Windows 7 Optical Drive Issues

[thunder2008]

It seems as though my two optical dvd-rom & dvd-ram drives are working only intermittantly, since loading windows 7 64 ultimate from vista 64 ultimate.

While there are many drivers that I have saved as downloads plus those that can be found online there are drivers that are only available via disk, so having the optical drives consistently function properly is of the utmost importance.

Anyone with any suggestions are solutions please let us all know your thoughts.

Thankx in advance..........

 

[mSeliga]

I found this on a website when my bluray drive stopped working. Go to this registry address in RegEdit and delete a something on the right called "Upper ____" and "Lower ___" I don't remember exactly, but after i deleted them, i was golden.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

EDIT

It's called "UpperFilters" and "LowerFilters"

 

[thunder2008]

I found this on a website when my bluray drive stopped working. Go to this registry address in RegEdit and delete a something on the right called "Upper ____" and "Lower ___" I don't remember exactly, but after i deleted them, i was golden.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

EDIT

It's called "UpperFilters" and "LowerFilters"

Hello Seliga,

Exactly as you described I have deleted the upperFilters...did not see any lowerfilters file though.

Have tried to get the optics to work but they still are not functioning properly. They only see that there is a disk in the drive but don't not read the disk like before.

Not sure if a restart is necessary will do that now.

 

[thunder2008]

O.K. I since I am running two optical drives in noticed that there are three different control sets: set 1 , set 2 and the current control set...I found the upper filters in the current and the control set 1 so I deleted both of them.

This photo shows what the remaining files look like in both of the control set folders as well as the current control set folder look like.


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http://www.mediafire.com/file/nd3byy21yyd/reg edit shot of cd-dvd rom.jpg

 

[thunder2008]

Right that was it...works perfect now~!!!

Much thankx

bumpage

 

[mSeliga]

Right that was it...works perfect now~!!!

Much thankx

bumpage

So that was it?

I think the issue stems from the hardware being assigned to a certain software to open, but that software doesn't work right. I had this issue when I install Arcsoft media software to integrate BluRay with WMC(Which it didn't work btw).

 

[thunder2008]

So that was it?

I think the issue stems from the hardware being assigned to a certain software to open, but that software doesn't work right. I had this issue when I install Arcsoft media software to integrate BluRay with WMC(Which it didn't work btw).

Hmm, interesting I to have some arcsoft software installed, webcam companion 2 and magic-i 3 which are for controlling the hp elite autofocus cam I have.

That I have yet to get to testing to see if it works.

The reason that I wanted the optical drives to work so badly is to be able to get my Asus supremefx X-FI(creative sound blaster X-FI) card to work as the regular sound simply put is reminiscent of listening to an 'ole gramophone that my grand mother had left over from her grandmother...anyways...at least the sound is like ...mono...as opposed to stereo.

 

[thunder2008]

The drives worked after the restart.

Funny thing though is that thereafter upon a restart while I'm toying with the sound max driver...

the drives did not work~!

I had installed the latest vista side gadget which is an open & close button for drives. I uninstalled that feature and again the drives are working again.

So, i'm not quite sure yet if this side gadget is also part of the issue. I will see if any intermittant issues continue upon fresh restarts.

 

[mSeliga]

The drives worked after the restart.

Funny thing though is that thereafter upon a restart while I'm toying with the sound max driver...

the drives did not work~!

I had installed the latest vista side gadget which is an open & close button for drives. I uninstalled that feature and again the drives are working again.

So, i'm not quite sure yet if this side gadget is also part of the issue. I will see if any intermittant issues continue upon fresh restarts.

I've found that quite a few Vista gadgets break or break things under 7. Like the "Safely Remove Harrdware" doesn't work.

 

[deltacain38]

Hi guys,

My optical drive is not fully functional. I can read CD/DVDs but when I try to write it just ejects the disk (using Windows to burn the disc).

I tried using ImageBurn but its giving an error (see bottom of screenshot)

I checked my registry and it has no instance of "UpperFilters" or "LowerFilters". A screenshot of the registry too :

Anyone got any ideas ?

 

[deltacain38]

Reposting the second screenshot

 

[thunder2008]

I've found that quite a few Vista gadgets break or break things under 7. Like the "Safely Remove Harrdware" doesn't work.

O.K. I had about 10 successful instances of using my dvd/rom drives, once the vista side gadget was uninstalled. I reinstalled it and the same issue happened again with it not reading disks.

Something to do with my particular opticals or conflicting code?

 

[thunder2008]

Hi guys,

My optical drive is not fully functional. I can read CD/DVDs but when I try to write it just ejects the disk (using Windows to burn the disc).

I tried using ImageBurn but its giving an error (see bottom of screenshot)

I checked my registry and it has no instance of "UpperFilters" or "LowerFilters". A screenshot of the registry too :

Anyone got any ideas ?

Hmm, I had this same issue myself...i'm sure both of my drives could not go bad at once. Also, I have been able to use the drives for writing just seems like there was some missing data once writing with the drives.

This was before switching to W7, I will try to burn a disk now and see if it works properly.

 

[thunder2008]

I've found that quite a few Vista gadgets break or break things under 7. Like the "Safely Remove Harrdware" doesn't work.

Seliga so you have been able to get your x-fi card to work. I currently have sound but it is the W7 sound.

I have tryed with fail to get the sound max driver that came with my card to install and work but W7 does not recognize it.

This means that I can not use the creative sound blaster x-fi console with it's superior sound.

I know that the driver that does not work must be completely removed...and the one that has been working previously in vista must still be the same one that will work again.

Just something tells me that removing the driver from device manager alone is not enough.

I have rebooted then go to update driver but it either says nothing is there in which case I must install completely or it says this driver is working properly.

 

[mSeliga]

I would hit up Creative's website. I read on Newegg before I bought my soundcard to always get stuff from their website. Apparently they bundle horrible drivers on the cds.

 

[thunder2008]

I would hit up Creative's website. I read on Newegg before I bought my soundcard to always get stuff from their website. Apparently they bundle horrible drivers on the cds.

Yeah I dl the driver sbxf_pcdrv_Lb-2-18_0008, and it still just does not work. Says something similar to the other message generated by the driver that came with the card.

That the device is not recognized. Ran trouble shoot compatibility to send MS message.

It's really weird that it would not work when so far everything else does?

 

[mSeliga]

Yeah I dl the driver sbxf_pcdrv_Lb-2-18_0008, and it still just does not work. Says something similar to the other message generated by the driver that came with the card.

That the device is not recognized. Ran trouble shoot compatibility to send MS message.

It's really weird that it would not work when so far everything else does?

hmmmmm. And you've tried running the setup in compatibility mode? I have the xfi Titanium Fatality Pro card. You said yours was onboard? Did you try Asus website and look for your MB?

 

[thunder2008]

hmmmmm. And you've tried running the setup in compatibility mode? I have the xfi Titanium Fatality Pro card. You said yours was onboard? Did you try Asus website and look for your MB?

Now well actually I have an pcie 1.0 slot card it is Asus brand but creative is still manufacturer.

Sometime ago when I first switched to the rampage extreme I loaded the audio driver from the Asus site. And, in essence what is happening now happended then. Only the windows audio worked.

The sound blaster x-fi mb console would not work.

Only when I used the driver from the disk did the console work thus allowing for the processor sound.

 

[mSeliga]

I'm out of ideas. Sorry. Hopefully someone else can help you out.

Mods, can you change the title of the thread, or thunder2008, prehaps make a new thread. Don't forget to list the things you've already tried.

 

[thunder2008]

I'm out of ideas. Sorry. Hopefully someone else can help you out.

Mods, can you change the title of the thread, or thunder2008, prehaps make a new thread. Don't forget to list the things you've already tried.

K...I will

thankx