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Discs keep spinning (on Windows)
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:40 pm
by Titus03
I have a problem that appeared one month ago. I have LG GSA-H1l2 DVD drive and all data discs keep spinning in the drive even if no application load data on them. Spinning won't stop until computer suspends. This happens only in Windows XP, not Linux. Any help appreciated.
Thanks.
Re: Discs keep spinning (on Windows)
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:16 am
by kappage
are you running any media player at the time of the spinning?
Re: Discs keep spinning (on Windows)
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:15 am
by hercules71185
I honestly can not tell you whats going on someone else can help you there I think. Has to be a program error of somekind. Does it spin like high RPM? Mine did this till I restarted it. EVERYTIME I put a cd in and tried to burn it. If I left it alone it would be fine
Re: Discs keep spinning (on Windows)
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:24 am
by kenc51
Try uninstalling the drive from device manager and then rebooting. (it will reinstall automatically after restart, as the driver is a generic M$ one)
Re: Discs keep spinning (on Windows)
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:31 am
by Titus03
[quote="hercules71185"]Does it spin like high RPM?[/quote]
Yes, RPM sounds high.
[quote="kenc51"]Try uninstalling the drive from device manager and then rebooting.[/quote][/quote]
Tested, but without difference.
[quote="kappage"]are you running any media player at the time of the spinning?[/quote]
Sometimes. This happens mostly without MP:s.
Re: Discs keep spinning (on Windows)
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:29 am
by DMB2000uk
Well I would suggest to try updating the firmware of the drive, but I can't find anywhere that would have an updated firmware available to flash.
Dan
Re: Discs keep spinning (on Windows)
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:53 am
by KnightRid
http://www.lge.com/support/software.jsp
select country and region, then select dvd-rom drives
On mine (north america, USA) on page 2 there is a program called - LG Auto Firmware Download - Version 4 - only works on newer drives (2006+) it seems, but it could be worth a look.
Also - is that model number correct? I cant find ANYTHING on that model number anywhere
Mike
Re: Discs keep spinning (on Windows)
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:17 am
by DMB2000uk
KnightRid wrote:Also - is that model number correct? I cant find ANYTHING on that model number anywhere
Probably the same reason I couldn't find any fimware for it, thanks for the LG link.
Dan
Re: Discs keep spinning (on Windows)
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:20 pm
by Titus03
One day I decided to check if any background application affects to my DVD-drive and runned Microsoft Process Monitor. I found "E:" entries produced by DLLML.exe, which is Creative's DLL-loader for sound card drivers. After disabling that, DVD:s and CD:s will stop spinning automatically. This problem seems to be solved. I just hope that disabling DLLML.exe won't do no harm or launch automatically after disabling it. In December I had to get back to older sound card drivers, because newer ones made a side effect to some audio. DLLML.exe was activated that time my problem appeared.
Thanks for help.
Re: Discs keep spinning (on Windows)
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:03 am
by provoko
I use a program called filemon.exe:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysi ... 96642.aspx
It's a little program that monitors every single thing that goes on with your hard drive. I notice on mine I have AVG antivirus, once a minute it chimes in, so does explorer.exe, and media player since I have media sharing active. It's only reading, so my hard drive doesn't make any noise.
Run it and see if there's anything else going on. I'm not sure you can stop everything from running on XP or Vista, but it does help to know if anything major is running.