Dell CD / DVD drive problem

captainpotato · 01-29-2008, 10:32 AM

My Inspiron 8600 is recognizing the cd /DVD drive and won't read disks. I tried my friends drive who has the same computer, and it did not work.

**bhahar84** · 01-29-2008, 08:34 PM

Hi captainpotato!!

Welcome to TSF!!

Can you clarify again the issue? You said your CD/DVD drive is recognizing all the disc, same goes to your friends computer, right? And the CD/DVD you put doesn't work on either one, is it right?

captainpotato · 01-30-2008, 11:04 AM

Thanks for the welcome and reply! First I left out one key word. The drive tries to read the disk, but computer does not recognize the disk or drive! Under my computer there is no drive, only when I connect my external usb DVD drive. The driver for the internal cd / dvd combo drive is listed as Elby SCSI cdRom device, but it comes and goes.

Thanks

**bhahar84** · 01-31-2008, 12:36 AM

You mean the drive appears and dissappears? Is it detected in BIOS?

01-29-2008, 10:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
captainpotato Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp pro	Dell CD / DVD drive problem My Inspiron 8600 is recognizing the cd /DVD drive and won't read disks. I tried my friends drive who has the same computer, and it did not work.

01-29-2008, 08:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
bhahar84 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Malaysia Posts: 1,386 OS: Windows XP SP2, Vista Ultimate My System	Re: Dell CD / DVD drive problem Hi captainpotato!! Welcome to TSF!! Can you clarify again the issue? You said your CD/DVD drive is recognizing all the disc, same goes to your friends computer, right? And the CD/DVD you put doesn't work on either one, is it right? __________________ .:CPU-Z::Power Supply::Recuva::Unlocker::SensorsView::PSU Calculator::Everest:.[/center]

01-30-2008, 11:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
captainpotato Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp pro	Re: Dell CD / DVD drive problem Thanks for the welcome and reply! First I left out one key word. The drive tries to read the disk, but computer does not recognize the disk or drive! Under my computer there is no drive, only when I connect my external usb DVD drive. The driver for the internal cd / dvd combo drive is listed as Elby SCSI cdRom device, but it comes and goes. Thanks

01-31-2008, 12:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
bhahar84 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Malaysia Posts: 1,386 OS: Windows XP SP2, Vista Ultimate My System	Re: Dell CD / DVD drive problem You mean the drive appears and dissappears? Is it detected in BIOS? __________________ .:CPU-Z::Power Supply::Recuva::Unlocker::SensorsView::PSU Calculator::Everest:.[/center]