Thread: Next problem ...

OK, my Dell Inspiron 518 I bought in January has been running fine (after that whole "it occasionally couldn't get to websites" fiasco when I first got it - I had to re-format the hard drive in order to get the thing to work properly).

However, a problem has just occured with the CD drive. Whenever I put any CD (actual store bought or one I burned), or DVD, nothing happens. No auto-play options pop-up, no nothing. So I just tried putting in a store-bought CD, I went to the CD/DVD drive in My Computer, right mouse clicked it, hit Explore, and the CD tray opens up and I get a pop-up saying "please insert CD" - even though there's already one in there ! FYI, I checked the auto-play options and they're all fine. When I insert a CD, I have it set to ask me what program I want to start the CD with.

I went to Device Manager and there's no conflicts. I checked the properties of the CD drive and it says "device is working properly". By the way, the drive is a TSSTcorp DVD+RW TS-H653F, if that helps.

Do you think it's a driver issue (why now though ?) ? A possible dislodged cable inside ? Or is the CD drive bad ?

Probably a driver issue, or else your D-Drive is just fried.

Does yr D-Drive show up as an option under "My Computer?" And is yr computer under warranty?

Originally Posted by MauvaisSang

Probably a driver issue, or else your D-Drive is just fried.

Does yr D-Drive show up as an option under "My Computer?" And is yr computer under warranty?

Yes it shows up in My Computer, and I bought it in January, so I suppose it's still under warranty. Looks like a call to Dell is next - although I may try updating the driver.

Originally Posted by stepsukie

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Originally Posted by kritter65

OK, my Dell Inspiron 518 I bought in January has been running fine (after that whole "it occasionally couldn't get to websites" fiasco when I first got it - I had to re-format the hard drive in order to get the thing to work properly).

However, a problem has just occured with the CD drive. Whenever I put any CD (actual store bought or one I burned), or DVD, nothing happens. No auto-play options pop-up, no nothing. So I just tried putting in a store-bought CD, I went to the CD/DVD drive in My Computer, right mouse clicked it, hit Explore, and the CD tray opens up and I get a pop-up saying "please insert CD" - even though there's already one in there ! FYI, I checked the auto-play options and they're all fine. When I insert a CD, I have it set to ask me what program I want to start the CD with.

I went to Device Manager and there's no conflicts. I checked the properties of the CD drive and it says "device is working properly". By the way, the drive is a TSSTcorp DVD+RW TS-H653F, if that helps.

Do you think it's a driver issue (why now though ?) ? A possible dislodged cable inside ? Or is the CD drive bad ?

Sounds like you have a bad drive.

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