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January 24th, 2009 02:00

DVD Drive Not Working

I have a Dimension 3100C and the HL-DT-ST-DVD+-RW GSA-H21N and it has recently started not to recognise CD's or DVD's.  After re-installing the firmware R143730 it now recognises CD's but only intermittently DVD's. 

Is my drive in need of replacement if so can any CD/DVD writer be installed or can someone advise if the solution may be something else.

Running XP Home Edition..

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January 25th, 2009 07:00

It sounds like there might be a problem with the laser?

 

Assuming (as I think it is?) it's a desktop system, yes... you can use any standard DVD±RW drive :emotion-5:

 

FWIW... I can personally recommend Pioneer, LG, +/or Samsung drives :emotion-21:

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