Hp Pavilion DV1040us CD-Rom Problem

[Blondie]

Is your lappy still under warrenty?

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by cooper

hey i checked that cd driver out its a nice price but how am i gonna connect that to my laptop ? lol

One of THESE is always a cheap and easy option. :thumb:

[cooper]

nop not on warranty man, oh thanks dude that ll work i bet lol

[Blondie]

Not much time to reread... did you flash the bios? did you do a chat with HP to see if you needed to do anything before running XP sp2 (if you have it installed?)

[Blondie]

I was just reading elsewhere and found this advice:
Device Manager Opened have her go to View and click on Show Hidden Devices to see if she has a RootKit installed... Some of the online role playing games install them and they show up in Device Manager... Some Sony CD's do too but I'm not sure if they show up there or not.... The only reason I mention it is because I remember reading, somewhere, that some RootKits where put in programs to keep people from making copies of commercial software and some of those RootKits disabled CD drives... It doesn't matter if you tried to make copies or not, the RootKits just interfere with some CD drivers...

This isn't something I'm familiar with, but I wonder if it's the problem, it would make sense.

[cooper]

yes i talked to hp they told me something to do and i did everything what they told me but nope didnt work
i just checked that out what u said bout device manager rootkit but its not showin any rootkit stuff :( i mean its burning dvds so i has to be burn cds too i think lol

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

Originally Posted by cooper

i tried to update firmware but still dont work, so u didnt figure it out what it was. just bought a new driver?
i have to figure it out i cant carry a driver with me all the time :( ohhh

Bro, there's a difference between a driver and a drive.

[MantaBase]

More of an FYI than solution - sorry...

When a drive will read DVD's but not CD's, its often a hardware issue. CDs actually rotate at much higher RPMs. If the motor is weak in the drive or if the hub is a bit loose, the drive may read and write DVDs just fine while failing on CD's.

That said - it can still be a driver or firmware issue. It could even be a software issue. Its worth checking - like the others have said and you are trying.

As Blondie pointed out, there are of pieces of DRM ware that have been known to disable optical drives. They are typically associated with Games. Proof to this rare - so I suspect that the actual issue is rare as well (Sony aside).

I do have a DVD drive that doesn't like certain CDs. Specifically, it will not read or write Imation CD-RW's. I have no idea why. I suspect that when the issue is limited to a particular brand - its a firmware/driver issue.

If you do end up getting a new drive, you might need to consider an external. Or, you might see if USB thumb drives will siute your needs (very portable).

Good luck, I'd give you more advice, but you are already getting great advice.

Manta

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

Originally Posted by stinger608

I did see that it wouldn't read any cd's, sorry for asking that stupid question again:doh:

I would think that it is just a bad drive. At todays prices, you can get a DVD rw pretty cheap!

Here is a link to a lite-on DVD burner with lightscribe for 32.99 at newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106019

Once again Stinger, pay attention.

He's got a laptop. This seems to be good.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151132

[stinger608]

:doh: :doh: :doh: Jeez, I think I will leave this one alone