DVD Drive can read CD but not DVD

dothackjhe

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Hi all. Our old PC suddenly won't turn on after using it last day so we had a computer technician check it for us and he assumed that its motherboard is busted / defective. So he replaced it with a new one. The new mobo is an Asus P5KPL-AM EPU motherboard. But that is not the problem. The problem is about its DVD drive --- the DVD Drive can read CDs but not DVDs. That drive used to work fine before. I could even burn DVD games from there before. What seems to be the problem here? :huh:

The DVD Drive is an LG HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP20. Could the problem be hardware or software (driver) related?
 
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when that happened to me it meant the drive was dead.
 

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agreed - happened to me and it turned out the dvd reading mechanism was bust - apparently there are 2 mechanisms in a drive, 1 for cd and 1 for dvd iirc

iirc (again :)) the drive I had was made by LG too :shock:
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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1.80 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7100
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3 gig ddr2
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
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Realtek High Definition Audio
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15.4” WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen
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1280 x 800
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Hitachi 320 GB (5400 rpm)
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90 W AC Power Adapter
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Kitchen plate under the lappy
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101 key compatible
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Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical Scroll
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