Sunday, August 28, 2005
Member since:
August 2005
August 2005
The DVD in question is an LG DRD-8160B. It used to work fine but ever since hard drive format it has not been working properly. It will detect and runs cd's fine but it will not detect DVD's when I place any type of DVD in the drive it simply says 'please insert a dick into the drive'. I use windows xp home addition. Its been a real pain as bascialy now I just have a DVD drive acting as a basic cd-rom drive. Can anyone help?
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Member since:
March 2002
March 2002
You need to re-install software that will allow your DVD drive to read DVDs again.
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Member since:
August 2005
August 2005
you mean a firmware update?
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Member since:
March 2002
March 2002
Not sure, but try going to LG's website to see if you can download software/drivers for your DVD drive.
Monday, August 29, 2005
Member since:
August 2005
August 2005
Ok tried a DVD film and it actualy gets detected and runs ok, though ive tried 2 DVD+RW dvd's with data on but they dont get detected. Could it be due to the format of the DVD and the player perhaps being an old model.
Monday, August 29, 2005
Member since:
September 2002
September 2002
You have to download the DVD reader software. Just like Windows has Window Media Player to play the mp3/avi/mpeg format files (the sound card driver is installed), you need DVD software to play your movies.
