DVD writer won't read DVDs - not the usual problem !

[simplygreg]

So see here...http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

Tried doing that BUT problem is my registry does NOT have those "upperfilter" and "lowerfilter" options. It just says
Default
Class
ClassDesc
ETC ETC - but it has no mention of upperfilter etc

I am running vista x64 - annoying why the hell can't things just work - it really is irritating. And obviously i cannot find any drivers for my samsung dvd writer which is a SH-s223

Any suggestions?
Thanks guys

[simplygreg]

My old games work fine - Call of Duty original is starting up great. Crysis and CnC 3 worked fine earlier today. Now it wont read the DVDs at all

Call of Duty is a CD
The new games are DVDs does this have something to do with it

... Just tried to play a DVD movie on it - it rejected it and said please insert a CD/DVD - therefore it would appear CDs run okay but DVDs are a no no...

[peterb]

Looks as if Windows is not recognising it as a DVD player. You could try d-installing it and then re-installing. There is a support site here for Samsung which may be of use..

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/do...ortDownMain.do

[simplygreg]

Downloaded their driver... apparently its not compatible with x64 edition hence why the exe file opens and just closes

Hmm... should I just wipe the drivers anyway and see what happens. Apparently you shouldn't need user drivers for a DVD drive?

If i write click on the drive and go into properties etc it eventually says the "Value" is CD-ROM drive - not DVD... hmm

Also the devide isnt described as Samsung... its TSSTCorp

[TAKTAK]

yup TSSTcorp is right, it stands for toshiba samsung (something) tecnology, i'm sure a google will bring it up

and no, you don't need additional drivers for a DVD drive, just let windows sort it out

the easiest way is to connect the drive to a different SATA/IDE port if available...

[simplygreg]

yup TSSTcorp is right, it stands for toshiba samsung (something) tecnology, i'm sure a google will bring it up

and no, you don't need additional drivers for a DVD drive, just let windows sort it out

the easiest way is to connect the drive to a different SATA/IDE port if available...

If i wasnt to do the latter, could I just right click my D drive properties etc etc and then go into the TSST and then click uninstall.. will that remove the drivers. Then restart the system and windows should sort it?

Thanks guys

[simplygreg]

Could the DVD laser have gone? It is a new drive though...

[LuckyNV]

If you have another computer to test it could identify if your DVD read head is dead.

CD and DVD read heads are separate, its a common reason if for some reason you can read one but not the other, funny thing is its usually the DVD reader dying first.

edit - doesn't really matter if something is new, with computer parts they are all susceptible to premature deaths.