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 600m dvd/cd

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by qbutah, Mar 31, 2009.

  1. qbutah

    qbutah Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    my dvd/cd will read DVDs but will not read CDs /music or data. Is this software of hardware problems?
     
    qbutah, Mar 31, 2009
    #1
  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

    Reputations:
    2,962
    Messages:
    8,231
    Likes Received:
    63
    Trophy Points:
    216
    Try re-seating the drive a few times? It's really strange that you can read DVDs and not CDs; usually it's the other way around. Failing the re-seating, I'd say it's probably a hardware failure; if you've got another Dell of similar age with which you can test the optical drive, I'd do that. Otherwise, these D-Series ODDs are pretty cheap on eBay; a new one won't run you much.
     
    Commander Wolf, Apr 1, 2009
    #2
  3. qbutah

    qbutah Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I am not sure how to reset the drive---Is there switch or do yuou just remove and reinstall the drive back into it's bay?
     
    qbutah, Apr 1, 2009
    #3
  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

    Reputations:
    2,962
    Messages:
    8,231
    Likes Received:
    63
    Trophy Points:
    216
    I'm referring to simply pulling it out and re-inserting it into the bay. Maybe take some compressed air and blow out the connectors while you're at it.
     
    Commander Wolf, Apr 2, 2009
    #4
  5. qbutah

    qbutah Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    All right, I'll try that. Thanks for the input.
     
    qbutah, Apr 2, 2009
    #5