DVD ROM

[asdf]

Hello all,

my computer is an emachines and it has a DVD ROM drive. the DVD ROM drive however was taken off of a hewlit packard and put into my emachines. it doesnt work. is there a program i need to make it work? if so what program is it and where can i find it?

[adam]

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[asdf]

edit what?

[adam]

I was busy locking all of your cross posts and I accidentally locked the ONE post of yours that I meant to leave open. So I just edited out my comment. So now you can see why having 4 of the same post can be confusing.

[adam]

To try and answer your question, make sure you have your jumpers set correctly. If you look at your IDE cable you will see that one is for master and the other slave. You have to set the jumpers on the DVD-ROM to either master or slave accordingly. If still no go then go to the homepage for your dvd rom manufacturer and see if there are any special drivers available for it.

[jdizzy40]

Please define doesn't work? Does the tray open and does the light blink upon closing the tray. If that checks out then post back. Lets first determine power to device, then we'll go in the device manager. Do you have a software player for the DVD install such as Power DVD or WIn DVD?

[asdf]

yes the tray does open and yes the lights do blink....but nothing shows up when the DVD is in. and i dont know how ot use it. and no I dont have a software for it. do i need one? and where do i get it?

[housepig]

if the tray opens and closes, and the light blinks, you are getting power.

if you want to play dvd's from your drive, you are going to need player software such as PowerDVD or WinDVD. I'm not 100% sure if these are necessary if all you want to do is rip dvd's for backup.

try this - take a cd-rom with data on it and place it in the drive - does it show up? If so, your drive is working, and you just need to get some dvd player software.

If not, you will want to check the cable (is the #1 pin [red stripe] on the correct side?), then you want to check the jumpers (is the drive jumpered correctly ie. master, slave, etc), then you want to check your BIOS and see if it sees your drive.

If none of this makes any sense, you should look for the website for the manufacturer and obtain some instructions for your drive, or look for a basic online guide to installing and upgrading drives on a pc.

When you boot up the computer, do you see an entry for the drive, when it detects your floppy and your hard drive?

[asdf]

well i got windvd and now the DVD plays and works. but the dvd also has DVD ROM PC features. i tried to make the DVD ROM features work but it wouldnt work. it said if i wanted the features i had to insert the dvd into a DVD ROM drive. well when i look at the DVD player in my computer it says DVD ROM. whats wrong now? any ideas?

[housepig]

what is the disc and, more importantly, what are the features?

[thayne]

well i got windvd and now the DVD plays and works. but the dvd also has DVD ROM PC features. i tried to make the DVD ROM features work but it wouldnt work. it said if i wanted the features i had to insert the dvd into a DVD ROM drive. well when i look at the DVD player in my computer it says DVD ROM. whats wrong now? any ideas?

If the movie plays, then the drive is working. You may need to install the extras. Look on the dvd for instructions

[asdf]

the DVD is harry potter and the philosophers stone and the features are:
-collect wizard trading cards
-be sorted by the sorting hat
-download screensaver and remembrall
-receive owl e-mails
-link to the web

the same problem happens to the second harry potter movie, harry potter and the chamber of secrets and the features to this on are:
-magically control your computer with your voice
-keep track of events with the hogwarts official, animated timeline
-over 15 animated puzzles, sliders, screensavers, matching challenges, magical trading cards and much more

[asdf]

the harry potter DVD ROM PC special features dont seem to work but the Ice Age DVD ROM features work. any ideas or comments here?

[housepig]

are you sure you're putting in the right disc? (aren't the Potter movies 2-disc sets?)

is your machine capable of running these extras? do they give you the minimum system specs on what you need to run the extras?

dunno... I don't have those, so I haven't tried accessing the extras.

[asdf]

yes, its the right disc and my computer is able to run the extras. the system requirements are:
windows 95 or higher, DVD-ROM drive, DVD software or hardware decoder, 166 MHz Pentium processor, 32 MB RAM, 5-20 MB available hard disc space, Micosoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher, some features require internet connection.

i have all these requirements....i have windows xp, the DVD player says DVD ROM, my DVD software is WINDVD I also have interactual player but that doesnt work, 1.7 GHz Intel Celeron Processor, 128 MB DDR, 27 GB of free space, Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 and i have internet connection. any ideas or comments?

[Conquest10]

harry potter and the philosopher's stone?

[Nelson37]

Please describe the exact steps you are taking to run the extras and detail what results you get.

My guess is that the extras are programs on the disk and you may have to manually locate and run them, they may not run automatically or thru the menu.

[asdf]

well first of all i put the DVD disk into the drive. then i open up WINDVD and wait for it to load then it loads and plays the intro until it gets to the menu... in the menu i select extra credits which are the DVD ROM features..........then this scroll comes up telling me to insert the disk into a DVD ROM drive to use the DVD ROM features...........and to answer your question gumbo yes harry potter and the philosopher's stone. in england and canada its harry potter and the philososphers stone, in other areas its the sorceror's stone.

[Conquest10]

that sounded weird. cuz i've always known it as the sorceror's stone.

[asdf]

anybody have any ideas of how to make the DVD ROM features work?

[Nelson37]

Yes, it sounds like the extras must be located and launched from Windows explorer, they are not designed to run on a DVD player or a simulated one. The message is basicly saying "put this in a PC".

[asdf]

where do i launch it from windows explorer?