DVD drive problems.

[Buleste]

It's the same as it was before it stopped working. so it's not that. Like I say I think the main motor has died. I'll find out tomorrow when the new DVD comes in.

[Harrison]

But I thought you said it worked on the Amiga? If the motor has died then it wouldn't work.

[Buleste]

It does. But being as everything else has been ruled out I can't think of anything else. Maybe the Miggy is less sensitive than the PC. I'm not sure. TBH i'll try anything at the mo. Hopefully the Hard drives won't die on my PC so I won't need the DVD at the moment.

[woody.cool]

Other than that, it could be that something on the PCB (inside the drive) has died, possibly something that the Amiga doesn't use.

Another possiblilty. DVD drives have two lazers - one for reading CDs and one for reading DVDs, also reading CD-Rs, CD-RWs, DVD+/-Rs and DVD+/-RWs is much less reliable than reading properly manufactured CDs and DVDs

[Harrison]

Last thing you can try is a registry fix. Sometimes the registry keys relating to the DVD drive get corrupted and this can stop the drive from working.

Open regedit and find the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/Currentcontrolset/Control/Class/

Right click on the key:

{4d36e965-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}

Export it to a safe place in case this doesn't work.

Now go to the right pane and delete the keys named UpperFilters and Lowerfilters.

Close regedit and restart the computer. Windows should now detect and reinstall the DVD drive.

Let me know if this works.