it's a little extreme, but i haven't found anything else that works (short of not updating your cd burner firmware in the first place)--using a inspirion 6000 w/ sigmatel sound card...
i think it's basically the cd burner's dell's 07 firmware that caused my problems.
That's a fine solution, assuming the system will let you flash the firmware back. I keep getting errors that the firmware from the Samsung site isn't compativle with my drive. And I get the same error when trying to flash back to D04. Any other suggestions?
Yes, I can now play any MP3, wav, etc files without having to have a CD or DVD in the drive. Of course the real pain is that just before I did this, I restored back to factory original in desperation. That didn't solve it so I decided to try the flash to the Toshiba firmware instead.
I ended up with the problem on my Inspiron 6000, and the suggested fix in this thread did indeed correct the problem. I had created numerous red-herrings on my machine as the disk drive had failed approximately a month ago and in the process and restoring the OS, I upgraded all firmware and drivers on the laptop to latest levels. Until reading this thread, I was focusing on the interaction of the new disk drive (Toshiba) with the laptop as it was a completely different drive than the drive originally shipped (Fujitsu).
As a bit of a follow-up, the firmware change also corrected another problem I had with not being able to read a data CD that was burned on another machine. The CD read just fine on numerous other machines, but would not read in the TS-L462C Cd/DVD with the DE07 firmware. After making the change to the firmware, this CD now reads correctly.
glad to hear that it worked for you guys as well..
hope dell fixes their firmware so we don't have to use one from another company.
also, use only the directions i have above...
just tried flashing w/ a rpc1 firmware (removes the regional change limits on the dvd player) and nearly bricked my drive! (btw, i was able to revive it by taking it out of the laptop for awhile and putting it back in)
I am trying to do as you suggest...I downloaded the Windows version of the Software Flash download app...How do I run the program with the -nocheck option so that the app doesn't recognize the CD drive with the DE07 firmware update in the Drive Window? Can you please walk me through how I can do that on an XP machine and give me the correct syntax line I should type in the Run window....or....what other method should I use to flash back to an earlier firmware version. Thanks.
I am trying to do as you suggest...I downloaded the Windows version of the Software Flash download app...How do I run the program with the -nocheck option so that the app doesn't recognize the CD drive with the DE07 firmware update in the Drive Window? Can you please walk me through how I can do that on an XP machine and give me the correct syntax line I should type in the Run window....or....what other method should I use to flash back to an earlier firmware version. Thanks.
Yoyo. Thank goodness you managed to figure this out. I've been searching for a solution for almost two months. Now that I think about it, this all started after flashing the DVD drive.
I've tried everything. Un/reinstalling drivers, registry hacks and even a complete overhaul of the Windows installation, no luck. Then I discovered your thread this morning.
I've flashed with the Samsung firmware and my system is finally back to the way I remember it being when it first arrived.
This is an old thread that has been brought back to my attention. Please understand that the instructions here are not provided by Dell, and I cannot guarantee the results, though they do seem universally positive.
I would be very interested to know if anyone using this fix is running Windows Vista.
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What model Inspiron is it?
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i think it's basically the cd burner's dell's 07 firmware that caused my problems.
Message Edited by yoyo12345 on 08-21-200608:27 PM
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Thanks for the tip.
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Message Edited by yoyo12345 on 08-26-200612:27 AM
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I ended up with the problem on my Inspiron 6000, and the suggested fix in this thread did indeed correct the problem. I had created numerous red-herrings on my machine as the disk drive had failed approximately a month ago and in the process and restoring the OS, I upgraded all firmware and drivers on the laptop to latest levels. Until reading this thread, I was focusing on the interaction of the new disk drive (Toshiba) with the laptop as it was a completely different drive than the drive originally shipped (Fujitsu).
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hope dell fixes their firmware so we don't have to use one from another company.
also, use only the directions i have above...
just tried flashing w/ a rpc1 firmware (removes the regional change limits on the dvd player) and nearly bricked my drive! (btw, i was able to revive it by taking it out of the laptop for awhile and putting it back in)
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I am trying to do as you suggest...I downloaded the Windows version of the Software Flash download app...How do I run the program with the -nocheck option so that the app doesn't recognize the CD drive with the DE07 firmware update in the Drive Window? Can you please walk me through how I can do that on an XP machine and give me the correct syntax line I should type in the Run window....or....what other method should I use to flash back to an earlier firmware version. Thanks.
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I've tried everything. Un/reinstalling drivers, registry hacks and even a complete overhaul of the Windows installation, no luck. Then I discovered your thread this morning.
I've flashed with the Samsung firmware and my system is finally back to the way I remember it being when it first arrived.
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