Hello,
I just have a DVD external reader. I have a normal dvd inserted. When I try to open, I just get the error saying "Region setting of Drive does not match region of disc". I am using a LG DVDRAM SP80NB80. Any help would be appreciated!
Region Setting of Drive does not match region of disc
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BrettTheRipper
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Re: Region Setting of Drive does not match region of disc
It sounds like your optical drive is DRM locked into a region that's different from the disk's region. I don't know if new drives still do this because it's been a long time since I last bought an optical drive I didn't flash. The last I knew of, though, there was a counter that was incremented each time you played a disk, and once that counter reached a certain number (I think it was 5), the drive would become locked into the whatever region the disk was assigned, and from then on would only play disks associated with that region. For example, if your drive became locked to Region 1 (North America), any future attempts to play disks from other regions (e.g., Region 2 / Europe & Middle East) would fail. It sounds like that's what happened here.