help with old dvd/cdrom!!!!

[davinci545]

hello all i am new here but i must say it is incredable the information that is provided on most cases. but here is the poblem. i am haveing trouble trying to get my samsung sd-612 dvd/cdrom to play a dvd, it plays all other discs, just doesnt even rocognize the dvds. i have looked for drive an found a few , none have worked. i got this player with an old dell i had, but i purchased new laster year, i decided to keep the current cd-drives i had with my dell. my computer sees that my disk drive is a dvd player, an i still can not get on to play. i have interplay an powerdvd on the comp as well. i would really appreiciate any help thanks a billion ......

[tarun]

Did you replace the CDrom drive on ur old Dell with a samsung DVD player? or did i misunderstand.

Maybe you should confirm that ur drive plays DVDs with whom u bought it from. Maybe its a case of regions. if the dvd-player is old then the default region mightve gotten changed.

DVD REGIONS (http://www.laserrot.com/info/lrinfo/dvdmap.html)

[davinci545]

well, i got this samsung with my old dell comp. i moved the drive to my new comp.


Drive E:
Description CD-ROM Drive
Media Loaded No
Media Type CD-ROM
Name SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-612
Manufacturer (Standard CD-ROM drives)
Status OK
Transfer Rate Not Available
SCSI Target ID 1
PNP Device ID IDE\CDROMSAMSUNG_DVD-ROM_SD-612__________________0.5_____\5&22DA6F84&0&0.1.0
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 48.38 KB (49,536 bytes), 3/31/2003 7:00 AM)


that is the info i find on my comp about my dvd drive....

[zipp51]

In device manager,find your drive and right click for a menu,then click uninstall,reboot a have windows load the driver again.Are you using windows XP?If not you may need to find a drivers for your operating system.Also the firmware may need to be flashed in.

Update;I read some print on your dvd under similar situation where you have moved the drive to another computer.I found a driver that may work.This driver works with Win2000 and reported to work with WinXP.Driver (http://members.driverguide.com/director/dispatch_getfile.php?did=61187&time=1110126238&auth=9137b0b04ad27f0278bf733d47ef200c) :D

[davinci545]

well, i tried the file u recomended, an i still have nothing , i unistalled an reinstalled the hardware,an still nothing it registers it as a dvd plaer, but doesnt recognize any dvds, cound this be a codecs problem???? i have the k-lite codecs pak installed, this is driving me nuts, lol, thanks again for the help guys