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Dvd drive says no!

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  • 18-12-2003 2:46pm
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    magick
    Registered Users Posts: 2,478 ✭✭✭


    Using a Samsung DVD Rom drive 616T . Its region is reading on region 1, (not an american purchase) It set itsself to region one when i reformatted xp, when i go into change the region back to region 2, it says i have one chance to change the region. When i change it to region 2, an error message comes up saying "unable to change region ,make sure drive has region 2 media and you have admin rights" Well the drive is currently empty and I am the admin of the pc. Any ideas?


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Originally posted by magick
    "unable to change region ,make sure drive has region 2 media and you have admin rights" Well the drive is currently empty and I am the admin of the pc. Any ideas?
    Try putting in a R2 DVD...


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,793 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Originally posted by seamus
    Try putting in a R2 DVD...
    :D


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    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,118 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    You could also try a firmware update, can be tricky sometimes.


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    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,497 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    I wouldn't worry about what windows says the drive is, what dvd playing software are you using?
    Depending on the aoo your using alot of the time it'll allow you to get around anything windows sets with regards to region coding.


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    magick
    Registered Users Posts: 2,478 ✭✭✭magick


    Put region 2 dvd into the pc, its able to read the files but the DVD software Power DVD 5, flat out refuses to play it, I click on to play it, then the play option fades out so i cant click on it, the same happens with the Menu for power dvd 5.


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    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,497 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Try Media Player Classic aka Quicktime Alternative
    you can find it on the old Kazaa-Lite site or do a search on google
    its a excellent media player and its also plays dvd's

    I've found problems with Power DVD in the past.


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