20 Most Recent LG GWA-4082N DVD RW Dual Layer Burner Questions & Answers

Do I understand the write speed in a notebook is slow? The main reasons I can think of that slow down a write is mostly lack of memory either RAM or free hard drive space (an image is formed on the drive to be written to disc unless its "on the fly" (direct disc copy). That notebook may have a very older limited chipsets and CPU's which are not fast as other versions so moves at a speed it can cope with. Notebooks are by definition lesser laptops, which tend to be fitted with older slower parts to be able to be sold at much lower prices. Now if this notebook has XP and 1.5Gb of RAM my first thought is to increase this to 2Gb if it can support it, memory is cheap for older machines on ebay etc. XP can use a fair chunk of memory if it has antivirus etc loaded with several Gb of swap file on the hard drive so takes time to move things around, needing more faster memory I would check it has no virus or malware problem that can slow things down malwarebytes is good for the malware and is free. Then I would look at how much free space there is on its hard drive because if this is small, say less than 25% then this will cause problems and may need a larger one. Run scan/checkdisk followed by defragmenting to sort out any file problems that may bother XP so tidy things up make files easier to find. Lastly in the systems folder locate the performance option and select maximum which will turn off all XP's "bells and whistles" to become a blander but faster system. Hope this helps........

I don't ever recall loading a driver for a CD/DVD drive. They are usually handled by the system in the same manner as hard drives. I can't find your drive on the LG site nor the Toshiba site to see if yours might have a driver of some sort so the best I can do is assume you have a normal drive and recommend that you try the registry fix described here: http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-25531-help-i-have-uninstalled-my-cd-dvd-rom-driver Hope this helps. Good luck!

make sure that the dvdrw is getting enough power test all leads that are attached to the dvd including electrical 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 rw 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 if you 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 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 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

Try to clean the DVD drive lens with a Lens cleaner CD. These are available at your local department stores such as Kmart. It looks like a CD but it has a brush attached to it. Just insert the cleaning CD and let it cycle a couple of time and then remove it. If this does not work then your DVD laser could be going bad.

try this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060 is the best solusion for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please tell me if you are getting the exclamation yellow mark in the device manager when you connect the Cd/DVD Burner. If you are getting the exclamation Mark then follow these steps:

1) Close all open programs


2) Click on Start, Run, and type REGEDIT and press Enter


3) Click on the plus signs (+) next to the following folders

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SYSTEM
CurrentControlSet
Control
Class
{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
4) 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.

UpperFilters
LowerFilters
UpperFilters.bak
LowerFilters.bak
5) If any of the above keys shown in step 4 are listed, right-click on them and choose Delete

6) After deleting the keys, close the Registry Editor

7) Reboot your computer

8) 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.

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it is due to a virus called odiya or odissey in ur computer..i will advise you to install a good antivirus on ur computer and perform a full system scan
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If this dvd burner comes with a cd driver, have it installed, or try connecting to the IDE cable, posibly make it a slave on your hardisk.
Hope this would help..

burner gone out of order, check the power cable, data cable and clean lense of the burner. if works, ok, otherwise replacement.

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possibly a dirty lens or DVD disc compatibility...this is a common problem with dvd. Try to clean the lens first and also try on an original dvd disc

if your drive can read cd's but not DVD's then you should be able to install XP with no problems, your drive is faulty and needs replacing. some drives will read 1 but not the other. could be cd or dvd, the best fastest and easyest thing to do is just replace the drive and don't waist your time trying to fix it. for the cost of $40 to $60 just replace it

Could be a driver problem.

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my HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4082N has a problem i cant up date the drivers in my computer it is missing so if in incert a cd it cant be found my HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4082N has a yellow exclamation an status Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)

There is a small round hole in the front of the door. Insert a paper clip in the hole to release the tray.