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    XPS 1530 optical drive read problems

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by jhloaded, Nov 24, 2008.

  1. jhloaded

    jhloaded Newbie

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    Good morning everyone,

    I have a Dell XPS M1530 using Windows XP 32-bit. The system itself has been working great however, I continue to have read problems with discs in the slot-load blu-ray. Any type of disc that I put in is hit or miss on whether it reads properly. Most of the time the drive will not read and I will see a series of errors generated in the Event Viewer > System.

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    Event ID: 11
    Source: Cdrom
    The drive detected a controller error on \Device\CdRom0
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    Currently I am in ATA mode instead of AHCI. Before I call Dell to see if it is bad hardware, I wanted to check with this community first to see if putting the BIOS setting to AHCI would correct the drive performance. By switching to AHCI with XP already installed, will this render my current XP installation inoperable?

    Any information is most appreciated.

    Thank you.
     
    jhloaded, Nov 24, 2008
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  2. BenLeonheart

    BenLeonheart walk in see this wat do?

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    You'd be better off calling Dell...
    Better to get it replaced than wasting the 50/50 chance and rendering XP inoperable (IF).
     
    BenLeonheart, Nov 24, 2008
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  3. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Switch it to AHCI first
     
    flipfire, Nov 25, 2008
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