DVD Drive Won't Open

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kduniverse · #1 Post by **kduniverse** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:51 am

it will blink a few times then nothing. If I use the paperclip method, it will open, but when I put a disk in, still nothing. What's up?

andyP · #2 Post by **andyP** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:14 am

It would help to know which TP you're using.
However, this was a known problem with some drives and the DLA utility. You could try this patch:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-40970

kduniverse · #3 Post by **kduniverse** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:16 am

andyP · #4 Post by **andyP** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:21 am

I'd give the patch a go, it works with W2K and XP

kduniverse · #5 Post by **kduniverse** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:24 am

Says it's already installed.

Purcy · #6 Post by **Purcy** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:58 am

have you checked for a newer driver, or uninstalled and re-install your current driver?

kduniverse · #7 Post by **kduniverse** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:17 am

I check Software Installer weekly and I seriously haven't had an update in 5 months.

#8 Post by **GomJabbar** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:14 pm

Try the following. Go to My Computer, right-click on the DVD drive, choose Properties > DLA, and uncheck box to "Enable DLA on your drives".

You can also uninstall DLA if you do not use packet writing to your DVD drive. Any packet writing software can be suspect. Nero has one called INCD.

kduniverse · #9 Post by **kduniverse** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:32 am

To be honest, I have no idea what packet writing is. I unchecked the box. Does the program Sonic have anything to do with this. Looks like it's associated somehow.

#10 Post by **GomJabbar** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:01 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_writing

Sonic makes DLA as well as RecordNow! They are separate programs for doing different things. RecordNow! seems to work OK.

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