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Name: Petlydecker
Date: October 29, 2009 at 10:25:00 Pacific
OS: Windows Vista
CPU/Ram: 2048 PC5400 DDR2
Product: Lite-on Black 52x cd-r 32x cd-rw 52x cd-rom 1.5m cache ide cd burner-
Subcategory: Hardware Problems
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Hello,

I am running Vista Home Premium on a Dell Vostro 1400 laptop. I have a internal DVD burner and I am trying to connect a external Lite-On burner via a USB port. When I plug the drive in, the operating system detects a device and loads the driver. But the drive does not show up. None of my programs recognize the cd drive other than the internal drive. Does the operating system need a driver for the external cd burner? I must be missing something. Any help would be appreciated. The cd drive is also not seen in the device manager.

Thank you,

Peter



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Name: johnr
Date: October 29, 2009 at 10:58:41 Pacific
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I'd suggest trying it in another system, it shouldn't need drivers to be recognised so it's more lkely to be a faulty unit.

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Response Number 2
Name: Petlydecker
Date: October 29, 2009 at 12:24:57 Pacific
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Thanks for your help.


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Response Number 3
Name: XpUser4Real
Date: October 31, 2009 at 15:12:28 Pacific
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When I plug the drive in, the operating system detects a device and loads the driver. But the drive does not show up

Have you tried deleting all the USB controllers in device manager and then rebooting and let vista re-install them? Then try the burner.

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