code 10 error on Samsung drive -- ready to destroy computer

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Hi. I have an XPS2 running WinXP, and at some point in the past, my Samsung CD/RW drive stopped working. It's existence just isn't recognized by the system. I'm not sure when this happened, because I don't use the drive all that often. But I recently checked device manager to see if the drive was listed. It is, but there's a yellow ! by it, and the name of the drive is 'samsuog! ce-s/sw!sw-353s!', which seems odd. The error message in the device properties for the drive says 'This device cannot start. (Code 10)'. I tried uninstalling the drive and letting Windows redetect it, which it did, but I get the same problem each time. I also tried downloading the latest drivers on Dell's site, but the .exe files just brings up some weird dialog titled 'SFDNWIN'. That dialog has a dropdown which lists my other DVD drive, but not the Samsung, and so I can't really do anything with it because the driver or whatever that I downloaded does not fit with that drive. From what I can tell from doing a search here and via google, this problem is not an uncommon one. However, the only solutions I've been able to find are for other error codes (e.g., code 39), and because they involve editing the registry, I've been hesitant to try them out if they don't specifically address code 10 errors. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Predator · Answer

Hi Reluctant,I had researched this same issue with another Member recently. They I believe finally replaced the drive, figured they wasted more time than the $35 a new DVD+/-RW cost. I found some of the same information, other said to try a firmware update as well.I have the article on the Upper & Lower Filters in Section 100, article 31 of the CD/RW link in my post. The steps are fairly easy to follow, and has been used here I dare say 1000+ times or more.Best Regards God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,the good fortune to run into the ones I doand the eyesight to tell the difference. CD/RW Link

Toadman666 · Answer

Flashed my Samsung drive with Dell's newest update. Killed the drive entirely. If that's what you did, this is the problem. Dell sent me a new NEC drive, that while loud, is problem free.

Right after I did this, I noticed that the driver info did not match my drive. I have Emailed Dell to fix this driver update, but do not know if they have done so yet.

Note: Have a second optical Samsung drive with Lightscribe that I have had absolutely no problems with. (Actually, the OEM Nero software that came with it required me to replaced the wnaspi32.dll from the Nero website with a "fixed" '.dll). But this is a software problem, not hardware.

' like my second optical drive (SH-S183) so much, that I have bought another one for my sister as a gift.

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