It supposed to read/write both DVD and CD. But after a few months of use, it can't read/write CDs, and the DVD read/write is still working. Any idea?
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The unit does have a different head for CD so it is possible for one to go bad and the other stay working.\n\nIf you won't read or write and you have tried different media my guess is your CD head is bad. The writers are a throw away item now. They are so cheap you don't want to fix them.
545355
There are two different lasers in the drive, one that reads CDs, and one that reads DVDs. You'll have to replace the drive if you want CDs to work, as the laser that reads the CDs has given out it sounds like.
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All the answers are good. Since it doesn't read any kind of disk try a CD lens cleaner or if you can work with a screw driver and you can remember where things go read the next paragraph.\n\nIf the drive is no longer under warrenty. Disconnect it from the computer. remove the screws at the bottom and then remove the upper cover. If you can see the lens, take a earbud and dip it into some blue (methylated) spirits and wipe off the lens with the earbud. You may need to push the slider beneath the tray left or right to get the tray to open, so the lens is exposed. Re-assemble the drive and see if it works. In my experience this works on 1 out of every 4 cd/dvd roms. Most of the drive i cleaned like that lasted another year to two years.  \n\nCommercial cd lens cleaners dont always do a good job so its best done manually. Works for playstation and cd players, sometimes.
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you probably need a new disc drive, your old one is probabaly broken...  try buying a new one...
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Go into Device Manager, uninstall the cdrom, then reboot. If that doesn't work, reinstall the drivers from the disk that came with the burner, or OS. If you don't have these disks, then download the drivers from the manufacturer's website. What's happening is that you might have corrupted drivers that may need to be reinstalled, or, replaced with newer ones. :)
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You probably had it set to emulate/test mode.  In that mode, it doesn't really burn the disc.  Check the settings and look for something like that.
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Another thing you could check is whether the cd is a +R or a -R. Because it really makes a difference which one it is. A +R has compatability issues with many computers where as a -R is more compatible. So I'd check that out too.
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A cd-r/w will only copy cd/r and cd/rw ..It sounds as if you only have a dvd player--not a dvd writer installed on your system..you can copy the two types of cd's,though
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get the right drivers for it, you can get that at samsung.com maybe or it might come with a cd and make sure your combo drive can READ cds... it might be for burning\n\n or you might need a dvd watching programb
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The laser which reads the disk is proabably burning or burnt out. This is something that can be repaired, but in most cases it is just cheaper to go buy a new one, which are as little as like 30 bucks at wal mart or somewhere like that.
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if its new you could try re-installing it.  if its old maybe the laser is burned out.  maybe the dvd is not write-able.\nif you just bought it take it back to the store for an exchange.
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You can buy a new CD or DVD drive alone. You should look to buy a CD writer DVD ROM combo drive, if you also want to burn CDs. You could also buy a DVD writer so you can burn DVDs and CDs as well as watch DVDs and use CDs. They are fairly inexpensive, and also come with all the software you would need to do all these, so if you have problems with your existing one, you should just buy a new one.
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Try using a lense cleaner. I had an HP cd-rw drive that did the same crap. It would never recognize a bured cd. Well, turns out, this particular CD Burner was made for HP by Samsung. I did a firmware and driver update, that helped alot. But I noticed that if the drive wasn't cleaned freaquently, it would not read burned cd's, or recognise blank ones. So first things, first, try just cleaning it.\n\nIf that doesn't fix it, I highly recomend replacing it!\nI've never had that great of luck with Samsung drives of any kind in a computer. \n\nI highly recomend drives made by LiteOn. They make a fantastic drives and they're very afordable.\n\nIf You want slightly better performance however, Toshiba makes a realy good drive as well. I highly recomend one of their DVD multi drives!\n\nFinaly, Pioneer! A little pricey, but not too bad. I've had a couple of their DVD rom drives. One thing I can say about the Pioneer drives is that they do much better with dirty and scratched Optical disks than most drives I've used. I don't know what their DVD burners cost now adays, but a strait up DVD-Rom shouldn't be more than 30 bucks!
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Make sure nothing is on the cd's and they are the right format. The format is all that makes the difference and a blank cd. maybe your laser or something needs cleaned off a little? I have a cd burner that has both cd r+ and cd r- so I dont have to worry about that. The is a cd with brushes on the from Maxell that I use to clean my heads on my lasers every month and dont have probs with em at all and I have had them from years.
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Good day. Whew! lol Yeah if u keep burning and burning yeah the device may die especially if u are burning Cds to fast. How long u had the cd burner? if a long time, then it died most likely. Happens a lot u wudnt believe. Get a new one. Its cheap & simple to replace. Laterz
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I don't have your laptop but my laptop has the same DVD writer. It says it can read/write DVD-RAM but I have not tried one yet. You may need to update firmware or try different brand DVD-RAMs.
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First you should check that its actually the CD ROM drive that is bad and not the actual CD.  Have you tried using other CD's in the drive?\n\nThen I would unplug the power from your system open up the box and ensure that the power cord and bus are still firmly connected (unlikely that they are become disconnected but you might as well check)\n\nIf none of those did the trick, then I would purchase a new one.  They are super easy to install.