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    5750(/60?) Possible DVD Drive Bios Issue

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Verix, May 24, 2007.

  1. Verix

    Verix Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey all,

    Was wondering if anyone else has run into this...

    When I boot up into Windows normall I have two opticals drives listed. An E drive that says it's a CD Drive and then the DVD-RAM F Drive. When I click on the CD Drive a pop-up windows reads: The file or directory is corrupt and unreadable.

    When I have just Windows installed on the comp it reads both drives, but when I install Linux and GRUB the DVD drive disappears. Anyone know what's up with this?

    Thanks,

    -Andrew
     
    Verix, May 24, 2007
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  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    the two drives:
    - one that says DVD-RAM Drive is your physical drive (probably Pioneer DVR-K16/17)
    - the other drive seems to be a virtual drive (like from Daemon Tools, Alcohol, etc..)
     
    Gophn, May 24, 2007
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  3. Exatrive

    Exatrive Notebook Consultant

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    hey.. GRUB yanks our ATA interface the wrong way and disables the ata interface to the CD-Rom drive.. when You install Linux just use LILO, there is no know fix to GRUB and our system atm.
     
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  4. Verix

    Verix Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the replies, guys. Yeah, I've had success with LILO but was hoping there was some solution in GRUB or Windows. Weeeak..
     
    Verix, May 26, 2007
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