CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive won't read CDR's

MoneyGrip · April 22nd, 2005

Hey everybody -

I just had a quick question for whomever has a second.

My CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive cannot read Playstation games, at all, on my IBM R51 Thinkpad. When I insert a game (and I've tried this with about 12 CDR backups), the drive begins to whir at a high speed, and then does nothing. I can't explore the CD through My Computer (it hangs when I attempt to right-click on the drive), and epsxe hangs at a black screen when I attempt to read from CD-ROM.

My earlier model computer, with a simple CD-ROM, was able to read these backups just fine. My current CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive can read any other type of CD or DVD, just not these backups.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance for your time!

- MG

The Captain · April 22nd, 2005

Certain pc drives are picky when it comes to backups. For example, I recently remastered some dvd's. My burned, custom copies worked fine in my regular dvd player, but my laptop dvd+r/rw drive couldn't read them at all.

MoneyGrip · April 22nd, 2005

Is this a problem that a driver/firmware update could fix, or should I just invest in a cheap external drive to solve the problem? Or possibly rip the cd's to iso's on a buddy's computer and burn them that way?

**hushypushy** · April 22nd, 2005

the original discs work right? just get those and rip the ISOs to your hard drive. laptop CD drives will be really crappy with PSX games anyway, and external drives are slow.

**n_w95482** · April 23rd, 2005

External drives won't work anyway, they don't use the ATAPI interface which ePSXe requires.

**hushypushy** · April 24th, 2005

good point, i'd forgotten about that.

April 22nd, 2005	#1 (permalink)
MoneyGrip Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: US Posts: 2	CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive won't read CDR's Hey everybody - I just had a quick question for whomever has a second. My CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive cannot read Playstation games, at all, on my IBM R51 Thinkpad. When I insert a game (and I've tried this with about 12 CDR backups), the drive begins to whir at a high speed, and then does nothing. I can't explore the CD through My Computer (it hangs when I attempt to right-click on the drive), and epsxe hangs at a black screen when I attempt to read from CD-ROM. My earlier model computer, with a simple CD-ROM, was able to read these backups just fine. My current CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive can read any other type of CD or DVD, just not these backups. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for your time! - MG

April 22nd, 2005	#2 (permalink)
The Captain Crono! Wake up! Join Date: May 2002 Location: cyberspace Posts: 1,446	Certain pc drives are picky when it comes to backups. For example, I recently remastered some dvd's. My burned, custom copies worked fine in my regular dvd player, but my laptop dvd+r/rw drive couldn't read them at all. __________________ DFI LT X38 mobo, E8400 OC @ 4ghz, 4gb G.Skill DDR2 1066mhz, 8800GTS 320mb (G80), 2 x 150gb WD Raptors in RAID 0, 2 x 320gb media/backup drives, NB & CPU DangerDen waterblocks, BlackIce GTX 360 radiator

April 22nd, 2005	#4 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	the original discs work right? just get those and rip the ISOs to your hard drive. laptop CD drives will be really crappy with PSX games anyway, and external drives are slow. __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

April 23rd, 2005	#5 (permalink)
n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	External drives won't work anyway, they don't use the ATAPI interface which ePSXe requires. __________________ Main PC: DFI LAN Party nF4 SLI-DR Expert w/406-bta BIOS, AMD Opteron 165 (CCBBE 0615 EPMW) @ 3 GHz (334x9), 1.55v w/D-Tek Fuzion WB; 2x1 GB OCZ PC4000 EB Plats @ 250 MHz, 3-3-2-8, 3:4, 2.7v; ATi Radeon X1900XT 512 MB @ 668/855 w/DD Tyee WB, 150 GB WD Raptor, 4x500 GB WD RE2 (RAID 10), SB Audigy 2 ZS, 700w OCZ GameXStream, CM Stacker 810, Windows XP Pro

April 24th, 2005	#6 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	good point, i'd forgotten about that. __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

April 22nd, 2005	#3 (permalink)
MoneyGrip Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: US Posts: 2	Is this a problem that a driver/firmware update could fix, or should I just invest in a cheap external drive to solve the problem? Or possibly rip the cd's to iso's on a buddy's computer and burn them that way?

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