MSI + LG DVD prob

[SoM]

i have two DVD burners, one is LG forgot model. (only the MSI is connected)

other is MSI DH22a9p both are DL burners, and i'm having problems reading a DVD, it's an HP lightscribe type disc DVD-r, no more info on it.

i've burned them with nero 7 ultra with the LG drive on my win XP machine then after a year it don't want to read it, bought the above mentioned MSI drive and it won't read even on win XP or win 7.

currently only the MSI is connected since i only have one IDE plug

ideas ?

[obsidian]

I take it that the DVD used to read okay but isn't anymore? Do other burned DVDs work okay on your DVD drive?

Perhaps you have a scratched disc or DVD-rot. Check for scratches, dark splotches or damaged labels.

Haven't used this before, but maybe give it (or similar program) a shot:
http://www.e-systems.ro/diskcheck.htm


BTW... Nero =
http://www.imgburn.com/ or http://cdburnerxp.se/

[SoM]

I take it that the DVD used to read okay but isn't anymore? Do other burned DVDs work okay on your DVD drive?

Perhaps you have a scratched disc or DVD-rot. Check for scratches, dark splotches or damaged labels.

Haven't used this before, but maybe give it (or similar program) a shot:
http://www.e-systems.ro/diskcheck.htm


BTW... Nero =
http://www.imgburn.com/ or http://cdburnerxp.se/

yeah they work (burned) from other brands, i know my burner ain't dead, especially since i got a new one.

i don't use CD's only DVD's and they're all in mint condition, and i even didn't install nero on this new PC, all my movies are on em DVD's burned as data only with nero with my LG burner.

plus i do use latest imgburn and some DVD's were burnt with it and now dont't read, only use imgburn to burn ISO's/BIN's

[SoM]

screw that proggy

asking me for an activation code by clicking an unknown link.

[obsidian]

Sorry, just found it randomly from a Google search.

Also, what kind of IDE cable are you using? 40 or 80-wire? Use an 80-wire cable if you have one, I've had problems with strange DVD read/write problems with a 40-wire cable.

ATA's ribbon cables have had 40 wires for most of its history (44 conductors for the smaller form-factor version used for 2.5" drives — the extra four for power), but an 80-wire version appeared with the introduction of the Ultra DMA/33 (UDMA) mode. All of the additional wires in the new cable are ground wires, interleaved with the previously defined wires to reduce the effects of capacitive coupling between neighboring signal wires, reducing crosstalk. Capacitive coupling is more of a problem at higher transfer rates, and this change was necessary to enable the 66 megabytes per second (MB/s) transfer rate of UDMA4 to work reliably. The faster UDMA5 and UDMA6 modes also require 80-conductor cables.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA

[SoM]

always 80-pin, that ain't the prob tho

[SoM]

wanted to save a few bux so i didn't get a new SATA burner, i don't think it would help tho

[SoM]

tried a few things, uninstalled the DVD drive, (both drives that is).

will uninstall the nVidia SMU driver (ide) tomorrow and will let windows install it's own, see what happens.

[SoM]

so i uninstalled the IDE driver, and had windows install it's own and now nothing is being read. wtf is going on here. about to re-install it's official driver from nvidia for nforce.

[SoM]

re-installed the forceware drivers, all of them (latest) and now nothing is being read not even my legit win7 disc, wtf?

[Scourge]

Bad IDE port on mb?

[SoM]

nope

[axbaby]

do a root kit scan .. maybe Sony or another company has installed something stupid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootkit

[SoM]

Axah, don't worry i'd never have that crap on mah PC. and ya i did scan and nada

UPDATE

the MSI is dead i think lol

hooked up my Lite-on SHM-165H6S not LG as i said, does boots on PC start and work in windows except for those HP discs.