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    FL90 DVD-RW Drive

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by Dalkus, Sep 17, 2008.

  1. Dalkus

    Dalkus Newbie

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    I have a problem with my dvd drive in my compal.
    Im using it for about a month now and recently my drive vanished .

    Drive that is place in my compal is :
    slimtype dvdrw ssm-8515s

    The thing is that the BIOS is seeing it and a while ago i tried to boot an Ubunto from it and didnt have any problems . Its only not appearing in Vista .

    Moreover the Device manager in My Compyter can see it yet its noted with a problem saying :
    "System Windows cant load the device driver. Driver might be damaged ir not present. (code 39)"

    I did uninstal the drivers and rebooted the CPU but nothing changed .

    Same for virtual drives i tried to reinstal them several times and nothing have happened .



    What should i do ?

    Please help
     
    Dalkus, Sep 17, 2008
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  2. hirush

    hirush Notebook Evangelist

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    Did you update firmware before? Does dvd-rw drive read CD /DVD respectively in windows?

    After boot in Ubunto, Does dvd-rw drive read CD /DVD and write CD /DVD as well?

    Was the drive working properly before?
     
    hirush, Sep 17, 2008
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  3. Dalkus

    Dalkus Newbie

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    No i did nothing with it . I got the laptop , installed all programmes deamon tools included . After that i didnt make anything with DVD drivers/frimeware .

    Like 3 days ago i open my computer and i see no DVD , nor virtual drives were visable .

    When i put a CD/DVD into the drive i hear the sound of it working but the autorun doesnt start . And as i said i dont have any visable drives in my CPU .

    Pic :
    http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?image=problemjl9.jpg

    Sorry for language :)

    Regarding Ubunto I just put it into the drive and boot to check if the drive reads any CD's . And it did . I didnt install it .

    As for your last question , i didnt have any problems before .
     
    Dalkus, Sep 17, 2008
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  4. hirush

    hirush Notebook Evangelist

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    If you've tried to uninstall/reinstall/repair drives to no avail, try this
    http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314060

    If all attemps failed to get dvd-rw drive recongnized in windows, try to restore windows or do a clean reinstall windows. It will take a lot of time but should get rid of the problem you're having. It's window's problem not hardware problem.
     
    hirush, Sep 17, 2008
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  5. Dalkus

    Dalkus Newbie

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    hirush , thank you very very much !

    I though i made a reply here last time i was here but seems i lost my connection during senind the msg .

    It took me a while as didnt have that much time to try it but it worked .

    As Dr. Frankenstein said : "Its alive , its alive !!! " :D

    Now its working and windows does see the drive . Yet that help was for XP so i needed to delate only the lowerlevel . Anyway cheers mate ! :)
     
    Dalkus, Sep 22, 2008
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  6. hirush

    hirush Notebook Evangelist

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    You're very welcome man :)
     
    hirush, Sep 23, 2008
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