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Solving Problems

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CD and DVD drive problems

NOTE:

High-speed CD or DVD drive vibration is normal and may cause noise, which does not indicate a

defect in the drive or the CD or DVD.

NOTE:

Because of different regions worldwide and different disc formats, not all DVD titles work in all

DVD drives.

Problems writing to a CD/DVD-RW drive

T

EST

THE

DRIVE

• Insert another floppy disk, CD, or DVD to eliminate the possibility that the original one is defective.
• Insert a bootable floppy disk and restart the computer.

C

LEAN

THE

DRIVE

OR

DISK

See page 114.

C

HECK

THE

CABLE

CONNECTIONS

R

UN

THE

H

ARDWARE

T

ROUBLESHOOTER

See page 49.

R

UN

THE

D

ELL

D

IAGNOSTICS

See page 46.

A

DJUST

THE

W

INDOWS

VOLUME

CONTROL

• Click the speaker icon in the lower-right corner of your screen.
• Ensure that the volume is turned up by clicking the slidebar and dragging it up.
• Ensure that the sound is not muted by clicking any boxes that are checked.

C

HECK

THE

SPEAKERS

AND

SUBWOOFER

See "Sound and Speaker Problems" on page 39.

C

LOSE

OTHER

PROGRAMS

The CD/DVD-RW drive must receive a steady stream of data when

writing. If the stream is interrupted, an error occurs. Try closing all programs before you write to the
CD/DVD-RW.

T

URN

OFF

S

TANDBY

MODE

IN

W

INDOWS

BEFORE

WRITING

TO

A

C D / D V D - R W

DISC

Search for

the keyword

standby in Windows Help.

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