LG (GDR-8162BI) (GDR8162BI) Internal DVD Drive - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

Windows Media Player, and many others, will not play everything, regardless of your hardware and it's supporting software.

To overcome this, I recommend a free media player such as VLC (Video Lan) which is free and has a huge amount of codecs and a multitude of other features, including the abilitiy to play most "Region Locked" movies. There are several other good free ones also such as GOM etc, but I prefer VLC due its' mutifaceted capabilities.

It seems that the problem is in your player, remove it and replace another player.
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Click start control panel administrive tools computer management device manager scroll to cd/dvd rom drives right click properties then properties again then tick enable cd digital cd audio for this cd rom device also scroll to dvd regions select the no _ for your specific area If this does not fix the problem you might try you might have to physically unplug the leads for this cd-rom then plug them back in this should activate the found new hardware wizard you might have to uninstall then restart your computer then reinstall your DVD/CD or uninstall the driver then reinstall for this device click start control panel admistrive tools,computer management,device manager scroll down cd dvd rom drives right click you will see options to update driver,roll back driver,or select properties general troubleshoot, select driver click to reinstall drivers click update driver or uninstall then reinstallhope this helps

Check the RW label, if it's ROM, it won't read them since it's only for lecture and not for writing

Normally, DVD Drives are plug and play and there are already native drivers (in built software inside the Operating System) installed on your Operating System, hence you do not need to install the driver for it anymore since it should work automatically, once it is connected to your computer.

You can try downloading the firmware for the said device on your computer manufacturer's website (DELL, HP, etc.)

Hope this helps.

Click start control panel,administrive tools,computer management,device manager scroll to cd/dvd rom drives right click properties then properties again then tick enable cd digital cd audio for this cd rom device or scroll to dvd regions select the no _ for your specific area

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click start control panel admistrive tools,computer management,device manager scroll down cd dvd rom drives right click you will see 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 make sure that the dvd drive is getting enough power test all leads that are attached to the dvd burner including electical extensions and make sure they have a secure connection or just replace them there might be bad/faulty or if this does not fix the problem it might be a registry problem 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 DeleteAfter deleting the keys, close the registry editorReboot your computerOpen 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.

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make sure that the dvd drive is getting enough power test all leads that are attached to the dvd burner including electical extensions and make sure they have a secure connection or just replace them there might be bad/faulty or your drivers may have been corrupted or you might have a virus run your antivrus program you might have to physically unplug the leads for this cd/dvd burner then plug them back in or you might have to uninstall then reinstall your DVD/CD or uninstall the driver then reinstall for this device click start control panel administrive tools,computer management,device manager scroll down cd dvd rom drives right click you can you can 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 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 DeleteAfter deleting the keys, close the registry editorReboot your computerOpen 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.

hope this helps

u jst check your DVD drive lenses. might be there is some lenses problem.

hi there clean the driver lens and try. After that let me know.

there will be dust on lens or weakness of lens ....
use lens cleaner disk for cleaning your DVD drive lens .....

make sure the dvd drive is getting power

you might have to physically unplug the plug you cd rom back in this should activate the found new harware wizard or you might try

control panel admistrive tools,computer management,device manager scroll cd/dvd rom drives right click you can update driver disable or uninstall select properties from there you can troubleshoot or select driver you can update roll back driver uninstall if at any time you see a yellow question mark? you need to install a driver

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1. To solve hang on boot
Move the CDROM behind the hard drive on the boot order
2. To solve freezes on drive reads
Update the driver from manufacturer
or
Change the windows read ahead method
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=132882
But again, sounds like need new CDROM drive.
So there you have it, a couple of different ideas on how to try to debug the problem and a likely solution that we all agree on: replace the drive.

Good luck to you!

computer thinks it's just a cd rom and not that it actually is a cd dvd rw. should have come with a cd containing the drivers for it and the cd dvdrw softwares. roxio is a good solution for the software. I’m happy to help further over the phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/troy_d840d2702258460c

GO to device manager.

Right click MY Computer anb select properties. select hardware tab and go to device manager window. right click the disk drive option and go to properties.

click update driver

Cannot bro, Problem like this consider as manufacturer problem. Send it back for warranty

just insert a blank dvd in writer and send the file to dvd drive showing in ur computer by write click on the file and choose send to say dvd rw drive f.
when all the files are transferes to your dvd drive. click on my comuter and open this dvd drive there you see a option in the left panel " write these files in to disc". click that option wait for some minutes until a popup comes saying writing completed . now your file has been successfully written in the disc.

DvD Drive Can not Write to Writable Discs (Windows 98, ME, XP)
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In Summary; I have a Dell Dimension 8100 desktop computer. I only have a CD-ROM drive. The CD drive broke, so I bought and installed a CD/RW- DVD Combo Drive (Model # GCC-4522B). I need to know where to set the jumper on the back. The options are CS, SL, or MA. Currently is set to SL but it does not work. I do not get the drive symbol to display under My Computer icon. I thought it was jut plug in and play. Need help if there is something else I need to do. Any response is very much aprreciated. Thank You!

i think your drive is either disabled or not configured properly
go to the properties of my computer and then hardware then device manager then enable it
if the device is enable then you check the driver settings and update your driver