Dell Inspiron 4000 Notebook "dvd drive" Questions

...DVD drive recently stopped working. When I put a CD or DVD in it makes some noises for about 15 seconds and then stops. When I go to My Computer it does not show that I there is a disk in the drive. ...

DVD drive not working check dvd drive if detected in bios 1. test any media dvd and cd, if fails 2. uninstall / reinstall firmware if fails 3. check if dvd drive icon is visible from my computer ...

...DVD drive out and replaced it with just a CD drive, one way to check this on your dell is to look at the picture below and you will see that it says dvd on it, Check to see if yours looks the same if ...

dvd drive back in now it wont show anything is in the drive try the same dvd in other working pc , if it is working disconnect the dvd the dvd drive and connect it again or you might have to clean the

...DVD drive how can I repair this ? I am unable to burn dvd's as even when i insert a brand new dvd I am told that I do not have a writable cd in the drive tried to go on line to get a fix was told to ...

...has a number of different drives one of which is a DVD/CD combi drive meaning it can read and write CD's but only read/plays DVD's. Check the drive fascia if it says DVD-rom then it only reads

...DVD-Rewriteable drive. I'm trying to write a DVD-R disk but Windows Explorer shows the drive as "CD Drive" & asks me to insert a CD when I look to burn with a fresh DVD already in the drive. I've ...

...dvd r/w drive is not getting detected at all..when i saw the device manager , it showed an abnormal name for cd/dvd drive viz.- H + H DVD-ROM DVD-410B SCSI CdRom Device i thaught that it could be ...

...DVD drive won't read/play DVDs and it won't write DVDs either. It used to do this fine, but it doesn't anymore. It will still play and write CDs, but not DVDs. I have tried EVERYTHING to ...

dvd and cd drive wont work Hi First of all, check that the computer can seet he DVD drive in "My Computer" (By "see" i mean that there is an icon theres showing that it knows there is a DVD present.**