Help in DVD drive install needed.

Randy-GRandy-G
edited November 2003 in Hardware
I just swapped over most the internals of an eMachines rig over to a different case for someone. I did install a new DVD drive they had lying around instead of the stock eMachines CD drive. Well the swap went fine, except the DVD drive will only read CDs and not DVDs. This DVD drive is very generic, I have no idea at the moment who made it (I'm trying to find out who). What are some issues that prevent me from reading DVDs? Is there a setting in Windows or BIOS I may have missed, or a special cable needed to be used, or some special driver? Any hints would help in getting the drive to read DVDs. Thanx.

Comments

  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited November 2003
    Probably a software issue. What program are you trying to use to play the dvd's.
  • Randy-GRandy-G
    edited November 2003
    UltraDVD. I tried browsing the disk via Windows, and it tells me there's no disk, to insert one. So it has to be something more basic than a player issue. CDs are fine.
  • stoopidstoopid Albany, NY New
    edited November 2003
    Make sure dma is enabled on that bus/ide controller.
  • Randy-GRandy-G
    edited November 2003
    I solved it, it was a defective disk.
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