20 Most Recent Teac (DW-224E) DVD Drive Questions & Answers

Hi,

Here's the newest driver for your burner. Go to Control Panel, thenDevice Manager, then click on the + symbol next to disk drives, anddouble click on the TEAC device. Click the Driver tab and press UpdateDriver, then choose the 'Let me find the driver' option, and navigateto the folder where you unzipped the file to. Double click and Install.Reboot.

http://www.softwaredriverdownload.com/download/driver/DW224E.ZIP

For burning, I would recommend Nero, Alcohol 120% or ImgBurn.

Good luck and Season's Greetings!

Chris (ziraffa)

Hmm, sounds different to the usual problems I've come across but try this: Paste the following into a new text document and "Save As..." type "All Files (*.*)" and call it "DVD Fix.bat" @ECHO OFF REG DELETE "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}" /v "UpperFilters /f > NUL ECHO Press any key to restart the computer. PAUSE > NUL Shutdown.exe -r -t 0 -f -c "UpperFilters reg key removed to fix CD/DVD-ROM" -d p:2:3 Run the file and restart your computer when prompted. If you're trying to write to a blank disc, make sure in the drive's properties that you have recording/burning enabled. If you do, try re-installing your CD/DVD burning suite. If you didn't have one, try a system restore. If this doesn't work or you've disable system restore, you can go into hardware manager and roll-back the driver. If you don't have a roll-back available. uninstall the driver and restart your computer. A default Windows driver should then install. Check the drive is physically performing - does it load/eject the disc? Does it spin-up? Are you able to read any discs? I you have any further problems, it would help if we had the model name of your laptop.

It could be a problem with the lens, you should try cleaning the lens, it's already gone bad there is no harm in trying

if that doesn't work you can either repalce the lens or purchase a new DVD/CD drive

There should be a small pin-hole on the face of the cd dvd player, shove a paper clip in the hole until it opens the player and ejects the disc.

Yes. The drive is dead.

Click start control panel administrive tools,computer management,device manager scroll down cd-dvd rom drives you might see a yellow question mark ? right click you will have options to update driver,roll back driver,or select properties general troubleshoot, select driver click to reinstall drivers click update driver or uninstall then reinstall if this does not fix the problem it might be a registry problem if you cant see your disk drive in windows explorer Close all open programs

Click on Start, Run, and type regedit and press Enter Click on the plus signs (+) next to the following folders

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

SYSTEM

CurrentControlSet

Control

Class

{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

This folder is the DVD/CD-ROM Drive Class Description in the registry. Look for any of the following names in the right hand column.

Upper Filters

Lower Filters

Upper Filters.bak

Lower Filters.bak

If any of the above keys shown in step 4 are listed, right-click on them and choose Delete After deleting the keys, close the registry editor Reboot your computer Open My Computer and check to see if your CD or DVD drives have returned. You may also want to open Device Manager and verify that the yellow exclamation and error code on the CD or DVD drive is gone. or you might have to physically unplug the leads for this cd/dvd then plug them back this should activate the found new hardware wizard or you might have to uninstall then restart your computer then reinstall your DVD/CD then reinstall the driver for this device if your computer came with a motherboard disk the drivers could be on it click start control panel administrive tools computer management device manager scroll down cd dvdrom drives if you see a yellow question or exclamation mark?! or a red x right click you will need to update the driver or select properties general troubleshoot, select driver click to reinstall drivers click update driver hope this helps

No drivers are necessary. Check if the unit is properly connected (power and data cable).

Download VLC (google it) for free, see if that plays the dvd. Most likely your player has an issue, VLC plays ANYTHING (pretty much!) without issue.

If that doesnt work then you'll have a problem with the actual drive.

change rom

Usually means just that.
The input source you have switched to has no signal.
Does it have built in freeview? just plugging an ariel off the roof no longer works without a digital receiver.

If you ever want to install anything, HW or drivers, just follow the link below, verbatim.
Installing Devices on PCs and Laptops

Backup all your important files.and emails

Try a Restore Point. Restore back past when the reg started error messages.

If unsucessful, sorry, means a complete reinstall/setup installation, but al least you will have saved your important docs, remebering to save to removable HD.

Hi a6291,

Your need to post back the model number of your presario, there must be 2000 different presario's out there. Typically, you need to take off the back panel, and then just two screws, but I won't know where the two screws are located until I know the model.

Thanks

Mark

Have you disconnected both the POWER and the DATA cables between the motherboard and the DVD drive?

Is there any "slider" that "locks/unlocks" the drive into its "home" position?

Have you tried to reseat the drive itself, when its off you should be able to take out the drive and put it back in, see if that helps.

Hi, to open thje the disc tray , look for a tooth pick , insert small hole in front panel push and back until disc tray out. , motor belt need to replace.

Here's the newest driver for your burner. Go to Control Panel, then Device Manager, then click on the + symbol next to disk drives, and double click on the TEAC device. Click the Driver tab and press Update Driver, then choose the 'Let me find the driver' option, and navigate to the folder where you unzipped the file to. Double click and Install. Reboot.

http://www.softwaredriverdownload.com/download/driver/DW224E.ZIP

For burning, I would recommend Nero, Alcohol 120% or ImgBurn.

Good luck and Season's Greetings!

Chris (ziraffa)

if it is burning audio and video format it mean the burning is all right, u must choose some other application for burn data cd, like nero burning rom or alcohol etc.