4-20 Troubleshooting
ODD Not Operating Correctly 0
If the ODD exhibits any of the following symptoms it may be faulty:
Audio CDs do not play when loaded
DVDs do not play when loaded
Blank discs do not burn correctly
DVD or CD play breaks up or jumps
Optical drive not found or not active:
Not shown in My Computer or the BIOS setup
LED does not flash when the computer starts up
The tray does not eject
Access failure screen is shown
The ODD is noisy
Perform the following, one at a time:
1. Boot the computer and retry the operation.
2. Use an different disc.
3. Navigate to Start
Computer. Check that the ODD device is shown in the Devices
with Removable Storage panel.
4. Navigate to Start
Control Panel
System and Maintenance
System
Device
Manager.
5. Double click lDE ATA/ATAPI controllers. If a device shows a down arrow, right click on
the device and click Enable.
6. Double-click DVD/CD-ROM drives. If the device shows a down arrow, right click on the
device and click Enable.
7. Make sure that there are no yellow exclamation marks against the items in lDE
ATA/ATAPI controllers. If a device has an exclamation mark, uninstall and reinstall
the driver.
8. Check that there are no yellow exclamation marks against the items in DVD/CD-ROM
drives. If a device has an exclamation mark, uninstall and reinstall the driver.
9. If the exclamation marker is not removed from the item in the lists, remove any recently
installed software and retrying the operation.
Discs Do Not Play
0
If discs do not play when inserted into the drive, perform the following:
1. Check that the disc is correctly seated in the drive tray and that the label on the disc is
visible.
2. Check that the media is clean and scratch free.
3. Try an alternate disc in the drive.
4. Confirm that AutoPlay is enabled:
Navigate to Start
Control Panel
Hardware and Sound
AutoPlay.
Select Use AutoPlay for all media and devices.
In the Audio CD and DVD Movie fields, select the desired player from the drop down
menu.
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