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DVD detection problem

Name: John
Date: January 11, 2003 at 09:09:49 Pacific
OS: Win ME
CPU/Ram: 112MB

Comment:

Having real problems with my dvd drive... in the bios setup screen the drive is listed as a CD-Rom, auto detecting changes this to DVD-Rom but on restarting and entering the setup again, the drive is listed as CD-Rom. Hence, windows treats the drive as a cd rom and so i can't play dvds. any help would be greatly appriciated...

Name: Jizumonkey
Date: January 11, 2003 at 09:27:47 Pacific

Reply:

What does it do if you leave the setting as auto rather than auto detecting it and saving it?

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Name: john
Date: January 12, 2003 at 03:24:07 Pacific

Reply:

Yeah its happy staying as auto. then it's still listed as a CD-Rom in the device manager. can i do anything from here to get it working?

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