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Is this a fried DVD ROM drive ?
Name: Mo7y (by MA66) Date: August 30, 2008 at 09:05:24 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro SP3 CPU/Ram: AMD Turion 64, 2GHz\ Product: Dell Inspiron 1501
Comment:
my pc's dvd rom drive is suddenly damaged, It only reads CD's and, not reading DVD anymore, So, Is it damaged and need to be changed ? it's only 4 months old and still under 6 months warranty.
Name: jam Date: August 30, 2008 at 10:04:36 Pacific
Reply:
As I understand it, there are two lasers...one for CDs, one for DVDs. If your drive can only read CDs, it would seem that the DVD laser died. Take it back.
"If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction
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Response Number 2
Name: Mo7y (by MA66) Date: August 31, 2008 at 03:25:05 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks, But, don't you think it's too short time for DVD drive to die ?
It's LG DVD-ROM model GDR-H30N. It's not overused, I rarely use my CD or DVD drives. 4 months looks too short for it.
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Response Number 3
Name: Mo7y (by MA66) Date: September 6, 2008 at 06:57:43 Pacific
Reply:
Ok, I replaced that fried DVD ROM with a new one under warranty.
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Response Number 4
Name: Mo7y (by MA66) Date: September 8, 2008 at 14:48:14 Pacific
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Sorry, the replaced one also is fried after 4 days with very light use, I can't understand why is this happening ?
It's the second time. first 4 months then 4 days, what's going on ? do I need to upgrade the firmwire or something else ?
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Name: Mo7y (by MA66)
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