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    DVD Player only recognized with media at boot

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by cdjny, Nov 9, 2011.

  1. cdjny

    cdjny Newbie

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    I have a Gateway P-6313 laptop with a HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T40N drive, firmware JP01. Neither the BIOS nor Windows sees the drive unless there is media present at bootup. In addition, a long time is spent checking the drive during POST. If I remove the drive, POST progress much faster.

    A borrowed CDROM drive works fine in the system, so I know that the connector is good.

    Any ideas?

    Is there any newer firmware that might help the situation?

    Thanks.
     
    cdjny, Nov 9, 2011
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  2. TANWare

    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    I had an older Everex that had the same issue. Now this may not be yours but it worked for me. Take a good photographic lens cleaning solution and with a Q Tip clean the DVD lens etc. What happened to me is the drive was thinking there was media there when there was none..................
     
    TANWare, Nov 11, 2011
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