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i took out my cd rom,replaced it with dvd writer,since then my original dvd rom seems to have taken the cd rom's place it plays cd's,cd roms,but does nothing when i put a dvd in it i have installed it properly ie master/slave etc any ideas would be greatly appreciated...


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Old 22nd Jan 2008, 16:04
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Default Dvd drive running as cd rom

i took out my cd rom,replaced it with dvd writer,since then my original dvd rom seems to have taken the cd rom's place

it plays cd's,cd roms,but does nothing when i put a dvd in it

i have installed it properly ie master/slave etc

any ideas would be greatly appreciated
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Old 22nd Jan 2008, 16:50
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Default Dvd drive running as cd rom

When you say it does nothing when you put a DVD in ...... do you mean autoplay doesn't kick in, or are you saying the drive cannot be accessed in My Computer ?
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Old 23rd Jan 2008, 10:52
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When you say it does nothing when you put a DVD in ...... do you mean autoplay doesn't kick in, or are you saying the drive cannot be accessed in My Computer ?
when i go into my computer,the drive comes up as dvd

but when i put a dvd in it i can hear it spinning but autoplay does'nt kick in

but if i put a cd rom or cd in it,they play
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Old 23rd Jan 2008, 10:54
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Default Dvd drive running as cd rom

Can you right click My Computer and expplore the DVD ?
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Old 23rd Jan 2008, 11:36
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Can you right click My Computer and expplore the DVD ?
when i right click and explore

it tells me to insert a disc into drive
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