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posted by [identity profile] silenttex.livejournal.com at 03:28pm on 25/04/2012
Anything to do with DVD regions? Or NTSC vs PAL? i.e. the ones that play are region 2 disks, the ones that don't are region 1?
Do you have any software running to get around region encoding? DVD43 or similar?

Unplug and replug the cable from motherboard to DVD drive.
Try running some tests with DCSpeed2000: http://www.cdspeed2000.com/index.html
That should give you an idea if it's reading data from the disc OK. Try it with a few discs.
Clean the DVD lens - TBH, if you don't already have a lens cleaner, I'd just buy another drive. A lens cleaner will be £5-10. You should be able to pick up a new drive for £10-15 assuming you can use a SATA drive. If you only have IDE/PATA you'll have to pay around double that for a PATA drive, or buy a converter, or install a SATA card.
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posted by [identity profile] mitchy.livejournal.com at 03:59pm on 25/04/2012
*lightbulb*

Y'know, Tex, I think you're on to something about the regions. My PC is set to Region 2, all the discs I'm trying are Region 2, but DVD43 checks them anyway. I'm going to try a few discs with DVD43 turned off before I attempt to play them, see if that's causing the interference.

I'll let you know, thank you!
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