Toshiba TEAC DV-28E-A DVD-ROM wont read Data DVDs

**djalecc01** · January 2nd, 2005, 04:53 AM

Hello everyone, and a Happy new Year to you all.

I came to this forum when at first my DVD-ROM stopped reading DVD's, but worked on normal CD's... After a few days of trying different things that people mentioned I got it to work (tho I cant remember how!... I think it was a simple cleaning of the lens issue).

So the good news is its all working fine, it reads DVD's (Bought ones)
It reads normal CD, Games or Data ones that I've burnt.

However...

It will not read Data DVD's that I have burnt on a different PC.

I have tried buring the DVD's in every possible way (option) using Nero, but with no luck.

My other DVD player reads them all (A different PC yet again (we have 3 in the house see!)

And I was wondering if anyone out there had a cure for this problem?

Many thanks in Advance!

**Platypus** · January 2nd, 2005, 05:35 AM

Hi there, happy New Year to you also.

Reading a commercial disk but not a burned disk is usually due to the fact that far more laser light is reflected from the shiny silver commercial disk than the burned one.

This could mean another cleaning issue if that solved your problem previously (either just needs cleaning again, or the previous clean, whatever method you used, was only partial), or it may indicate the laser is getting weak.

Most drives (the ones that can read all kinds of disks) use a "2-in-1" dual wavelength laser, one for CD, one for DVD, and problems with one category only often means one laser chip is on its way out.

**djalecc01** · January 2nd, 2005, 12:20 PM

I double cleaned the lense, still no luck...

I've got this idea that it might be becuase the data disk I have burnt is one of them blue ones... And my laser is blue...

I'm going to buy some silver ones and try that...

I'll let you know the outcome!

Best Regards
Al

**djalecc01** · January 4th, 2005, 05:06 AM

It seems I'm unable to buy silver blank DVD's ????

I've been to a few shops and they all seem to be Blue ones in the DVD world!!!

If anyone knows where I can buy Blank Silver DVD's in the UK, I would really like to know!

Many thanks if you can help

Alec

**CeeBee** · January 4th, 2005, 07:16 AM

Silver DVD's are stamped.

**djalecc01** · January 4th, 2005, 07:22 AM

Originally Posted by CeeBee

Silver DVD's are stamped.

Hi

Can you explain what you mean by this?... Or point me to some products on-line that state they are silver coated DVD's and not the Blue ones?

Many thanks