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    XPS M1530 no longer seeing Optical Drive

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by chainy75, Mar 30, 2009.

  1. chainy75

    chainy75 Notebook Enthusiast

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    As title. What are my options? Anybody know of a good replacement (either DVD +/- RW or Blu Ray Rom) What slim line drive would defo fit.

    How easy is it to swap out and/or do you think a reinstall would help?

    No longer under warranty :(

    Thanks in advance
     
    chainy75, Mar 30, 2009
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  2. v_c

    v_c Notebook Evangelist

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    Have you tried going in to the device manager and clicking 'scan for hardware changes' to get the drive back ?
     
    v_c, Mar 30, 2009
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    chainy75 Notebook Enthusiast

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    No but ill go and try it now!
     
    chainy75, Mar 30, 2009
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    chainy75 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Device manager is showing the drive but says cannot load driver for the device
     
    chainy75, Mar 30, 2009
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    Baraja Notebook Enthusiast

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    It happened to me a couple of days ago and this solution worked for me:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=2766130&postcount=8

     
    Baraja, Mar 30, 2009
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