CD/DVD Rom Drivers Help

[boxxie1]

Hi guys can anyone help me get the driver for my dvd drive on my lappy??I have been trying for ages with no luck.its a matshita(panasonic)uj845s or so iam told

[chroma]

you dont need one, theres no need for drivers for hard drives, optical drives and the like.

They just interface directly with atapi or scsi.

[fatpac]

yeah u don't need drivers

[boxxie1]

If i dont need the drivers then why wont the dvd/cd rom drive work???

[cgscott]

Probably a fault with it. Can you hear it trying to load the disc etc

Spinning or hear the laser moving?

[boxxie1]

no the misses deleted some stuff & since then no worky a scan shows no drivers and says i need uj845s!!!!!

[cgscott]

Try this driver see how you get on.

Think this is what your looking for.

[nevovx]

Try this driver see how you get on.

Think this is what your looking for.

Actually thats not a driver , its a firmware. Updating the firmware might fix the problem if the drive is visible to windows and just gets difficulty reading new cds /dvds.

boxxie1, i think you need to give more information regarding your problem , simply saying it doesnt work doesnt give much info about the problem.

Does the drive show up in my computer and simply not reading discs ?
Drive doesnt show at all ?

[boxxie1]

[QUOTE=nevovx;255616]Actually thats not a driver , its a firmware. Updating the firmware might fix the problem if the drive is visible to windows and just gets difficulty reading new cds /dvds.

boxxie1, i think you need to give more information regarding your problem , simply saying it doesnt work doesnt give much info about the problem.

Does the drive show up in my computer and simply not reading discs ?
Drive doesnt show at all ?[/QUOTE)
DVD/CD-ROM drives matshita dvd-rom uj845-s
Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)

[nevovx]

DVD/CD-ROM drives matshita dvd-rom uj845-s Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)

It could be drive itself is malfunctioning. To rule out possible hardware problem or firmware problem with the Drive unit lets try few stuff in windows.

Firstly can you uninstall the drive from windows control panel and then restart the computer and wait for windows to try reinstalling the DVD-Drive unit.

[boxxie1]

It could be drive itself is malfunctioning. To rule out possible hardware problem or firmware problem with the Drive unit lets try few stuff in windows.

Firstly can you uninstall the drive from windows control panel and then restart the computer and wait for windows to try reinstalling the DVD-Drive unit.

nope it doesnt show

[nevovx]

nope it doesnt show

Also does the drive show in bios menu? if it does and it doesnt get detected in windows try the below url.

If you scroll down the page you can see registry editing for both Vista and Windows XP. Please backup your registry before editing.

From Microsoft itself.

Problem:

Your CD drive or DVD drive is missing or not recognized by Windows or other programs, so you cannot play or access a CD or DVD. This issue might have occurred after you installed, uninstalled, or updated a program or Windows.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

[boxxie1]

Also does the drive show in bios menu? if it does and it doesnt get detected in windows try the below url.

If you scroll down the page you can see registry editing for both Vista and Windows XP. Please backup your registry before editing.

From Microsoft itself.

Problem:

Your CD drive or DVD drive is missing or not recognized by Windows or other programs, so you cannot play or access a CD or DVD. This issue might have occurred after you installed, uninstalled, or updated a program or Windows.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

you are an absolute star it took about 10 seconds to download, install & run the fix rebooted and all sorted thanx again

[nevovx]

you are an absolute star it took about 10 seconds to download, install & run the fix rebooted and all sorted thanx again

No problem m8, glad you fixed it.

[JON12]

just what i was looking for :-)