Sony Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S

[PCNewb]

Hello All,

Not sure what happened. As far as I recall this drive was working fine. Maybe a year old now, if that. Unsure. I haven't tried to play a DVD from it in ages - just tried and no luck.

The device is recognized in Windows. The device itself can recognize CDs [Music, Data] but it will not recognize any game DVD or movie DVD disk once inserted.

Am I missing something? Standard driver. Sony's website only offers Firmware, not a driver. I have updated to the latest 1.0A firmware made specifically for the 7200S [Sata].

Everything is seated properly within the case [Shuttle xPC].

Am I missing something? Why would a computer all of a sudden stop recognizing DVDs? I know it was working somewhat recently as WoW: WotLK was on DVD release and it was fine. Now its not.

Any tips?

My hardware
[*]Shuttle SP353P2
[*]Intel Q6600
[*]Asus 9600 GT
[*]2x2GB DDR2 800 G.Skill
[*]Imcluded with Shuttle
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[Sam25]

Looks like it's a hardware problem. The player has separate lasers for cd's and dvd's and my guess is that the laser for reading the dvd's has died.

 

[PCNewb]

Thanks! Didn't know that. Guess I'll look into replacement options.

 

[Intexity]

thanks for the info had the same thing happen to my drive and was curious how i could burn cd's but not dvd's now I know

 

[Sam25]

🙂

 

[octopus41092]

Try updating the firmware. I had a Sony Optiarc one that had problems but with a firmware upgrade it fixed it.

 

[Sam25]

Originally posted by: octopus41092
Try updating the firmware. I had a Sony Optiarc one that had problems but with a firmware upgrade it fixed it.

He did update to the latest version of the firmware, he's mentioned it in his first post. That didn't solve the problem for him.