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    Trouble reading DVD-Rs on M1330.

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by arjie, Mar 13, 2009.

  1. arjie

    arjie Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've got a couple of DVDs containing 'Freespace SCP' (the free version) and while these work on a different PC and on my dad's laptop, I simply can't get my Dell XPS M1330 to recognise these DVDs as anything (either in Vista or in Ubuntu). I put them in, and they pop right out.

    My computer seems to be the only one that's having this trouble. Do you think I have a faulty drive? Other DVDs work fine, but I've tried burning these files to different DVDs and they still don't work.

    The DVD-Rs are Sony, by the way.

    Thanks for your time.

    P.S. Has everyone had a terrible time with Dell, or is it just me? The only thing they do right is replacing motherboards (which I've gone through twice already).
     
    arjie, Mar 13, 2009
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    hermit108 Newbie

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    Dell recently replaced my DVD drive. It would spit out any cd/dvd i put in it.

    Now DVD ok but cpu hot like Hades encoding videos.
     
    hermit108, Mar 16, 2009
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