Dvd Burner Problem :( Help:(

[p9l28a]

Hey guys 1 month ago i got this dvd burner http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152059
i never used beforce beacuse i was waiting for another parts ...

So today i was bored and i thought i will stealth the dvd burner now before this i checked is it working... it was. So i took doublke sized tape , the dvd burner was turned off (no power) but before i turned power off from dvd i pulled of the front and later turned the power off. so after this i covered the front and push it inside... to check how it look it was fine. After this i pluged (turned on power)and guess what IT DOSENT WORk nothing .... i was like wtf then i checked the conetos if thye work thye were fine so i pluged it again NOTHING :(
later i went to my sister room and check the burner with hers comp dosent work again i dont know why it dosent work maybe i destroyed something by pulling it or pushing ? and the dvd burner costed me 40$ and i dont have any warrenty for this item :( So guys please help me i dont want to buy new one becase i dont have enogh money i got 80$ for the ram...
thanks for all answears ...

p9l28a-PL

[Omega]

pop open the front with a paperclip, then look inside. you might see two wheels with a rubber band. if the band came off, try to put it back on with a paperclip.

that's all i can think of =/

[p9l28a]

I dont think this is the problem because even the light isnt "ON" light in the cdroom

[Omega]

oh.


sorry, i've never had optical drive problems before. =p

[p9l28a]

Heh :))

Anyone maybe know why the driver isnt working

[DaveW]

I'd take the front off and look inside for any sort of safeguard that might be in place. At the very least, if you can take a photo of what it looks like with the front off then we can probably help you out. You may have damaged something in the drive, but without a photo or a really, really, accurate description we're all as confused as you are. Hope it's not broken man, it's a bummer when the happens-but hey, why not use it as an excuse to get litescribe? Then you can bust that in a year and get a blu-ray or HD burner! Whoop!

Anyway, know you probably want this fixed, so post back with more info.

-Dave

[p9l28a]

Iwhy not use it as an excuse to get litescribe? Then you can bust that in a year and get a blu-ray or HD burner! Whoop!
Yeah man why not ;-) Could you explain me this cuz i dont understand.

Litescribe is ?

Get a blu-ray or HD burner? :D

thanks ;-)

[DaveW]

Litescribe's a recent technology where you can burn your data to the disk then you can burn a nice picture onto the disk as well. You can get some really neat proffesional looking disks with a litescribe drive. It's a bit expensive for media, and it's obviously only monochrome, but the technology's pretty cool and a new litescribe drive is only £40 (about $60?).

No more messing with stickers or marker pens, eh?

-Dave

[p9l28a]

Wow thats cool
Do u know some good and cheap lightscribes driverS?

[DaveW]

I'd go for the Liteon, they usually last the longest. Here's a link to one (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=296954), the price has bombed down to £30 at the mo-don't know where you'd get one in the US if that's where you are? Good luck!

-Dave

[jrabbitb]

here is a link to the litescribe drives on newegg for us americans.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Order=RATING&Page=1&N=2010100005+1298019801&Submit=ENE&Subcategory=5

also read this too, to understsnd what it is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightscribe