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    Gateway Solo 2550, too old for DVD burner?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Steve069, Apr 21, 2007.

  1. Steve069

    Steve069 Newbie

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    Hi guys, I have an older Solo 2550 Gateway and recently put a new 30gig hard drive in.

    Problem is I cant load windows because the original CD rom is starting to take a crap on me.

    So I bought a 8X Dual Layer DVD burner off ebay for 60 bucks that was advertised as a simple swap.

    When I put the new dvd rom in and click on the power, the laptops fans run full blast (alot noisier), the power light comes on, and the screen stays blank.

    When I put the old cd rom back in, it boots normally.

    I thought the drive may have been defective so I sent it back and got another one, but its doing the same thing to me. The seller also told me he was sure that the one he sent was the correct slave/master/cable select version of the dvd rom for my specific computer but I am not sure hes correct.

    The laptops specs are:
    Gateway Solo 2550

    Pentium III 650mhz
    288mb ram
    30gig 7200rpm hard drive
    NEC ND-6650A 8xDVD+-R/RW DL

    Its a relatives computer that I said I would install the harddrive on, but am stuck with a screwed up cd rom and a new dvd rom that wont work...

    any ideas?

    steve
     
    Steve069, Apr 21, 2007
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  2. mujtaba

    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    I think the BIOS has some trouble identifying the DVD-burned.Try your luck, you might manage to find a BIOS version that supports it.
     
    mujtaba, Apr 22, 2007
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  3. Steve069

    Steve069 Newbie

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    BIOS is latest for system.

    thanks,
    steve
     
    Steve069, Apr 22, 2007
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    Wingsbr NBR Decepticon NBR Reviewer

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    I had a solo 9550 and that laptop only let me burn dvd's thru firewire external burner. Looks like the only difference was that mine had P3 1ghz.
     
    Wingsbr, Apr 23, 2007
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  5. Steve069

    Steve069 Newbie

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    the computer wont even boot with the new drive installed! Thats why im curious
     
    Steve069, Apr 24, 2007
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