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    dvd drive problem

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by jych13021989, Aug 14, 2008.

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    jych13021989 Newbie

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    hey I was tying to step over from vista to xp and I ran into some problems. I had everything working at first. I downloaded Udi's driver package and slipstreamed the SATA driver (and some others). Then I kept getting the BSOD so I decided to try the alternate method of disabling AHCI and just using the windows XP cd. So I tried this and it didn't work it just asked me to press f6 to instal sata drivers etc. Then I tried my gf's xp cd and it did the same. Now I have rebooted and it seems that I cannot eject the cd from my dvd tray and I do not see an emegency eject hole because on the m1530 thereis just a slit in the side that you put the cd into. Could anyone help me? I checked device manager and I only see the virtual dvd drive created by Daemon tools (at least I think its that one) and that one seems to be working. The other one isn't even detected and when I press eject the eject light next to the otuch button just flashes on and off for a while then gives stops.
     
    jych13021989, Aug 14, 2008
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