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Mis-identified CD/DVD drive
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 -- "When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner |
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Mis-identified CD/DVD drive
Ken,
The problem is the drive. The motherboard BIOS does not know and does care one bit whether the drive is a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo, or DVD-RW. CD-ROM reading is an automatic function of most any operating system. Burning CDs or DVDs requires some extra software beyond the OS, except that XP builds-in a crude CD burner. I can only conclude that the CD mechanism (or laser) has failed... Ben Myers 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 |
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Mis-identified CD/DVD drive
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. |
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