locked to that region, so any disks of another region can't be read. You could try using a separate CD and DVD lens cleaner, see if that helps, if not its either a lens problem or a region problem, you could try to download some region free software and see if that works........

  • Alan Y
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    You haven't mentioned cleaning the DVDs that don't work. Have you tried? Lay DVD on a flat surface and rub with a damp clothe using index finger, dry with toilet paper. Check for scratches on the surface of the DVDs.

    Mine you I have a CD data disk that the DVD drive reads sometimes and sometimes the DVD drive won't read it, I have no idea why.

  • 4 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

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