DVD Rom reads ONLY dvd's NOT CD Rom nor Audio

[Guest]

After several windows updates the dvdrom beguins erratic (not always working)
readings of audio and cdrom cd until the last update that only reads dvd's.
I believe a firmware update should fix the problem.
As I have have a compaq presario notebook that supports only a dvd or
diskette drive at one time. How can I update the dvd rom firmware as I can't
use the diskette drive at the same time as the dvd rome drive? The firmware I
have can't be executed from windows. It should be using a bootable diskette.
Besides the pc bios doesn't support booting from external USB drive which
could be an option.
Please help.
Thank you
I'm using Windows XP SP2, DVD-rom: LG DRN8080B (reader only)

 

[Shenan Stanley]

After several windows updates the dvdrom beguins erratic (not always
working) readings of audio and cdrom cd until the last update that
only reads dvd's. I believe a firmware update should fix the problem.
As I have have a compaq presario notebook that supports only a dvd or
diskette drive at one time. How can I update the dvd rom firmware as
I can't use the diskette drive at the same time as the dvd rome
drive? The firmware I have can't be executed from windows. It should
be using a bootable diskette. Besides the pc bios doesn't support
booting from external USB drive which could be an option.
Please help.
Thank you
I'm using Windows XP SP2, DVD-rom: LG DRN8080B (reader only)

Make a bootable DVD.

 

[Jim]

After several windows updates the dvdrom beguins erratic (not always
working)
readings of audio and cdrom cd until the last update that only reads
dvd's.
I believe a firmware update should fix the problem.
As I have have a compaq presario notebook that supports only a dvd or
diskette drive at one time. How can I update the dvd rom firmware as I
can't
use the diskette drive at the same time as the dvd rome drive? The
firmware I
have can't be executed from windows. It should be using a bootable
diskette.
Besides the pc bios doesn't support booting from external USB drive which
could be an option.
Please help.
Thank you
I'm using Windows XP SP2, DVD-rom: LG DRN8080B (reader only)

It seems much more likely to me from your description that your dvdrom has a
serious hardware failure.
Even if a firmware update could fix the problem, I see no way to perform
this task, unless the program which does the update moves the computer to
MS-DOS first.
That is the way I install BIOS fixes to my Dell. It is rather traumatic
installing BIOS fixes considering the result of a botched update.
Jim

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your sugestion, but unfortunately I haven't DVD recorder.
Nevertheless I will try to use my friend's one.
Andrew

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your comments. You are right performing BIOS fix is traumatic.
I will think about it
Andrew

 

[MAP]

After several windows updates the dvdrom beguins erratic (not always
working) readings of audio and cdrom cd until the last update that
only reads dvd's. I believe a firmware update should fix the problem.
As I have have a compaq presario notebook that supports only a dvd or
diskette drive at one time. How can I update the dvd rom firmware as
I can't use the diskette drive at the same time as the dvd rome
drive? The firmware I have can't be executed from windows. It should
be using a bootable diskette. Besides the pc bios doesn't support
booting from external USB drive which could be an option.
Please help.
Thank you
I'm using Windows XP SP2, DVD-rom: LG DRN8080B (reader only)

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_result.php?kaj=1&isces=SONY+DVD+RW+DRU-800A

Type the make and model of your drive in the search field at the link above,
these firmware updates can be exe. from windows if one is aval.

 

[Guest]

I had made a bootable dvd but unfortunately my dvdrom failed to read it. It
only reads commercial dvd's but recorded by myself using liteon dvd recorder.
Question: Can I use a FAT partion on my HD that contains the firmware
upgrade and boot it using PQBOOTX.EXE included in Partition Magic?
Please help
Thank you
Andres