HELP! CD-RW and DVD drives stopped working!?!

[mtbiac]

I went to load a cd today and noticed BOTH my Memorex 40x burner and Pioneer DVD drive (2 days old) arent working. I checked my hardware profile and both have exclamation points next to them! WTF? I restarted, same thing. I reinstalled the driver (cdrom.inf or something) but no go. WHATS WRONG?!? They were both working last night and I havent done anything weird since then. Both are recognized with there model numbers to the cable is fine. Both are recognized in Bios. Both have power and can open trays an spin cds. CAnt open cds and not recognized in windows though. damnit!!

I also tried uninstalling both and restarting so windows would recognize them, which it did. but they still dont work!!?!?

what should I do??

HELPPP!?!?!?!

 

[John]

We need more info to help you.

[*]What OS
[*]If 95/98 run regedit and search for NOIDE, then delete it if found. Be careful in there....
[*]Scan for viruses

 

[mtbiac]

oh sorry

windows 2000

system specs:
Abit IT7 Max
P4 2.26@2.93ghz (alpha 8492)
WD 80gig "Special Edition"
XFX GF4 Ti4200 128mb
Linksys Wireless NIC
Pioneer 16x DVD
40x12x48 Memorex CD-RW, 500watt Leadman PSU

no viruses...


HELP!?!?! please.....

 

[bacillus]

Open regedit and go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Now delete the keys:
LowerFilters and UpperFilters.

Now reboot and your optical drives should function again.

 

[mtbiac]

Originally posted by: bacillus
Open regedit and go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Now delete the keys:
LowerFilters and UpperFilters.

Now reboot and your optical drives should function again.

it only lists "upper filters" should I delete this even though there is no "lower filters"???

btw- thanks a ton for helping me out, lets hope this will fix the problem.....

 

[bacillus]

it only lists "upper filters" should I delete this even though there is no "lower filters"???

yes.
btw were you using ezcd creator?

 

[mtbiac]

yes, ezcd creator 5 is installed. I have used it like 5 times with no problems. The drives both worked after this also... Is this a problem or ??

let me try deleting "upperfilters"

hope for the best!! I have NOO clue how this could/has happened

 

[mtbiac]

it works!!! Thank You so so so much!! Appreciate the help!

Mike-

 

[bacillus]

np 🙂