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Inspiron 6400/E1505 notebook TSST TS-L632D CD/DVD RW drive not working so well... DVD's not working/CD's ok
Have read lots about this drive not being reliable or failing fr some Dell notebooks. Any solutions to fixing? OR any suggested replacements as many stores now only sell SATA DVD drives?
Terwon
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October 24th, 2009 09:00
Hi, Terwon:
Please run the Dell diagnostics to verify that the drive cannot read CDs. Run the READ test with a data disc in the drive. Post your results and we'll go from there.
A replacement drive is easy to find, if you should need one.
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October 24th, 2009 23:00
Thanks, ran the Dell Diagnostics on the CD/DVD drive with a disc in it - received the follow messages:
Error Code: 0148
Message Error Code: 2000-0148
2: IDE Error Status
IA Error register: 0020h
If I am in Windows XP, and a place a regular DVD movie (purchased ones e.g. Disney DVD) the DVD drive whirrs for a whole then dies; if I put in a CD data disc, it seems to read this.
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October 25th, 2009 06:00
Well, that confirms my suspicion.
These are easy to find and not very expensive, such as this vendor (which Google found in 0.13 seconds).
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October 25th, 2009 11:00
Thanks for the confirmation and referral!