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366667 2005-06-24 05:58:00 Ive bought a dvd writer
External USB 2.0 DVD+/- R/RW writer.

Its not showing in the BIOS .. well it doesnt show when the comp winds up.
How do I open that again?

I loaded it .. and it wouldnt play some dvds and it would play others.

But it aint working now.

and when the comp reboots it takes bout 15 minutes till it comes up.

:groan: 		Lovelee (6586)
366668 2005-06-24 06:05:00 Is it in a USB 2 port?? And is it using external power? Speedy Gonzales (78)
366669 2005-06-24 07:45:00 Its not showing in the BIOS .. well it doesnt show when the comp winds up.
How do I open that again?

I loaded it .. and it wouldnt play some dvds and it would play others.

But it aint working now.

and when the comp reboots it takes bout 15 minutes till it comes up.

:groan:
What are you looking at in the BIOS? Its not going to show under Primary/Secondary IDE. All you need is USB enabled there, which it must be already.
Possibly your PC might be using 1.1 rather than 2.
What DVDs did it have trouble with? Shop bought ones or made ones? And what was on them - movies? Music? Data? 		pctek (84)
366670 2005-06-24 09:42:00 Speedy ..... Its in a USB port. What do you mean **Is it in a USB 2 port?? **

Dear God hahahahah.

OK No problems. Ive done a system restore.

Taken it back to the last safe time, we are planning on reloading it tomorrow.

What do you suggest? 		Lovelee (6586)
366671 2005-06-24 09:52:00 Well there's 1 . 1 USB and USB 2 . Has your system got USB 2 ports on it?

Since the dvd burner is USB 2?

USB 1 . 1 ports would still work, but it'll be a lot slower than what the burner would be able to burn at . 		Speedy Gonzales (78)
366672 2005-06-24 12:39:00 Possibly your PC might be using 1.1 rather than 2.
What DVDs did it have trouble with? Shop bought ones or made ones? And what was on them - movies? Music? Data?
As I said, it might be 1.1. In XP USB2 t shows in device manager as Enhanced USB.

And I asked which DVDs weren't working at all to see if maybe its a bad disk which if they are commercial ones would most likely not be the case. 		pctek (84)
366673 2005-06-25 00:48:00 It seems as if the PC ( which we were fitting the drive to) is 1 . 1 .
It only shows as a USB .

Though on the lappy it shows as 2 . 2 .

In regard to which DVDs were working . They were commercial ones, and one did work and one didnt .

Methinks if we load the drive onto the lappy we will have better luck . 		Lovelee (6586)
366674 2005-06-25 01:26:00 If u only have USB 1.1, I would get a USB 2 PCI card.

And if u have XP it needs SP1 or SP2. 		Speedy Gonzales (78)
366675 2005-06-25 01:29:00 OK .. well Im gonna stick it on the lappy .. which appears to be compatible.

But I will have to get a new USB 2.2 card for the PC .. I can see that! 		Lovelee (6586)
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