hi guys. i have a sony dvd/cd-rw crx 320e drive, and it's causing real
problems. It has been in my PC since i had it built for me, and it worked
fine for over a year. Then suddenly, it will only play DVDs, and will not
acknowledge ANY other type of disc.

If i put an audio cd or any cd-rom into the drive, i can hear it begin to
spin-up a few times, and then crunch to a halt. i obtained the updated
driver (NYK5) for the drive, but still it won't acknowledge the presence of
anything that isn't a DVD.

Any suggestions, guesses, or (hopefully) solutions would be most appreciated.

I assume you have tried a cleaning disk..? I also wonder were you got the
driver(NYK5) update from, It looks like a firmware update..? XP really
doesn't require driver installation for PNP optical devices.. What burning
app do you normally use, has it been updated lately..?
Hearing "crunch" sounds is not a good sign, tomorrow my be a good day to
shop for a replacement..
j;-j

"Irving Washington" wrote:

> hi guys. i have a sony dvd/cd-rw crx 320e drive, and it's causing real
> problems. It has been in my PC since i had it built for me, and it worked
> fine for over a year. Then suddenly, it will only play DVDs, and will not
> acknowledge ANY other type of disc.
>
> If i put an audio cd or any cd-rom into the drive, i can hear it begin to
> spin-up a few times, and then crunch to a halt. i obtained the updated
> driver (NYK5) for the drive, but still it won't acknowledge the presence of
> anything that isn't a DVD.
>
> Any suggestions, guesses, or (hopefully) solutions would be most appreciated.

I have a Samsung 616 DVD-CDROM and have the exact same problem. I can play
DVD's, but no other disk is recognized.

I have gone through all the recommended troubleshooting steps from device
manager, I tried to update drivers, though the one running turned out to be
the most current. I shut down both my firewall and anti-virus, and that had
no effect.

I wonder if there is a conflict caused by one of the media players like
i-tunes, yahoo music or something like that. If I wait long enough, I get a
file corruption error; however, there are no further details and no other
indication of a file or memory corruption.

I am thoroughly exasperated.

"Irving Washington" wrote:

> hi guys. i have a sony dvd/cd-rw crx 320e drive, and it's causing real
> problems. It has been in my PC since i had it built for me, and it worked
> fine for over a year. Then suddenly, it will only play DVDs, and will not
> acknowledge ANY other type of disc.
>
> If i put an audio cd or any cd-rom into the drive, i can hear it begin to
> spin-up a few times, and then crunch to a halt. i obtained the updated
> driver (NYK5) for the drive, but still it won't acknowledge the presence of
> anything that isn't a DVD.
>
> Any suggestions, guesses, or (hopefully) solutions would be most appreciated.

I searched the Samsung web site and you need to fill in the blanks as to the
actual model # SD-616?.. This would help to (ID any drive specific info)
update your firmware for the drive if needed..
http://www.samsungodd.com/eng/Inform...vel_ idx=4275
Look here too..
http://www.samsungodd.com/eng/helper...roductCode=HDR
You might also try uninstalling the DVD-ROM drive in device manager, reboot
and let Windows find the device and reinstall it..
j;-j

"Mrmarfac" wrote:

> I have a Samsung 616 DVD-CDROM and have the exact same problem. I can play
> DVD's, but no other disk is recognized.
>
> I have gone through all the recommended troubleshooting steps from device
> manager, I tried to update drivers, though the one running turned out to be
> the most current. I shut down both my firewall and anti-virus, and that had
> no effect.
>
> I wonder if there is a conflict caused by one of the media players like
> i-tunes, yahoo music or something like that. If I wait long enough, I get a
> file corruption error; however, there are no further details and no other
> indication of a file or memory corruption.
>
> I am thoroughly exasperated.
>
> "Irving Washington" wrote:
>
> > hi guys. i have a sony dvd/cd-rw crx 320e drive, and it's causing real
> > problems. It has been in my PC since i had it built for me, and it worked
> > fine for over a year. Then suddenly, it will only play DVDs, and will not
> > acknowledge ANY other type of disc.
> >
> > If i put an audio cd or any cd-rom into the drive, i can hear it begin to
> > spin-up a few times, and then crunch to a halt. i obtained the updated
> > driver (NYK5) for the drive, but still it won't acknowledge the presence of
> > anything that isn't a DVD.
> >
> > Any suggestions, guesses, or (hopefully) solutions would be most appreciated.