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post #1 of 14
4/14/09 at 11:28am
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Hi,i have an acer laptop with a optiarc dvd rw ad 7560a drive,i downgraded from vista to xp home,now my dvd will only play cds,not dvds,no yellow marks in device manager,but in my computer it shows as dvd ram,can anyone help,thanks
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post #2 of 14
4/14/09 at 11:56am
Search around for a firmware update. This issue happens on even Vista after some updates, not just XP, and on many other laptop brands - for this particular optical drive.

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post #3 of 14
4/14/09 at 1:22pm
xp does not contain a native DVD decoder. You will need to install DVD player software for it to play DVD's. In Vista, Home Premium and up (i believe) will contain a dvd codec natively and play DVD's in media player
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post #4 of 14
4/14/09 at 1:43pm
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installed dx14 firmware update,same result,installed k-lite decoder,still will not play dvds
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post #5 of 14
4/14/09 at 2:03pm
Try with VLC?

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post #6 of 14
4/14/09 at 2:28pm
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downloaded vlc media player will play cds not dvds
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post #7 of 14
4/14/09 at 2:30pm
what about powerdvd or another trial dvd software
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post #8 of 14
4/14/09 at 2:53pm
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tried powerdvd it says no disc in drive d when i press play
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post #9 of 14
4/14/09 at 7:42pm
Try to go back to BIOS and use default configurations. Try also remove the device and let Windows reinstalling it.

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post #10 of 14
4/14/09 at 10:18pm
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tried bios ,uninstalled booted ,reinstalled vista,still wont play dvds,when i put a dvd in ,i go to my computer ,click on dvd rw,it opens drawer and says insert a dvd.
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post #11 of 14
4/15/09 at 5:07am
What model is this???????
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post #12 of 14
4/15/09 at 7:19am
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acer aspire 5520
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post #13 of 14
4/20/09 at 1:39am
FYI, if you updated the firmware, try to burn some data to dvd, because the other day i tried to update the firmware of my friend's, and try to burn some data, but it keep failed to burn
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post #14 of 14
4/20/09 at 6:47am
I thought it might be a dirty eye and require cleaning, but if it was working well before the OS switch, then it has to be a driver or other software issue
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