DVD burner burns/reads DVD's but not CD's.. - Honda Forum / Acura Forum

Diana · 05-16-2005, 12:52 AM

I have a Lite-On DVDRW SOHW-1633S and it seems to burn and read dvd's just fine. But when I pop in a CD it just doesn't want to read blank or already recorded ones. (If it helps, my dvd player doesn't want to read the cd's either) so maybe it's a software issue, maybe drivers I have no clue, i uninstalled all my burning programs, drivers and searched on other sites but could not find anything. The wierd thing is that I burned a cd maybe 2 weeks ago and it was fine, tried again with the same cd's and it just won't recognize it. I haven't reformatted or anything, though I did uninstall clone cd from my computer and after that it messed things up. Could i have accidentally deleted something that worked with the cd burning?

PLEASE HELP!! This is so frustrating! thanks

dogyamissedit · 05-16-2005, 12:58 AM

have you tried putting clone cd back on?

Diana · 05-16-2005, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by dogyamissedit

have you tried putting clone cd back on?

yes and it did nothing, i think when i uninstalled it, it did something, deleted something i don't know what.......

dogyamissedit · 05-16-2005, 01:01 AM

hmmmm......

I'm assuming the burner came with the computer?

do you have any disks that go with it? maybe you could try installing from one of those...

UnFukWitAble · 05-16-2005, 01:03 AM

Try to Do a System Restore to a point before you noticed the problem. if you deleteing something messed it up then that may fix it. i'm not sure, but i'll as my comp geek friend tommorow.

Diana · 05-16-2005, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by dogyamissedit

hmmmm......

I'm assuming the burner came with the computer?

do you have any disks that go with it? maybe you could try installing from one of those...

I bought the dvd burner separately from the computer, i have discs but i am not sure where they are

i just used windows to get the drivers then got the firmware from the lite on site.....maybe i'll try the discs tomorrow it's 2 am and i gotta be up in 4 hrs

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Originally Posted by UnFukWitAble

Try to Do a System Restore to a point before you noticed the problem. if you deleteing something messed it up then that may fix it. i'm not sure, but i'll as my comp geek friend tommorow.

I really don't want to do a system restore because then i'll lose my files that i've downloaded lately and also system restores never work for me

UnFukWitAble · 05-16-2005, 01:07 AM

When i do a sys restore my recent DL's are always still there. strange.

Diana · 05-16-2005, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by UnFukWitAble

When i do a sys restore my recent DL's are always still there. strange.

that is strange.....hmmm so the system restore just takes you to when? Cause I don't think i've done one ever

UnFukWitAble · 05-16-2005, 01:18 AM

Normally you can choose froma handfull of dates. i always restore to right before my problems began. i used to be worried about losing everything bc i dl'd alot of stuff, but if i am remembering correctly my files were still there after i was done. strange.... push comes to shove, backup your stuff to DVD and then restore.

Redline25 · 05-16-2005, 07:56 AM

Yeah System restore works great for software issues.

Have you try unplugging your CD/DVD rom data & power cables?

Just unplug & reconnect them.. and see what happens.
Doesn't hurt.

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Originally Posted by Diana

I have a Lite-On DVDRW SOHW-1633S and it seems to burn and read dvd's just fine. But when I pop in a CD it just doesn't want to read blank or already recorded ones. (If it helps, my dvd player doesn't want to read the cd's either) so maybe it's a software issue, maybe drivers I have no clue, i uninstalled all my burning programs, drivers and searched on other sites but could not find anything. The wierd thing is that I burned a cd maybe 2 weeks ago and it was fine, tried again with the same cd's and it just won't recognize it. I haven't reformatted or anything, though I did uninstall clone cd from my computer and after that it messed things up. Could i have accidentally deleted something that worked with the cd burning?

PLEASE HELP!! This is so frustrating! thanks

UnFukWitAble · 05-16-2005, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Redline25

Yeah System restore works great for software issues.

Have you try unplugging your CD/DVD rom data & power cables?

Just unplug & reconnect them.. and see what happens.
Doesn't hurt.

i never even thought of that. thats the first step i always take.

Diana · 05-16-2005, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Redline25

Yeah System restore works great for software issues.

Have you try unplugging your CD/DVD rom data & power cables?

Just unplug & reconnect them.. and see what happens.
Doesn't hurt.

going to try the discs that came with the burner first then if it doesn't work i shall try unplugging it, never thought of that, thank you

Redline25 · 05-17-2005, 02:28 PM

So did it do the trick?

Any updates on the problem?

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Originally Posted by Diana

going to try the discs that came with the burner first then if it doesn't work i shall try unplugging it, never thought of that, thank you

Diana · 05-17-2005, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Redline25

So did it do the trick?

Any updates on the problem?

I decided to..................reformat this stupid thing tonite hopefully it'll fix the problem, had too much spyware that would not go away and i have no patience to fix the problem

thanks for all the help everyone who tried!

Diana · 05-18-2005, 11:44 PM

Update:

Reformatted, still same problem, tried to clean the laser, won't read the disc, e-mailed the tech support for the place i got it at waiting for reply, did some research on the internet and seems like a common occurance with all types of dvd burners, still boggles my mind how the dvd part can work fine burning and reading but the cd part doesn't do a damn thing, the dvd player works fine and reads cd's which is