Question

DVD ROM won't play DVD's and DOES NOT RECOGNIZE

Asked by: cornfused18

I have an LG DVD-ROM DRD8160B.  I also have WINDVD4 and MEDIA PLAYER, FLASH, QUICK..... So it should play DVD's.  When I put a DVD in the drive nothing happens.  You hear it start up and then shut right back down.  Of-course I can not find the original start up disk that I would have received when I purchased it many years ago.  I don't think I have ever been able to play a DVD on the computer. I thought when you purchase DVD software to play DVD's on the computer it would come with the de-coder? Or do I have to buy the de-coder seperately?  NOW check this out.  When I go to my computer it shows my DVD but when I go to the properties and it shows type it shows CD.  I don't know much about this and really need some help

Thank You So Much,
Angie

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Answers

 

by: f-kingPosted on 2006-10-03 at 01:56:01ID: 17650112

hi
All you need to play the Dvd's is the software the decoding is done by the software program like WinDvd.
Have you tried running WinDvd and then inserting the dvd to see if it plays it,
also in my computer can you go into the Dvd Rom when the dvd is inserted to see the files on the Dvd.
If not it could be a problem with the Dvd disc or Dvd Rom.

 

by: zdkevPosted on 2006-10-03 at 06:44:53ID: 17651370

This is what I digg up from Google:  You might need to update the DVD drive firmware...

"Fellow LG DRD8160B users,
I just fixed my problem that was similar to yours. A little after purchasing my DVD drive, I noticed that it stopped playing some DVDs, while playing others. Music CDs were fine. I visited this site looking for solutions, and found that you too had similar problems. I believe that I have found a solution... and I thought that you might want to give it a try.


The solution for me was to flash my firmware. Go to the LG site, and download the firmware for DRD8160B. It has a wierd name, like LG_DRD8160B-LOTR.exe Once you click on the exe file, it will launch the extracter. Inside the folder with extracted files, find the README file. There is useful information, notably:
a. you will need to create a bootable floppy disk, and copy the files in the extracted folder into the floppy (When asked to confirm overrite of files, choose yes to all)
b. IMPORTANT: For the firmware to work, it is very important that the DVD drive is the master on the Secondary IDE. If you have more than one CD/DVD drive, make sure that the DVD drive is set as the master, (I disconnected the power off my other CD drive, so ensure that it would not be detected during the flash upgrade.)
c. Restart the PC with the boot disc inside. Once this is done, your PC will load the firmware update program. After the A:\ prompt, type LGUP, and the upgrade will begin. Do not disconnect your PC before the process is complete. Once you are told to restart your machine, go on and do so. (This information and more is found in the README file) (If you had disconnected any other drives, proceed to reconnect them after you have switched off your machine.)
d. Once your machine has booted up, your PC will be ready to play the DVDs it couldn't before, but was previously able to. Happy DVD watching. P/S: I think the problem was caused by the fact that there were new DVD encoding formats, and hence this update is necessary to be able to read newer DVDs.
Get in touch if this info is of help.
I'd love to hear of your success stories!
Kim Kariuki "

Here is the link:  http://www.eio.com/public/dvddrv/0418.html

 

by: cornfused18Posted on 2006-10-03 at 21:49:41ID: 17656983

That sounds great and all, I did go to the website and found that download, but my luck, it is not available.  I clicked other downloads and the install information came up like it is supose it.  When I clicked on the like for the DRD 8160 B download I was always redirected to the following address it not available screen.  Any other ideas would be great.
Or if you find out that it is a "user" error please let me know how to download that file.

 

by: zdkevPosted on 2006-10-04 at 05:55:47ID: 17658914

I was able to track down the drivers here:

http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=46613

You have to sign up to download.  If you don't want to sign up, I can email you the file if you want.

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