Installing a dell latitude D series External Media Bay CDRW DVD RW Drive PD01S

dell pd01s, is it a External DVD drive? You what to connect it to a computer? What computer? Or a schematic for the device? Try here: http://www.dell.com/support/Manuals/us/en/04/Product/latitude-D400

Do you still have this problem if you boot into safe mode? If not, then there is a problem with one of your programs interfering with usb drivers.
If it does still happen in safe mode, then you may need to re-install your drivers. To do this, boot up normally, go to Start/control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager. Find your USB section, and right-click the USB Root hubs, and uninstall them. Then reboot, and windows will then detect the usb ports, and reinstall the necessary drivers for proper operation.
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Looks like the answer is yes. Call to be sure. For prices and availability of parts and upgrades for this system, call 1-800-357-3355. Give them the service tag number and they will be able to tell you for sure.

Assembly 24X CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive Usually Ships 3-4 DaysManufacturer Part# R3117 Dell Part# R3117
Starting Price $109.95

That drive will read DVDs and Read and Write to CD-R, CD+R and CD-RW and CD+RW media.

Go to the Manufacturer's site of the burner and look for firmware, download and install -and to make sure it (the burner) is compatible with you operating system vista or XP
You should have received a disc with the burner ...run it, even if you are going to use some other burner program.
If you can't find what you need, write again with the name and model of burner and the operating system you are using.
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make sure you have the latest BIOS version:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&deviceid=4252&libid=1&releaseid=R112427&vercnt=9&formatcnt=0&SystemID=LAT_PNT_P4_X300&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=-1&impid=-1

If you bought a D-Bay external drive, then you may need to run a firmware flash on it. The firmware for a D-Bay is found here:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R76969&SystemID=LAT_PNT_P4_X300&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=3060&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=2&libid=31&fileid=100938

If it is a 3rd party drive, it should have it's own power source to power the drive.

If the drive functions, but you still get a USB error when the drive is attached, make sure that you have all WIndows updates installed and if the error still occurs, then try this:

solution for usb error when booting the computer.

Click on START Click on CONTROL PANEL Double-click on the SYSTEM icon Click on the HARDWARE tab Click the DEVICE MANAGER button Click the “+” next to Universal Serial Bus Controllers to expand the selection. Right-click and select PROPERTIES on the Intel® USB UNIVERSAL HOST CONTROLLER (not the USB Root Hub) Click the ADVANCED Tab Check the box that says: “Don’t tell me about USB errors”

If you didn't get a D-Bay drive, you might try this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dell-D-Bay-PD01S-DVD-CDRW-Combo-Drive_W0QQitemZ220344604392QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item220344604392&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

Your built in CD Drive is a DVD player and regular CDR - CDRW burner, this means you cannot burn DVD's. To burn DVD's I would recommend you purchase an external DVD burner, here are some links to ones that are compatable to your computer.

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usb port and yes

If you are looking to replace the internal drive, then as long as you purchase a drive with the same interface it will work. If you are looking for a USB external drive then any one will work.

The only thing Dell was correct with is it should have +/- signs.

try uninstalli/reinstall driver