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| Thread ID: 54567 | 2005-02-16 00:43:00 | External DVD Writer - USB - W2k | camo (4895) | Press F1 |
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| 325416 | 2005-02-16 00:43:00 | Alright, here's the components to my problem: One Optorite DD1601 internal DVD writer, which has been fitted inside an external 5.25 IDE-to-USB case. The case is USB 2.0, but is backwards compatible - i.e. USB 1.1. One old Dell Laptop, with a P3 800Mhz CPU, 128MB RAM, and USB 1.1. I.E. BRICK. One stubborn user who didn't want to pay less to get a new laptop with internal DVD writer. He still swears black and blue that his old Dell notebook can handle DVD burning capability (even on its USB 1.1 ports) - and he doesn't mind carrying the chunky external drive around. One hapless IT worker, who was told to order this external drive, even though he always had his doubts about the end outcome. In his humble opinion, if you have a slow computer, and want to use a DVD burner, you damn well better have USB2 - and even then, the end results could be erratic. As you can probably guess already.....they are. Anyhoo, enough about that. Said user now has laptop+external burner, but the drive won't recognise under Windows 2000. It is detected by the USB port, and it starts to search for the drivers, but comes up with a "Code 10" and the drivers won't install. I have no access to the computer myself, as the user is now in Japan.....the plot thickens...... |
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| 325417 | 2005-02-16 01:04:00 | Was the drive ever working? recognised by w2k?, does he have another usb port free? | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 325418 | 2005-02-16 01:14:00 | Yep, yep, yep. I tried it on a 2000 PC I had here before I sent it to him. He has plenty of USB ports, and has tried it on all of them, to no avail. |
camo (4895) | ||
| 325419 | 2005-02-16 02:04:00 | I have an idea that there might be some BIOS settings that need to be changed....USB Power Manangement, or something along those lines... Thoughts? |
camo (4895) | ||
| 325420 | 2005-02-16 02:12:00 | Is this on a SIS chipset, you might have issue with the USB controller and have to update it manual 1st before attaching the ext drive | SolMiester (139) | ||
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