dvd drive

[silverwolf6625]

hey guys i had my new Black 22x SATA DVD RW Dual Layer ReWriter come to day and at first i install fined wouldent played copy right dicksor some think tryed my old drive and worked fine but it keeps playing up when i pluged both in couldent load up windows and such iv tryed diffent dvds and thay worked appc some not sure wots wrong iv tryed pluging new 1 back in and if im lucky windows will boost with it but when i try disks just keep freezing on me and such iv tryed all day and still aint working plz help.

[Evan]

Have you tried the drive in another system or in another SATA port? Also try using a different SATA cable and make sure you have the correct drivers installed. Please be specific in telling me which of those you have tried so we can try to eliminate different areas.

Evan

[Shane]

Try it in another machine if you can.

I have also seen drives give problems because windows sets their DMA to high.

IN the device manager under the IDE controllers you can see what DMA the drive is using.
I had a dvd drive that windows kept putting at DMA 4 and the drive wouldn't work right. I forced it to use DMA 2 like most drives use and it worked perfectly.

So it could be something off like that as well.

Shane

[silverwolf6625]

sorry for long reply i for got to reply m iv tryed swaping my hdd lead over and useing like dat but it load till windows 7 logo came up loaded dat but screen went black after dat i dont have any other pc unless my mate will let me try on his some 1 from me family thinks me motherbord but be to old for the drive or might be lazer dont see how if if it played films it dident play be for and iv updated drive i got program on the disk it auto updates its self

[Shane]

Did you check the DMA in the device manager?

Shane

[silverwolf6625]

o my do i need to plug my new drive in while i check it or cause i got my old drive in at the moment abourt to restick my new drive in and i go do what u said and let u no

[Shane]

Is your old drive working fine? or are both messing up?

Shane

[silverwolf6625]

my old drive works gd atm but i be giveing dat 1 to my dad soon when i get more parts cause building me dad a pc

[Shane]

So only the new drive is causing problems. That helps determine if it is the drive it self. Any chance you have another machine you can hook the new drive to to test? If it still fails in a different system then it is confirmed a bad drive.

If works just fine then we need to check some settings in your system

Shane

[silverwolf6625]

ok pc on and its plug in what should i do next

[silverwolf6625]

i only have 1 dvd drive im not sure if i need get pc to pick up the drive or if i need to check some setting be for i can test it i could ask my mate if i can test in his pc if im able what should i be looking for cause i dont think bios is picking my drive up does with my old 1 when i go in to it but my old 1 dont use s-ata as this new drive does

[Shane]

Best test is to try another system. So if you could do that then it would help determine where the problem is

Shane

[silverwolf6625]

ok i ask my mate if i can take it round and try on his pc m if he says yes how should i test try loading 1 of my blank my DVDS or

[Shane]

Test by doing the same things that fail on yours.

If it work on his then we know to look at your system.
If it also fails on his then you have a bad drive

Shane

[silverwolf6625]

ok i test 2 films and see if my blank disks loadup with out going nuts i ask after diner and will let u no how it goes