LG HL-DT-ST DvD-Rom GDR8162B Driver

[TechZ]

OK, give us some more details about your pc, and tell us why you think you need a driver?

[Merrin]

Same problem here.

I have a 8 month old computer.
Pentium 4 CPU 2GHz
512 RAM
MS WinXP (Home Edition)
version 2002
Service Pack 2

I have 2 DVD/CD stations:

I Have 1 DVD/CD player (LG HL-DT-ST DvD-Rom GDR8162B) !does't work anymore!
and 1 DVD/CD player+writer (_NEC DVD+RW ND-1100A)

also another diskname for which I don't have a clue why it is there.
(AXV CD/DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device)


The problem I have is that one day my DVD/CD player
didn't work anymore.


Can sombody help?

[confus-ed]

also another diskname for which I don't have a clue why it is there.
(AXV CD/DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device) ...

Welcome to WD forums Merrin .

So that is most probably a virtual device driver (so a bit of s/w pretends to be a cd/dvd so you can 'mount disk images') installed by a product called alcohol 120, do you recognise this ?

Given all your symptoms, I'd start troubleshooting this one, by reading the section headed 'class filter drivers' on my sticky in this forum & follow the advice given in the M$ KB that is quoted.

[kutastrephi]

Welcome to WD forums Merrin .

So that is most probably a virtual device driver (so a bit of s/w pretends to be a cd/dvd so you can 'mount disk images') installed by a product called alcohol 120, do you recognise this ?

Given all your symptoms, I'd start troubleshooting this one, by reading the section headed 'class filter drivers' on my sticky in this forum & follow the advice given in the M$ KB that is quoted.

hey I'm having similar problems. same drive.
I got it out of another computer, and the other drive which i believe is
cd-rw gce 8483b works fine
but im trying to install world of warcraft and the dvd rom drive wont read it or any other discs. shows up in device manager.
i have daemon tools installed on my computer and was wondering if this has anything to do with my problem.
in my computer its showing my primary C: hard drive and recovery D: drive
followed by Dvd drive E:
3 MMC/SD drives F-H: (although I only have one on my computer to my knowledge)
Compact Flash I/II drive I:
smart media J:
and ms/ms pro K:

idk what some of these are I do know on the front of my computer I have a USB drive that doesnt work with a drive labeled "SD/MMC/SM/MS/MS-PRO" that I believe would explain a few of the aforementioned drives, and a "CF/MICRODRIVE" which I would assume is Compact Flash.

my problems the dvd drive. please help.
im new to this forum and can't figure out how to find the "class filter drivers" section you mentioned.

lol any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
and if you need anymore help or info from me, all you need to do is ask.

[confus-ed]

Same problem here...I Have 1 DVD/CD player (LG HL-DT-ST DvD-Rom GDR8162B) !does't work anymore!
and 1 DVD/CD player+writer (_NEC DVD+RW ND-1100A)..

So we've hopefully eliminated alcohol 120 as a possible issue, but we never actually tested the unit - when you say 'doesn't work anymore' - I need that spelling out ... does it show in device manager ? will it read say cd's but dvd's ? etc (as a 'fixer' I do much of this stuff on 'auto-pilot' & sometimes forget to ask at the right times! )