Problems with DVD-RAM drive

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#1 Post by **thePCxp** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:03 am

I am having problems with my DVD-RAM drive in my R51. It sometimes dosen't read whatever disks I put in (whether they are burned or not) and It somethimes can't burn disks (and right now it can't do neither of those things). I have tried everything that I could think of including installing the latest drivers but it still keeps giving me problems.

christopher_wolf · #2 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:54 am

Does it make any strange sounds when reading other types of discs? If you could run a PC-Doctor check on it too, that would be great.

Does it do it for just DVDs or all optical media?

#3 Post by **thePCxp** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:26 pm

It does it for all optical media and it dosen't make any strange sounds but sometimes (or most of the time) during startup, it makes some clicking noises (like if its trying to read a disk when there isn't a disk in the drive) and it makes them after the IBM ThinkPad logo and before Windows starts up. And I couldn't run a PC-Doctor test.

ThinkPad R · #4 Post by **ThinkPad R** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:30 pm

Recently I'v seen several problem requests in the RAG forum so I'm posting this that I stopped working on.

http://www.gigasize.com/get.php/203869/thinkpads.pdf

I hope this helps.

#5 Post by **thePCxp** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:41 am

I tried that and I am still having problems.

NS · #6 Post by NS » Fri Dec 01, 2006 1:53 am

thePCxp wrote:I am having problems with my DVD-RAM drive in my R51. It sometimes dosen't read whatever disks I put in (whether they are burned or not) and It somethimes can't burn disks (and right now it can't do neither of those things). I have tried everything that I could think of including installing the latest drivers but it still keeps giving me problems.

Did you touch the lens? Your R51 ultrabay is almost similar to my R52. Try to swap someone's ultrabay and used that and check to see whether it is the ultrabay problem. I believed that it might be the lens.

Report back after swapping your ultrabay with someone and if problem persist.

#7 Post by **thePCxp** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 2:25 am

I didn't touch the lens and I don't have someone else to swap the ultrabay with (or maybe I do

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#8 Post by **thePCxp** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:35 pm

I called IBM/Lenovo yesterday and they said that I needed A new drive and I got it today and its working fine now

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