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    DV6000t- can't use cd burner?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by waffler, Feb 24, 2007.

  1. waffler

    waffler Notebook Enthusiast

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    I can play CD's just fine on my dv6000t, but the cd burner doesn't seem to work at all. When I try to burn a CD in WMP, it just says "CD or DVD burner not detected".

    Anyone know what could be causing this problem?
     
    waffler, Feb 24, 2007
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  2. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    First look in your device manager and see if there is an red x when you expand(+) the cd/dvd drives section of the device manager
     
    Kdawgca, Feb 24, 2007
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  3. Airman

    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

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    I second Kdawg's advice, you can also try reinstalling with the newest driver.

    There are occasionally conflicts between Windows Media Player and optical drives, usually updating to the latest firmware sorts them out.
     
    Airman, Feb 24, 2007
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    trini_tech Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is the burner working with any other burning software? eg. Nero
     
    trini_tech, Feb 24, 2007
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  5. waffler

    waffler Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nope, device manager seems to think that everything is fine

    No, it doesen't work with any other software either. All the programs that I've tried seem to think that it's just a generic CD/DVD ROM drive, rather than a burner.

    I looked at HP's website, and there isn't a driver available for the optical drive...what should I do?
     
    waffler, Feb 25, 2007
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  6. R4000

    R4000 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I would do as was suggested above, uninstall it from device manager and let Windows redetect it. Maybe that will fix the problem (unless the drive is defective). It may even be running in the wrong mode, which could produce errors.
     
    R4000, Feb 25, 2007
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