LG DVD-RAM Drive not reading discs in Windows 7

Anonymous
2009-05-16T12:10:01+00:00

Title pretty much sums it up....

I have 7 installed and it's running great!  But if I put anything into the drive to load onto the system it doesn't spin it up.  I can see the drive in My Computer, but it still thinks that CD1 of World of Warcraft is inside of it, but it didn't spin up that disc either.

I had a bunch of things turned off during the install (HyperTransport, IDE, FDD), should I turn everything off again and try to load it up, just to turn it all back on later?  Or is there a known fix?  Exact model is the GH22NS30.

AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core Processor 5400+ Black Edition; Abit AN52 nForce 520 Motherboard; OCZ SLI-Ready Edition 4GB DDR2 (PC2 6400); Western Digital WD360GD 36gb Raptor; Western Digital WD740ADFD 74gb Raptor; LG GH22NS30 DVD-RAM Drive; XfX GeForce 8800GT Alpha Dog Edition

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Anonymous
2009-05-18T21:29:20+00:00

Hi Rustedbucket,

Thanks for posting to the Getting Ready for Windows 7 communtiy forum.

Try deleting the filters in the registry, see if this helps to resolve this.

Remember to backup the registry to external media prior to editting the registry. 

  1. Click Start

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, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then click regedit in the Programs list.

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If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your password, or click Continue. 2. Locate, and then click the following registry subkey:

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

Caution There can be many instances of the registry subkey that is mentioned in step 2**. You must make sure that you are in the appropriate registry subkey before modifying the UpperFilters and the LowerFilters values. To verify that you are in the appropriate registry subkey, make sure that the Default data value is DVD/CD-ROM and the Class data value is CDROM**. 3. In the right pane, right-click UpperFilters, and then click Delete. 4. Click Yes to confirm the removal of the UpperFilters registry entry. 5. In the right pane, right-click LowerFilters, and then click Delete. 6. Click Yes to confirm the removal of the LowerFilters registry entry. 7. Exit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.

Please let us know if this assists you or if further assistance is needed involving this issue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2009-12-22T16:08:39+00:00

    Mine's the SATA version (Both my drives are SATA) and so this isn't likely to fix it.

    Still DVD-drive less after nearly 3 months.

    Not that impressed...

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-12-22T18:26:02+00:00

    Nobody else has mentioned Lite-On. I replaced a three-year-old SATA LG drive because LG told me it is not compatible with 7. The drive worked perfectly with XP, which is still on the dual boot machine. The new Lite-On works perfectly with XP. I'm running Win7 64 bit on the new partition, and nothing anyone has described above works. Lite-On limits interaction to a rather lame chat interface which is capriciously staffed. For that reason alone, I would not recommend buying from them.

    Yesterday I was told that there is and will be no firmware update, and that they use the generic Windows driver. Since I had a strange installation experience -- staring with 32 bit, because my custom-built machine is 3 years old... Somehow as things unfolded, Win 7 32bit recognized a 64 bit processor (who knew? The man who built it had also forgotten how proactive he convinced me to be) and morphed the OS into 64 bit. Yowzah! But perhaps the driver is corrupt. I snagged the driver from Hubby's brand new 64 bit system which runs the DVD drive just fine, but can't swap it in because I don't have Permission in system32.

    AAAAaaaagh! I've already replaced the drive once, with a Win7 compatible model.

    This issue is not solved.

    At least I can still boot back to XP and burn disks to copy contents to hard drive. But dang! I expect more and better.

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  3. Anonymous
    2009-12-22T21:40:09+00:00

    I've been having a very similar problem, however, I have narrowed it down a bit.  If I insert a DVD or CD into either of my optical drives I loose my mouse.  However, if I log off, using the keyboard and then log back on and then open the CD or DVD in anything besides Windows Media Player, it runs just fine!  So, my conclusion is that it is Windows Media Player that I have a problem with. 

    So the question is, how can I update Windows Media Player?  I tried to install the latest version and it wouldn't allow me to.

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  4. Anonymous
    2009-12-23T23:32:24+00:00

    I also have been having the same problem as everyone else. Mine is a GH40L. Calls to LG, HP, Microsoft, even a visit to the local computer repair shop have all proven fruitless. I can always make the drive work, But when the machine is shut down or put to sleep, it always reverts to not working. Looks like it sucks to be us.

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