drive has stopped working

worried_jim

My dvd rw drive has stopped working its a LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-160P6S ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]. it was working fine yesterday and today it wont load a disk, the disk hasn't been removed from the drive since it was last working.
I have tried a music cd but no joy. when a disk is inserted it just clicks and spins at a slow speed but never really "revs" up. I have tried a lens cleaner disk but no help. The pc is 18 months old and the drive used every day, but rarely opened as I only use the one program. It does open and close as normal.
Any ideas?

Wombat

Have you rebooted the PC since last using the DVD drive?

If so, I'd remove the disk and try uninstalling and reinstalling it in Device Manager in the Control Panel.

If that doesn't work, I'd say it was worn out and needs replacing.

HTH.

Conor_3

Take the drive out of the PC. Take the top lid off it and you'll see a small round glass circle bit near the middle -( may need to lift up the metal plate above it) . Get a cotton bud, rest the tip on the glass and rotate slowly. Pop it all back together.

Lense cleaners are fine but don't remove grease or heavy dust. If you've got people who smoke, a lense cleaner is useless.

splot_2

This regularly happens to my Lite-on DVD drive and it isn't used at all as I have Sony DVD RW installed and use that most of the time.

When it happens to me I simply go to device manager and refresh the hardware until the drive is showing. Hope that helps.

worried_jim

looks like it has packed in. I will get a replacement (only about £15). when it comes to swapping them over do I just pop out the old one and reconnect the new? will I have to install software all will windows automatically search the web for it? whenever i've done these "simple" tasks in the past they have always gone horrible wrong !

Wombat

If you buy a new drive it will probably come with an installation disk and maybe even some kind of disk management or media playing software, but if you just unplug the old and plug in the new, XP or Vista may well cope OK with the change.

If it doesn't, then you might need to use the installation disk for the drivers.

TonyMMM

Make sure you get an ATA drive (also known as IDE) and not the newer SATA type which are now much more common (different connectors)

worried_jim

TonyMMM wrote: »

Make sure you get an ATA drive (also known as IDE) and not the newer SATA type which are now much more common (different connectors)

This LG PATA 22X GH22NP20 Internal Super Multi DVD Rewrite Drive will work efficiently and reliably to make sure you can make durable, compact hard copies of all your important files. The GH22-NP20 Internal Super Multi DVD Rewrite Drive includes SecurDisc technology, password and copy protection and data integrity checks to ensure your data is safely and reliably written to DVD.

• Internal PATA 22x DVD Rewriter
• With SecurDisc - for data protection
• Password Protection
• Digital Signature

• Data Reliability
• Data Integrity Check
• Copy Protection

am i okay ?

TonyMMM

Should be fine

worried_jim

all fitted and working. took 20 mins. cheers guys !