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nodice1996
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 Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:00 pm Post subject: What would cause a new DVD burner to fail? |
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Recently my ~3 month old DVD burner(LG) failed. The HD works fine with both the SATA and power cables, with the SATA cable in the same connector on the controller. I replaced the drive with an old CD Burner and DVD Reader, but a new DVD Burner failing is absurd.
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CloudWalker
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Fail as is not being able to read any disc? If it's only 3 months old, is it still covered by warranty?
I also have a LG drive that annoys me. It doesn't fail but it's only recognized on cold boot. |
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They don't make 'em like they used to.
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Just buy a new one..
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zer0netgain
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| There is always a percentage of new devices that fail due to defects in manufacturing. I bought a HDD years ago that pretty much made weird noises from day one. I had a feeling it wasn't normal and got an RMA to replace it with a replacement. The replacement has been error free (and quiet) since the day it arrived. |
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Asmodeus
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- Reinstall drivers
- Trust the people that posted first, get a new one |
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Keith
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| What? If it's ~3 months old from new, it should be covered under warranty/guarantee by default of 12 months. The retailer/vendor should replace it for you at no extra cost to you. Other than getting to the store, or whatever silly thing like that |
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nodice1996
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| CloudWalker wrote: | Fail as is not being able to read any disc? If it's only 3 months old, is it still covered by warranty?
I also have a LG drive that annoys me. It doesn't fail but it's only recognized on cold boot. |
No, it lost ability to power at all, and it was a 30 day warranty.
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- Reinstall drivers
- Trust the people that posted first, get a new one |
It's a DVD drive, what drivers.
I ordered a new one a few days ago, it should arrive shortly. Obviously not another LG though.
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ValMikeSmith
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| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:20 am Post subject: Re: What would cause a new DVD burner to fail? |
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| nodice1996 wrote: | | Recently my ~3 month old DVD burner(LG) failed. The HD works fine with both the SATA and power cables, with the SATA cable in the same connector on the controller. I replaced the drive with an old CD Burner and DVD Reader, but a new DVD Burner failing is absurd. |
If you try to copy Hollywood's DVDs then VISTA is supposed to punish you somehow.
try google these:
Why does VISTA suck
SONY Rootkit Virus
SONY XCP disable CD drive
Music CD Virus
Spore game virus
Facebook virus
Mohave VISTA
Windows 7 VISTA
VISTA video glitch
VISTA HDTV content
VISTA HDTV disable |
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Keith
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| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:51 am Post subject: |
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| nodice1996 wrote: | | It's a DVD drive, what drivers. |
It WILL have drivers. Every device attached to any form of controller has a driver for it.
So your idea at a fix is to buy a new one instead of trying to return it? Fair enough |
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nodice1996
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| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:00 pm Post subject: Re: What would cause a new DVD burner to fail? |
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| ValMikeSmith wrote: | | nodice1996 wrote: | | Recently my ~3 month old DVD burner(LG) failed. The HD works fine with both the SATA and power cables, with the SATA cable in the same connector on the controller. I replaced the drive with an old CD Burner and DVD Reader, but a new DVD Burner failing is absurd. |
If you try to copy Hollywood's DVDs then VISTA is supposed to punish you somehow.
try google these:
Why does VISTA suck
SONY Rootkit Virus
SONY XCP disable CD drive
Music CD Virus
Spore game virus
Facebook virus
Mohave VISTA
Windows 7 VISTA
VISTA video glitch
VISTA HDTV content
VISTA HDTV disable |
It won't work in fedora, and I never played a movie, so much as copy one. And keith, If you read my first post you will see that I solved the immediate problem, but am trying to find out what would cause a DVD drive to fail that soon out of curiosity. What is the chance that the fedora drivers and the Vista drivers failed simultaneously and that a driver error would cause it to not be listed at startup and not open or close, the same thing as not powering if I did not make myself clear.
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Friskeygirl
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I would take it back for replacement, if a device is going to fail it will do so in the first few months, or
as soon as you power it up, most likely nothing the OP did, just bad manufacturing
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CloudWalker
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| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:01 pm Post subject: Re: What would cause a new DVD burner to fail? |
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Is the drive detected at all? If it's then could be jammed door.
It's hard to say why it failed so fast. If you played a lot of games that need a disc to authenticate then that could be the reason. There's a theory that disc protection + scratched disc will hurt the drive. |
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Keith
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| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I had a floppy drive that failed from day one. Took it back and got it replaced without fuss |
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zer0netgain
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| Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:21 am Post subject: |
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| Keith wrote: | | nodice1996 wrote: | | It's a DVD drive, what drivers. |
It WILL have drivers. Every device attached to any form of controller has a driver for it. |
Yes and no.
There are drivers, but plug and play devices (most all of them now) have native drivers in the OS that you can't really "reinstall" because they are fairly universal.
If a device came with specific drivers from the manufacturer, you can uninstall and reinstall them. |
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