Dell :: Optical Driver Problem In My 2days Old Studio1557
Feb 17, 2010
ever since i received this machine Studio1557(WINDOWS7 Home Premium; Core i7 1.6gHz, 512 ATI, 320GB HDD, 4 GB Ram) i m getting different sort of problem. i received it couple of days ago. as soon as i received it, i did install my own operating system which was Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit and made 2other partition to install Windows7 ultimate as well. anyways, as i have installed vista ultimate without any service pack, then i spent 4/5hrs to get to SP2 with all the update, but i have found that machine takes much time to load the boot screen. i don't know why that hell was happening. after the dell logo it used to take 30seconds to pop up booting screen. however, then i lost my curiosity for vista. so again i did format the whole HDD and installed WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE 64bit. today i left my machine on and once came back found that OPTICAL DRIVE doesn't work. once the CD/DVD being inserted, it tries to spin but get stuckked. tomorrow morning i have to call DELL.
i had another issue with this Optical Drive. i have got magic iso to burn the iso image, but magic iso can't recognise any disk inserted after being inserted CD/DVD. this is strange, where my room mate's machine has got magic iso and windows 7 64bit and he can burn any iso file without any problem. so i don't know what's wrong going on with my machine. can some1 explain me plz? was the optical drive faulty itself??? if yes then how come my nero and power iso works with it...
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Feb 15, 2010
Finally i have received my Studio1557 this morning. it came along with pre installed windows7 home premium 64bit. but i had Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit and as i like windows Vista more than Windows7, so i have just installed it.
now i m updating service packs. i will install Windows7 as well. anyway, i want to share with u something that, once windows is booting, after the dell logo it takes 30seconds to show up the log in screen. it's unusual.
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Feb 16, 2010
My machine came along with windows7 home premium which i don't like. so once i received it i installed my vista ultimate 64bit (no SP). then i updated it to sp2. but the annoying thing what i noticed is booting time.
Once the Dell logo disappears i can see couple of blinking on the top left corner then screen goes off and should pop up booting, but it goes off and stays like that for 30secs then starts booting process. it's annoying. i tried many way to sort it out. in BIOS Quickbooting option is enable.
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Will an optical drive from a Vostro 1500 fit into a Latitude E6410? Will this be difficult to swap?
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My question is this - are SATA laptop optical drives the same as older IDE drives, in that they are universally compatible
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I found a Lite-On DVD-RW with LightScribe on eBay for like $40, but I don't want to get it if it's not going to fit.......................................................
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I googled around to see if anyone had done this but got no results.
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10" Vostro with an Optical Drive
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Sep 10, 2009
In case noone noticed
Dell India
http://www1.ap.dell.com/in/en/home/n...=dhs&cs=indhs1
Dell Singapore
http://www1.ap.dell.com/sg/en/home/n...=dhs&cs=sgdhs1
Dell Malaysia
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/prod...hs1&ref=homepg
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Jan 12, 2009
I'm buying a refurb M4400 that comes with a DVD-ROM drive. I'd like to upgrade it to a DVD-RW.
Dell sells an IDE and a SATA drive. I'm not sure which one I should be getting. I'm hoping M4400 owners here might be able to give me more info - do all M4400s have IDE drives, all have SATA, or is it a mix? Can I safely order one or the other, or will I have to wait and see what my system has before I can order?
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Oct 23, 2009
I own a Studio 15, bought in UK. Now I am in India. For some reason my optical drive has stopped working properly. It can hardly read disks and it ejects them back out.
Trying about 10 times, sometime it is able to read the disk. I have tried various disks and have tried reinstalling OS too but in vein.
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My DVD drive has recently been compromised, i can not share the details of how this happened, but needless to say, i now require a new drive.
Does anyone happen to have a list of compatible optical drives that i could buy for my dell inspiron 1501
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Jul 8, 2008
Is there a place that sells the blu-ray burner that dell puts into their laptops now?
Do you have to buy from Dell? Is this drive compatible with the inspiron 9300? I have modded the bios on my 9300 to the M170 bios. Also, will my video card handle this drive and blu-ray movies? I have a 7800 GTX.
Let me know what you guys think about this.
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Aug 15, 2009
Just saw this on dell malaysia and its not 14z
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/prod...hs1&ref=homepg
dell india http://www1.ap.dell.com/in/en/home/n...=indhs1&~ck=mn
P.S. Model No is 1450 (not 1540
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I been searching around for a new optical drive(dvdr+dl) for my e6400. so far, there a two types of notebook drive that i know of. the more popular 12.5mm and ultra slim 9.5mm optical drive. which type does the dell latitude e6400 uses?
Im looking at this particular drive as my upgrade, but one comment stated below and was wondering if its true?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106260
Pros: Sata slim DVD/RW
Cons: Drive to thick to fit in Dell Latitude E6400
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I have the standard DVD RW drive in my Studio 1555 and would like to upgrade to one that plays blu-ray discs.
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I got my Studio 15 notebook yesterday.
Whenever I power on my notebook. I hear one sound twice for a second. There after on 'Dell' screen I hear it once again just before Windows 7 startup screen appears. I think it's from slot optical drive.
Am I correct?
I have never used a notebook before.
So kindly tell me is this normal ? Do optical drives in notebooks make such sounds at startup as well as more noise while using (compared to desktops)
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Im in the process of updating all the drivers on my system, and of course the first place im checking is the Dell Support website.
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In the stickied thread about adding another 2.5" drive to Latitudes, someone suggested that even though the E4300's optical is a "fixed bay," the drive adapter should fit in there anyway -- it just won't lock into place with a latch.
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1) Has anyone with an E4300 tried this?
2) Would anyone with an E4300 be interested in trying this?
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Vendor :HL-DT-ST
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I had noise coming from my optical drive. The computer randomly checks my optical drive as if I were booting up or put a disk in it. I took it out, re-seated it and flashed the BIOS. It seemed to be better for a week or so but it has come back with a vengeance. I keep hearing the click of it accessing at odd times (again, when I insert a memory stick, or am working with pictures, were some times that it makes the noise). I now crack the door and leave the drive open so it's not accessing on and off all the time. Inspiron 15R,5520
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I'm an old TR and now a TZ owner, and my TZ is awesome in the fact that it could be spec'd with a 2nd HDD, replacing the DVD drive (which i used once in a blue moon, and have an external for that)
I have the 64GB SSD and now a 500GB HDD, so it's perfect, fast SSD for the OS and shed-loads of space for all my photos and films n stuff.
So since i now want to upgrade to something with more power, and the new Z looking so awesome(!), I'm hoping they'll offer the same 2nd HDD option.
I really can't express how useful and sensible this option is (especially for my usage)
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I am still using Tiger, 10.4 on my MBP.
I have recently been having issues with my optical drive. I was burning a cd for a friend and it would not burn it or pop it out when I asked it to. I had to re-start while holding down the spacebar (or mouse button?) in order for the cd to come out. I forget which method I used, but using terminal did not work nor did the eject key.
It has also done this while running iDVD to watch a movie. The iDVD interface will not work and produces the spinning beachball of death and then I cannot eject the DVD. I either have to leave it alone for the night or restart the computer. Only then will iDVD stop acting up so I can eject the DVD.
Does anyone know why this is happening? Is it all to blame on the optical drive? I just went to the Apple Genius Bar a few weeks ago for a new battery. I hoping my MBP isn't falling apart.
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Recently the optical drive on my XPS L702X laptop has randomly started opening itself for no reason at all, and the button to open it on the drives face plate does not respond either.
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Also the connection for the power lead is extremely poor and the slightest movement causes it to fall out, i've searched around and it seems to be a fairly common problem on these laptops but i haven't been able to find a solution as of yet.
What with already having 2 failed hard drives and now these 2 new issues, it sure doesn't seem like dell laptops are made to last anymore.
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The OS itself seems to be intact, since pressing F12 at booting and selecting Hard Drive starts the computer normally.
I've tried to move the boot sector to the SSD, but it seems I'm missing something... Would a BIOS update maybe work with this?
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I think is problem USB 2.0...?
But I dont know what he must install (without to install all SP3)
Already I have searched drivers on Acer but I have not found any driver usb for windows xp. And the mouse has not drivers.
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