What brand and type are the CD's. The color won't matter. My computer will not recognize certain brands of CD's. Then there is the question of what type like CD-R, CD-RW and so forth. You need to check the documentation that came with the burner to see what type of CD's it will accept.
John is off line at the moment and Lisa has her setting set so I cannot tell. They may not have checked your previous thread, Gold colored CD`s do work with your drive, did the Blues work, just curious? I have had good luck with Fujifilm myself but as I mentioned before some drives are frankly picky. For now, go to Device Manager, click the "+" next to DVD\CD-ROM Devices and list the name/model of the drive in question. Dell may have a firmware available to address media issues with the drive.
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the difference. CD/RW Link
First, click on the CD/RW link in my post and scroll to Section 15, articles 14 & 17 and lets verify that the drive is running in DMA mode (UDMA 2) and not PIO mode.
Dell does not have a firmware update for this drive, however I did find one here But I must tell you that the use of a non-Dell validated firmware will void the warranty on the drive. Also I have no idea if this will work, it may even trash the drive, there were no reviews on its use.
I know if you are like me, I want to fix it..however since you can now purchase a 16X DVD+/-RW drive fro less than $40 at New Egg, consider how much time and effort you want to spend on a CD/RW drive....just a thought my friend.
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the difference. CD/RW Link
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Hi Wolfman,
John is off line at the moment and Lisa has her setting set so I cannot tell. They may not have checked your previous thread, Gold colored CD`s do work with your drive, did the Blues work, just curious?
I have had good luck with Fujifilm myself but as I mentioned before some drives are frankly picky. For now, go to Device Manager, click the "+" next to DVD\CD-ROM Devices and list the name/model of the drive in question. Dell may have a firmware available to address media issues with the drive.
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.
CD/RW Link
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Hi Wolfman,
First, click on the CD/RW link in my post and scroll to Section 15, articles 14 & 17 and lets verify that the drive is running in DMA mode (UDMA 2) and not PIO mode.
Dell does not have a firmware update for this drive, however I did find one here
But I must tell you that the use of a non-Dell validated firmware will void the warranty on the drive. Also I have no idea if this will work, it may even trash the drive, there were no reviews on its use.
I know if you are like me, I want to fix it..however since you can now purchase a 16X DVD+/-RW drive fro less than $40 at New Egg, consider how much time and effort you want to spend on a CD/RW drive....just a thought my friend.
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do
and the eyesight to tell the difference.
CD/RW Link
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