Took me awhile to find a Dell User Guide that showed the IDE cable. Go Here You just un-plug the cable and carefully plug it back in, this is called "re-seating"
I would also double check that your drive is running in DMA mode, (should be UDMA-2) and not PIO mode. Click on the CD/RW link in my post and scroll to Section 15, articles 14 & 17.
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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
Thanks, I had heard you were the last word on questions like this. The Dell instructions (which I'd looked for on their site and couldn't find) are great and I've reseated the cables, but haven't tried burning a CD yet. Would it make a difference whether I physically slid the actual drive out and and in again?
Btw, taking another piece of advice from the forum, I reduced the write speed to the lowest possible, which is 1x. (This is with Windows Media Player, not the Sonic software, whose lowest setting is 48x.) This reduced the noise considerably but didn't eliminate it.
On my DVD player I can't hear the noise at all. Is that because it has a better noise filter?
No, sliding the drive forward or back will not make a difference as long as the IDE calbe is firmly seated. Windows Media Player has an option for error correction, go to Tool / Options / slect the Devices Tab, then select a drive and click Properties, put a check in error correction. Do check the DMA settings OK.
As far as the DVD player not hearing it, it may simply be a better quality device. I checked Dell site for a possible firmware update for your 292B but did not find one. If you continue to have problems with this drive, honestly you might be better off just tossing it. You can pick up a DVD/RW at New Egg for around $35.00. A retail NEC or Pioneer that will not only burn your CD-R media but both DVD+R/RW & DVD-R/RW media.
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 Galensaysyes,
Took me awhile to find a Dell User Guide that showed the IDE cable.
Go Here
You just un-plug the cable and carefully plug it back in, this is called "re-seating"
I would also double check that your drive is running in DMA mode, (should be UDMA-2) and not PIO mode. Click on the CD/RW link in my post and scroll to Section 15, articles 14 & 17.
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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September 14th, 2006 13:00
Hi GalenSaysyes,
No, sliding the drive forward or back will not make a difference as long as the IDE calbe is firmly seated.
Windows Media Player has an option for error correction, go to Tool / Options / slect the Devices Tab, then select a drive and click Properties, put a check in error correction. Do check the DMA settings OK.
As far as the DVD player not hearing it, it may simply be a better quality device. I checked Dell site for a possible firmware update for your 292B but did not find one.
If you continue to have problems with this drive, honestly you might be better off just tossing it. You can pick up a DVD/RW at New Egg for around $35.00. A retail NEC or Pioneer that will not only burn your CD-R media but both DVD+R/RW & DVD-R/RW media.
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