My DVD-player died completely!

Computer Hardware
#1

So… I have an Acer TravelMate 4072WLMi with a LiteOn (i guess?) dvd-burner. It’s supposed to handle all kinds of media and after having no trouble with dvd+rw for a while i wanted to try “the original” dvd-rw. Verbatim 6x that is. Couldn’t burn it at either 6x, 4x, or 2x without the PC and burner getting completely locked (but I could move the mouse etc…)

Anyway, after having to reboot the PC manually to be able to try all the different speeds I then tried to use a Memorex dvd+rw at 2,4x. It seemed to work just fine, and it completed just like all other disks I burn. When I wanted to test if it would run on the computer it said “EMPTY DISK” and I saw the regular choices of what I’d like to do with the “empty” disk.

…Soooooo, I tried to play the film on my Denon DVD-1400, but it started to make very weird mechanical noises (clonking) and then it died. The weirdest thing is that I can’t seem to start it again! It has been a completely flawless DVD player for some years now. How could it just completely die after inserting a faulty dvd+rw? :eek:

Thank you for your time…

#2

[QUOTE=t0dy;1920917]So… I have an Acer TravelMate 4072WLMi with a LiteOn (i guess?) dvd-burner. It’s supposed to handle all kinds of media and after having no trouble with dvd+rw for a while i wanted to try “the original” dvd-rw. Verbatim 6x that is. Couldn’t burn it at either 6x, 4x, or 2x without the PC and burner getting completely locked (but I could move the mouse etc…)

Anyway, after having to reboot the PC manually to be able to try all the different speeds I then tried to use a Memorex dvd+rw at 2,4x. It seemed to work just fine, and it completed just like all other disks I burn. When I wanted to test if it would run on the computer it said “EMPTY DISK” and I saw the regular choices of what I’d like to do with the “empty” disk.

…Soooooo, I tried to play the film on my Denon DVD-1400, but it started to make very weird mechanical noises (clonking) and then it died. The weirdest thing is that I can’t seem to start it again! It has been a completely flawless DVD player for some years now. How could it just completely die after inserting a faulty dvd+rw? :eek:

Thank you for your time…[/QUOTE]

Have you taken out the drive itself? Also how did you know it was a faulty dvd+rw media? How old is the laptop? Also could be time for new drive to replace that drive if it is past it’s lifetime usage…or just needs to be replaced…

#3

Is that your question?

My first guess would be that it was pretty old & on it’s way out anyway :stuck_out_tongue:

Second guess would be that the media is unsupported & the optical lens moved too close to the media & made contact with the disc.
Pioneer had issues with one series of it’s burners a long time ago where inserting a DVD+R (I think), would damage the drive.

DVD-R media came to market before DVD+R, but DVD+RW was popular on the market before DVD-RW.

Advice … your Laptops DVDRW drive most likely doesn’t support it (or at least that media ID). Don’t use that brand & media type combination again.

And older DVD players had trouble with burnt media -> Use bitsetting (fools the player into thinking it’s a pressed DVD).

#4

Ok, so they may be quite old, but I still dont understand how the DENON DVD-1400 could just crash like that. Thanks for the answers!