Hardware is shown but dvd dont read - Computers & Internet

your CD ROM is combo drive which means you can read and write cd but only read dvd you will have to by DVD writer which is normally with all DVD rom

It sounds like the problem is your hardware, the current optical drive you have installed cannot burn disks, not matter what software you download you will not be able to do this without the correct hardware. You will need to buy a new drive that is Read/Write capable from a local computer store.

There is no firmware updates shown on the yamaha website shown for this model.

http://download.yamaha.com/search/product/

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First thing to do is go onto the start menu, and right click on computer, click on properties and look for the hardware tab. Click on device manager and look for DVD/CD rom drives. Click the plus sign next to that selection and see if you DVD drive is shown or if it has a question mark next to it.

If it is shown and you click on it, it will tell you if the device is working properly. If it is, then you may just need to obtain a DVD/CD cleaning disk. The lenses do get dirty, similar to a audio CD player, and need to be cleaned to read properly.

The only other thing you can do is make sure the device is seated properly into the laptop, but they are secured with a screw on the bottom of the laptop, so that does not often happen.

If the device is not working properly, right click on it and choose uninstall. Restart your computer and the device will be seen as new hardware and a driver installed by windows. If you need an updated driver, go to www.dell.com, choose support and put your service tag in to get all available drivers for your laptop.

Try these suggestions and see if that solves your problem.

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Thank You,

Brian

Looks to me like a hardware problem

If you have CD-DVD burning software uninstall it and restart the computer.Open this link and click on run now http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461

Restart computer again and check

it seems there is a hardware failure
if your drive light blinks when you insert dvd
try going to the boot up sector and check dvd drive connections
or else
replace the drive

Problems like this are rally common, in fact CD/DVD ROM hardware will die at any point of its usage. When experiencing problems like "no disc on drive X" or "Can't read contents on CD" or if you have a dual function CD/DVD-RW, one of its functions will stop working.
Most problems can be solved by uninstalling the hardware and reinstalling it or check for firmware updates but chances are that you need to replace it with a new one.
I had a SonyVio laptop for 5 years and I replace the driver three times.

Good luck.

my Solution is to purchase an external dvd writer and use that as the internal onse dont last long as the heat from the laptop can cause problems to the connectors to the dvd burners.

hope this will help.

You state a problem here that is going to need a lot more info before a suggested fix could be provided. is this a new drive you added to your computer or a "factory installed" drive? If a new drive, did it come with "driver files" to be installed into Windows and did you install them? During installation, what questions were you asked and how did you answer them? By the way, my DVD drive shows up as a "CD Drive" in My Computer too, but it still reads & writes DVDs. Try right clicking on the drive in My Computer, click on "Properties" and then click on the "Hardware" tab. When the hardware screen opens, try clicking on "Troubleshoot" and follow the directions. This might work if you are in Windows XP.