The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Inspiron 1520 DVD Drive Light ... ON

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by millermagic, Oct 25, 2008.

  1. millermagic

    millermagic Rockin the pinktop

    Reputations:
    330
    Messages:
    1,742
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    After some playing around I kinda got my DVD drive working on my 1520.

    Until I press F2 to go into BIOS or XP starts to boot, the DVD Drive will open and spool up.

    As soon as I get into BIOS or XP boots, the light just stays ON and it will not eject or read or spool up.
     
    millermagic, Oct 25, 2008
    #1