Posted by def456 on 03/16/07 14:22

"rpl" <plinnane3@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:etde9t$7d7$1@registered.motzarella.org...
> Hi,
>
> Hope you can shed some light on this problem:
>
> It concerns original disk commercial DVD's; some disks cause whatever
> program accesses it to hang.
>
> Symptoms...
>
> - place DVD in drive
> - drive flashes 8 times (duration of 1 second, 2 seconds apart)
> - drive flashes forever (duration of 2 seconds, 10 seconds apart)
>
> a little cd icon occasionally appears on the mouse cursor while this is
> happening.
>
> Screws up the entire system too, everything either hangs or slows down
> alot. Any program that even *might* access the drive hangs when started.
>
> Not all DVD's; about a third or so. These are standard commercial
> movie-title DVD's, originals in the package and they play fine on a
> set-top DVD player. All DVD's are the same region(1) as is the device; no
> noticeable similarities. All other DVD's just start up and play.
>
>
> LG GCC-4120B Combo Drive: according to the User's Manual it handles both
> DVD-ROM and Dual-Layer (both types).
>
> WindowsXP SP2: a couple years ago when I had WinME on my machine, I used
> to go to Blockbuster every week and rent movies; they all played without
> problem.

some possibilities...
faulty drive - try some diagnostics or substitute a different drive
firmware upgrade - check if available
dirty laser lens - clean it
corrupt or outdated drivers - reinstall
corrupt or outdated movie software - update or reinstall

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