I haven't used my ND-3540a Drive for regular DVD's in awhile, about 1 month, I tried to use it today to watch Donnie Darko but it froze my explorer. I restarted my computer and tried another dvd, didn't work either. Updated my firmware to 1.03 didn't work either. My drive can read burned dvds and cd-rs. Anyone know what I can do now?
I dont know if this would help, but have u tried reinstalling the dvd decoder software, some of its files may of got corrupted.
i dont think that would help, because i havent done anything to PowerDVD and it works with my 2nd dvd drive
CD-ROM: OK CD-R: OK DVD-R: OK DVD-ROM: NOT OK Something wierd is going on... Wish i could return it but i bought it on newegg 9/21/05 and there policy is 30 days, cr!p.
I have the opposite problem here. My cheapo, DVD-ROM drive, normally only used when copying discs, no longer plays DVD-R and locks up explorer. Never found out why... I'm just assuming it's b0rked, as it's very old. Have you tried all the obvious things? DIfferent IDE channel, different master/slave settings? Have you changed regions more than 4 times in the firmware?
Yeah people mentioned that your problem is similiar to mine. I haven't tried another IDE Channel yet. And I have never changed my region settings. Dirty Laser? Maybe but I keep my room very clean so there is not that much dust around my computer. If it is dirty, what can i do?
well, i had a problem with my xbox the laser was dirty and it wouldnt read the games so i went out and brought a laser cleaner, its a cd with some fine brushes on it. I dont know where you could pick one up in america but i got mine from harvey norman in australia.
Nope just tried that... didnt work, anything else? EDIT: I don't know why every cd works except for "official" dvds...
LOL I do not want to do that... there must be a way to FIX it... EDIT: NewEgg.com has approved to let me return it... One thing that is wierd is that they dont sell this drive anymore, what are they gonna give me in return?
