dvd/cdrw. lsc-24082k acer tm 240

hi can any one please help. i have recently got an acer travelmate 240 . the person i got it from had wiped all the drivers off when he cleared the hard drive. and i dident get any cds with it i have found and reinstaled all the drivers apart from the dvd/cd-rw as i cant find the driver any where . it is a slimtype combo lsc-24082k. it will play cd roms but not dvds or music. and i have run an inspection and it keeps telling me the drive is installed and working properly. and every time i try nero vision it keeps saying drive not ready. :guns:

Hello and welcome; try a read and check through at this site;
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hard..._21416304.html .

Let us know of your progress.

thanks for the help but no good.

Have you installed any software to burn with such as nero?

hi yes i have i have instaled nero 7 . and power dvd but only recognise cd rom .i have never had so much trubble with a computer.

Have you checked the aspi layer?
Go to google and type aspicheck

hi just chequed it and one conponant was not instaled correctly. so dumped it and reinstaled the new version and all device are detected but still dose not recognis dvds or music.

You did reinstall the chipset drivers?

http://www.acersupport.com/notebook/....html#IntelINF

You can try this site to get details about your comp;

https://secure.tx.acer.com/FindSyste...0Your%20System

yes i did all of that but still not working . looks like might have to get new drive .

yes i did and still dose not recognis them so might have to get a new drive buy the looks of it

Sounds like just the dvd side of the drive died.... annoying that... have you looked for a firmware update?

hi iv been an all the acer web sites and found one firmware but it was a dead link i striped the drive out last night and it is a lite-on . so still looking for an lite-on update

full model of the liteon please?

it is a lite-on cd-r/rw/dvd-rom drive model lsc-24082k. combo model ko24x09004423c5741m000. s/n:492412003206. f/w: jwk2. h/w:01. manufactured date: march2004.

read this thread there is a good link on the bottom --- on your own head be it though!!