Dell Inspiron 1521 PC Notebook cd/dvd drive stopped working

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Dell Inspiron 6400 Vista CD Drive Does Not Recognize CDs

Try to use dvd cleaner disk to clean the lens, if it doesnot work, i think you have to replace your drive , this happens with Dell alot. but try to clean it, uninstall then install the driver back and check if its work.\015\012\015\012Bes ... Dell Inspiron 6400 Notebook

I fogot my HDD password How to unlock - Lenovo Elite ThinkPad R400 Notebook

Dell Universal Administrator Password How To Erase Dell Inspiron Hard-drive Password\015\012 I have a Inspiron E1505 laptop and had the same problem, I don't know if the agent broke the rules but she finally told me (after th ... Lenovo Elite ThinkPad R400 Notebook

CD/DVD drive not recognized by system and not working at all!

In windows xp: go to start then control panel then system then hardware then device manager then remove anythig that even remotely looks lika a DVD drive then: shut down you computer when it restarts xp will look for and, install anything hooked up ... Dell Inspiron E1505 Notebook

Dvd-rw is not being detected by bios

Try the following\015\012\015\0121.reseat the odd..u can find the steps at the below mentioned link\015\012http://support.del ... Dell Inspiron 6400 Notebook

Power supply issues or notebook problem?

It's a pretty common problem (Power pin failure). The pins/sockets are poorly designed and poorly constructed. The day-in and day-out jerking and pulling on the cable causes the failure.This video talks about using a cable retention dev ... Dell Latitude D600 Notebook

Dell Inspiron 8600 Cd RW/DVD has stopped working

This problem occurs when the lens of the drive gets weak or brokenyou can either buy a new drive or just get the lens of the old drive replacedyes its possible to replace a cd rw/ dvd drive with a dvd rw drive ... Dell Inspiron 8600 Notebook

Dell 1501 Inspiron w/Vista won't boot up -- virus?

Hi Erika, have you tried pressing F8 when it starts booting (keep pressing it before dell bios screen fully loads)you should get a black screen with options, scroll up to with arrow keys>> "last known good co ... Dell Inspiron 1501 Notebook

DVD+RW DRIVE STOPPED WORKING

Try rebooting your computer. I have a similar desktop and sometimes after a period of use the drive seems to power down - if I shut down and start up again it seems to work again.\015\012\015\012If this doesn't solve the problem, check t ... PC Desktops

Dell inspiron 1420 startup error

You need to cheat a little. First try to boot into safe mode by pressing the f8 key as soon as you hit the power (and keeping your fingers crossed on the other hand that it notices your doing this). Before you get too depressed just try booting into ... Dell Inspiron 1420 Laptop

Dvd-rw not detected

Go into your device manager and see if your dvd player is listed. Double click on it to see if it says if it is working properly. If not listed, go to the very top and right and it should say scan for hardware changes. Click on that. If your pc finds ... Dell Inspiron 6400 Notebook

Re: your suggestion for my Dell Lattitude D600 Hard Drive Problem

Ok, now we have some good discourse! While I'd always prefer to use a friend's laptop to test my fringe hypotheses, having your own is a fine option too. And it sounds like you have an enclosure too, so you are pretty much all set. It's r ... PC Laptops

Error code 1046: new hard drive, still problems

Since the keyboard and dvd are on different controllers it may be the motherboard but then I have seen weird things when memory goes bad. I would download memtest on another computer and burn it to cd and run it from bootup and test the memory first. ... Dell Inspiron 2200 Notebook

Dell Inspiron 5100 PP07L hard drive

Did you accidentally buy a SATA notebook drive?If so, this will not work in your notebook, it used IDE drives. ... Dell Inspiron 5100 Notebook

Dell Inspiron 600 Laptop, stop working.

This is generally a problem with the battery or a memory chip. Start by removing the battery and starting up on the power supply only. Dell batteries are notorious for causeing a no start. Then try removing the memory and try one chip at a time in bo ... Dell Inspiron 6400 Notebook

I have a Dell Inspiron 530

I have a Dell Inspiron 530S, and it exhibited the same symptoms as rguggemos's & Wilburollie's.I can put it to sleep, but when I try to wake it, it won't. The screen will stay black. I can hear the drives spin up, and the fans go on F ... HP Media Center m7060n PC Desktop

Lock up at black screen after dell screen

Looks like you may need to used a data recovery tool. Here is a list of free recovery tools.\015\012\015\012\015\012http://www.snapfile ... Dell Inspiron 1545 Notebook

Dell inspiron 1721 hard drive not recognized for Vista reinstall

Ok, theres a small issue with the raid controller. You have to install a 3rd party raid driver (its on the dell cd) to continue, OR, you can set that BIOS's hard drive controls to ATA or LEGACY (legacy would likely work best, but youd have no 'raid' ... Dell Inspiron 1721 Notebook

CD/DVD drive stopped working gradually

\015\012Ensure the Drive is seen in MY Computer\015\012Try removing the upper and lower filters per this article: http://suppo ... Dell Inspiron 4000 Notebook

Restarts or reboots screen reads "diskett 0 drive failure"

1024 X 768 is the ideal setting for a 17" Monitor. Are you still getting sound output despite the error message? If no sound then your integrated sound card has failed, you will have to install anew one in the PCI Slot, otherwise forget about the war ... Dell desktop and monitor -Inspiron 530-Intel?® CoreTM2 Duo Processor E4600

DELL INSPIRON 1501 won't BOOT...and LEDs flashing

Hi..This is an Hardware Failures: Doesn't Boot Up.First of all, most of the\015\012hardware failures that are going to be presented in this article\015\012require you to disassemble the l ... Dell InspironTM 1501 Notebook

Actually I Believe It's A Vista Problem

My advice is what they don't know won't hurt them. Ssshhh! Don't tell anybody. What I would do is convert the machine to XP, then before your lease is up revert the machine back to Vista. This will involve purchasing a Vista ... Dell Inspiron 600M Notebook

710m Fails Power On

Hello,This can be caused by a few different reasons.1. Does your CD/DVD drive open when you push the eject button? No? Maybe the drive is bad and your computer is setup to boot from this drive first so it just sits there wait ... Dell Inspiron 710m Notebook

System hangs up frequently

Might be a loose RAM (memory stick). Try removing it and then connect it again properly and see if it solves the Problem. ... Intel Pentium Dual-core Processor E5200 2.5 Ghz 800mhz Fsb E5200 Boxed Processor

Dell Inspiron 1420 freeze at starting

This is an easy one.\015\012\015\012You hard drive has DIED. \015\012\015\012Call or chat with Dell tech support and get a replacement drive\015\012\015\012 ... Dell Inspiron 1150 Notebook

DELL INSPIRON 1525 not recognizing CDROM Drive

\015\012ensure drive is recognized by the BIOS (It should be ID'd by model in BIOS\015\012If drive is seen normally in bios, then try the fixit utility in this link: ... Dell Inspiron 1525 Notebook