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DVD-ROM not working
I have looked around and tried almost anything I can think of. I have a Latitude D600 with a Teac DVD-Rom DV-28E-C. The hard drive went out, and I replaced it. The dvd-rom has not worked since the old hard drive crashed. I had to load Windows with an external drive, and I still can't get it to work. I have tried looking into the registry for upper and lower values, updated the DVD-Rom Firmware, uninstalling and reinstalling the drive, and tried different disks I know works. Windows sees the drive, but it does not read the disks (drive runs and reads the disk, then stops). Windows installed a cd-rom driver or it. I could not find a driver for it anywhere. Any help is appreciated. Thanks
osprey4
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March 21st, 2009 05:00
Hi, Byte:
Are you able to boot the system with the XP disc using this drive?
Bytejunkie151
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March 21st, 2009 10:00
No. It worked fine until the hard drive crashed, and hasn't worked since.
osprey4
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March 22nd, 2009 05:00
I'm going to suggest you run the Dell diagnostics on the drive. Your only option is to prepare a bootable flash drive with the diagnostics on it. The procedure is not difficult and instructions are easy to find. <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell> This diagnostic download can be used for a variety of formats (floppy, USB, CD, etc.).
Bytejunkie151
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March 29th, 2009 19:00
Thanks for your suggestion. I had to take a break for about a week from this problem. When I fired up the laptop, the drive is working fine again. Maybe it just needed a break from all of the updates and drivers :).....I have the diagnostics and will keep for future use. Thanks again.
mikeelia
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March 29th, 2009 21:00
I'm having a similar problem with my Samsung DVD. I did run the diagnostic, and it shows problems. I don't have a clue as to what to do next.
Mike E