Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron 5000 which has the Toshiba SD-C2402 CD/DVD reader. I noticed that my drive cannot read burned 80 minute CDs... I am not sure now if it ever has in the past, or whether it just broke down. I don't think it's an operating system issue because it can't even boot off of burned 80 minute CDs. so I thought it could be a firmware thing. I have upgraded to the latest firmware found on the dell support page, but still no luck.
basically, what happens is ... my drive does not settle when I stick the CD in. I put in the CD, it seeks for something, then the lights blink, it seeks again, the lights blink, and it does this forever before giving up and leaving the light on. I have compiled a small list of some CDs that I've tested... all these are 80 minute burned CDs.. some work, some don't. All of them work in my old pentium 120 desktop. 608 MB TDK... works 693 MB TDK... does not work 668 MB Verbatim works 687 MB Verbatim works 700 MB Verbatim works 678 MB Kodak works 257 MB Kodak works 680 MB TDK does not work and many more TDKs that don't work. and more Memorex's that don't work. These were not all burned by myself. Actually, all the working ones were burned by the same guy, and he said he explicitly selected no UDF on most of them. he can't remember for others. I don't know about the UDF thing since my old computer does not have UDF support and the operating system pretty much hasn't booted up yet. I ran dell diagnostics and it says I should stick the CD in, but that doesn't work. the funny thing is that all these CDs work on my old computer. do you think my drive is starting to fail? or do you think it's a firmware thing? or do you think my drive never could read it before? My brother has a dell inspiron 8000 with a CD/DVD drive too which can't read some burned 80 min CDs too. I'm not sure which model it is, as I haven't checked his thoroughly. thanks, brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
