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Computer will not read DVDs

spartin503
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I have my main gaming rig, that works just fine, and I have a server that I put together from some used parts from a bunch of different old computers, which doesn't work quite right. One of the things I've done with the file server is I hooked it up to my TV, mainly to watch movies. The problem is that it won't read DVDs. I have tried two separate DVD drives that both work on other machines with about half a dozen DVD that all work on other computers. Here are the specs on the file server:

Core 2 Quad 6600

4GB DDR2

ASUS 2A73H

GTS 250

160GB Hitachi

1TB WD Red

 

The two disc drives that I've tried are an HP OEM drive and a slim ASUS external drive. Any help would be appreciated, I ran out of ideas about an hour ago and I just want to get this working.

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What does the computer do when you put a disc an optical drive?

Does the disc show up in file explorer?

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Just now, HPWebcamAble said:

What does the computer do when you put a disc an optical drive?

Does the disc show up in file explorer?

Shows up in file explorer for both of the drives, but if I go to play the DVD on anything other than VLC it will say the disc is empty and VLC says your input can't be opened.

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What kind of DVD drives are these? External? Internal SATA?

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56 minutes ago, spartin503 said:

Shows up in file explorer for both of the drives, but if I go to play the DVD on anything other than VLC it will say the disc is empty and VLC says your input can't be opened.

It sounds like both drives you have are CD drives, not DVD drives

(DVD drives can also read CDs, but it doesn't go the other way)

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24 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

It sounds like both drives you have are CD drives, not DVD drives

(DVD drives can also read CDs, but it doesn't go the other way)

But both drives work just fine with DVDs in other computers, it's just the file server that they don't work with.

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