How To Clean The Dvd Disc Drive On A Emachines Computer

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Oct 22, 2009

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I have an eMachines T3830 running on windows XP that won't read any cd'south or dvd's I put in it. The drive shows up in the my computer file. When I put a disc in the tray it makes sounds similar it's trying to read it and then information technology stops and it doesn't evidence annihilation in the cd/dvd drive. (The drive still shows upward, only information technology doesn't prove there being anything on the disc or playing information technology like information technology should). The disc icon appears adjacent to my cursor when it is trying to read a cd then it disappears when it fails. It'due south similar it tin't tell that there is a disc in it when at that place is 1. The discs are clean and without scratches. Also I've tried them on some of my other computers and they read just fine. Whatsoever suggestions on how to fix this similar downloading some driver or tinkering with the operating system. Any help would exist appreciated. Cheers, Glen.

Jan 7, 2009

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It's either your bulldoze is no longer working properly, not properly connected to your eMachines' mobo, or something in Windows got corrupted.

To test the offset possibility, try the drive with another figurer. The second requires checking all connections within the example, and the third requires a registry restore or even an OS reinstall.

Jun 29, 2006

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the failure mode for many older opticals is that the laser stops operation. I've had three or four drives out of the hundreds that take passed through my hands fail in that manner.

Oct 22, 2009

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I tried putting the drive on some other figurer and there is still the same problem. All the connections wait ok. Reinstalling the OS is out of the question because that's what I wanted to utilize the cd/dvd drive for to reinstall the Bone as it has been having many problems similar crashing oft and randomly. The OS is on a disc, but how am I suppose to reinstall the OS if the disc drive is not working to read the disc and install it from the disc in the first place?

Dec 29, 2009

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I am having a similiar problem with my emachine. We have a T3642 desktop and I am having trouble getting information technology to recognize any disc. I was trying to install new software and when I inserted the disc my estimator did non recognize it. I installed a new drive and I am still having the same problem. When I commencement insert the disc I tin hear it spin like it is trying to read the disc but zip shows up on the desktop. I even tried connecting it to our vacant expandable bulldoze only to have the same result. Any ideas??

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I am having a similiar trouble with my emachine. We have a T3642 desktop and I am having trouble getting it to recognize any disc. I was trying to install new software and when I inserted the disc my computer did non recognize it. I installed a new drive and I am still having the same problem. When I outset insert the disc I can hear it spin like it is trying to read the disc but nothing shows upwards on the desktop. I even tried connecting it to our vacant expandable drive only to have the same result. Any ideas??

I have the aforementioned problem but how to y'all reinstall OS if the drives not seeing CDs

Jul 23, 2022

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DO NOT Purchase A NEW DRIVE
Why this data is not easy to detect is beyond me.
Try this:

Device Director
IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
>correct click
Main IDE Channel (I exercise secondary too)
Backdrop
Advanced Settings
Transfer Mode
>Change from DMA to PIO

This worked for me both times this problem cropped up.
Don't know why then many "EXPERT" sites never have an reply for this mutual problem.

Quit telling people to buy new drives when y'all don't know what's wrong.

October 2, 2008

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