[ltp] DVD not working

[Pablo Vera]

It seems this drive has DVD issues.  I found this thread:

   http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=78228


Pablo
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RICHARD CARTER wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> Before installing Linux on my refurbished T40 I thought I'd use windows 
> to make sure all the hardware works.  Here's what I found out about the 
> CD-RW/DVD unit.  I would be grateful for any advice you could give me on 
> this.
> 
> The MATSHITA UJDA745 DVD/CDRW on my refurbished T40 Thinkpad seems 
> faulty. It will read: CD-RW data discs, audio discs and photo discs.  
> But it will not read DVDs containing movies which can be read on another 
> computer running Mandriva 2007.  Also, IBM RecordNow can't recognize 
> CD-RW discs and so can't burn them. Further details follow.
> 
> When I insert a movie DVD, go to My Computer and click on DVD/CD-RW 
> Drive (D:) I get a message reading "Please Insert disc in drive D".  
> This happens with commercial movie DVDs which run on my Linux box and 
> also with DVDs containing backup files from my Linux box and also for 
> empty DVDs.
> 
> I went to Control Center -> DVD -> trouble shooting but was unable to 
> solve this problem.
> 
> WinDVD 4 also returns  "No valid Drive/Disc found".
> 
> Windows Media Player returns "Please Insert a Disc".
> 
> With IBM RecordNow ver. 4.6.1 I first formated an empty CD-RW. When I 
> tried to burn I get "No compatible Recordable or Rewritable devices 
> could be found on your system. Would you like to check if an update is 
> available?" 
> 
> 
> Robin