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Hellasweet · 05-23-2009, 05:26 AM

DO you guys have any clue as to why my dvd drive wont load anything? It opens and closes and it recognizes what cd is in the drive, it just wont load it up. I connected everything right. Could my new motherboard not be compatible with the DVD drive? My new motherboard is a Gigabyte LGA775 and the drive is a Memorex 16X dvd drive.

RaiZen18 · 05-23-2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Hellasweet

DO you guys have any clue as to why my dvd drive wont load anything? It opens and closes and it recognizes what cd is in the drive, it just wont load it up. I connected everything right. Could my new motherboard not be compatible with the DVD drive? My new motherboard is a Gigabyte LGA775 and the drive is a Memorex 16X dvd drive.

cant think of anything, can u try another dvd drive? otherwise since you own the game try get a no cd patch... for your use its perfectly legal... but if u dnt own the game then I never said a thing...

Hellasweet · 05-23-2009, 07:41 PM

Yeah I own the game. I guess I'll have to get another dvd drive. This one was pretty new though, not even a year old.

Slaymate · 05-24-2009, 02:49 PM

Try a different data cable.

RaiZen18 · 05-24-2009, 03:49 PM

yea slay may be right try that and then borrow a dvd writer from a friend or family member, just to check before buying a new one...

Hellasweet · 05-25-2009, 12:54 AM

I used both the old IDE cable and then the new cable that came with the mobo. No difference. The drive has a power cable and the data cable. That's all I need right? I didnt hook up the audio cable or anything.

RaiZen18 · 05-25-2009, 05:43 AM

no you dnt need the audio one. k try a different drive now.

Sedla · 05-27-2009, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Hellasweet

DO you guys have any clue as to why my dvd drive wont load anything? It opens and closes and it recognizes what cd is in the drive, it just wont load it up. I connected everything right. Could my new motherboard not be compatible with the DVD drive? My new motherboard is a Gigabyte LGA775 and the drive is a Memorex 16X dvd drive.

it may be a bad drive. is it new?

dvd drives have two lasers of different wavelengths, one for dvds and one for cds. maybe one of them is screwed up. if its a game on a dvd, try a cd and see if it loads w/e is on it.

Hellasweet · 05-29-2009, 07:37 PM

So I got my new dvd drive ( $19.99 from newegg.com, free shipping as well! ) and Installed it. It fixed my problem, it loads things super fast and works like a charm. It's still a mystery as to why my old dvd drive broke. It was expensive too so that sucks.

Slaymate · 05-29-2009, 09:48 PM

It's the nature of the beast. It gets hungry and demands food, or in this case, money