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Problems with CD Drives

K

KoolDrew

Lifer
Original issue was this - I was trying to play CD's in Winamp and realized that I couldn't. I then also realized that I couldn't rip files from CD in either Winamp or dBpoweramp... but for /some/ reason I'm able to play CDs fine from Windows Media Player (which I despise)

So I went through some steps - thinking maybe I needed a new driver - and now I can't accesses the drive at all - no power - no nothing. The reason I thought I needed a new driver was because it wasn't being reccognized by the two programs mentioned above... the only real steps I took were doing a google search for drivers for my DVR and CDR drives...

So here's my specs

Running Windows XP SP2
Drives:
Pioneer DVR-104 (the drive that isn't working... at all)
Samsung SM-348B (this drive is working... but not working to play CD's in Winamp)

I checked the device manager to see if anything was up but nothing bad coming up in the Device Manager - my computer sees that there is a drive - which means that A) there's power to the device and B) the cable is seeded properly... it simply won't eject when I hit the button.

Anyway, if anyone can think of anything else I can try it'd be appreciated...

Fortunately I've got enough hard drives that doing a re-install wasn't the chore it once was... if it gets to that point however, maybe some of you guys can recommend a good ghost software out there, I'm snubbing Norton 2004 as it's given me nothing but problems on XP.

 
The drivers for either optical drive, you got them from mfr's website? and did you uninstall the old drivers first?

I'm on an older version but I don't think Winamp can be used for playing CD's, definitely not for ripping. Not familiar with the other program.

alzan
 
It is not a driver problem at all because the drive will not even open. You guys know of a way to fix this or shoudl I jsut reformt? If reformatting is the way to go you guys know any good ghost software. Norton gives me nothing but problems.
 
OK, going to try to revive a dying thread here.... re-installed my system and it will still recognize that I /have/ a drive hooked up... but I'm still getting nothing power-wise on the drive... damn thing just won't eject... gonna rip the computer apart after class tonight... but any other suggestions would be more than helpful.
 
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