On 31 May 2008 13:40:00 GMT, Ken wrote:

I replaced the CD drive in my Presario 5000T desktop yesterday with a
Philips DVD8301/44 I got from a friend without documentation or box.
From
what I can find on Google it should read both CDs and DVDs. However, it
reads only DVDs. This happens under both Windows XP Home and Ubuntu
Linux
7.10. XP Device Manager thinks it's an HP DVD-writer 300c. I can't find
what Linux thinks it is; I'm just starting out in Linux and it has no
Device Manager that I've found yet. I'm guessing the problem is either
the drive or the Compaq BIOS.

Any ideas?

TIA

Ken

If the system thinks it is a HP DVD-writer 300c, well , that device
doesn't use CD's. SO reading only DVD's MIGHT be right. ?? Change the
driver to the right driver.
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00044600.pdf

Also, a search of your drive on Google found a lot of hits/issues: like
http://mysite.verizon.net/eric.groves/pg43.html

or that a HP300c is REALLY a Philips DVD8301 ??
Go to Phillips and get right driver for your OS.