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If you cannot play a dvd movie, If the cd-rw drive stops writing – Dell Dimension 2200 User Manual

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Solving Problems

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If you cannot play a DVD movie

HINT:

Because of

different worldwide file
types, not all DVD titles
work in all DVD drives.

If the CD-RW drive stops writing

HINT:

If you disable

standby mode to write to a
CD-RW drive, remember
to reenable standby mode
when you finish writing to
the CD.

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F

H EA D P H O NE S

A RE

C O NN EC T E D

T O

T H E

F R O NT

-

P A NE L

H EA D P H ON E

C O NN EC T O R

,

C HE C K

F O R

SOUN D

F R O M

THE

HE A D P HO N E S

— Sound

from the speakers is automatically disabled when headphones are connected to

the computer’s front-panel headphone connector.

C

HE C K

T H E

S P E A KE R S

A ND

S UB W O O F ER

— See page 30.

E

NSU R E

T H A T

W

IN D O W S

R EC O G NI Z E S

T H E

D R IV E

— In Windows XP,

click the Start button, and then click My Computer. In Windows 2000, double-

click the My Computer icon on the Windows desktop. If the DVD drive is not

listed, perform a full scan with your antivirus software to check for and remove

viruses. Viruses can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive.

T

E S T

T HE

DR I V E

W I T H

A N OT HE R

DVD — Insert another DVD to

eliminate the possibility that the original DVD is defective.

C

L E A N

THE

D IS C

— See the

Tell Me How

help file for instructions.

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UR N

O F F

S

T A N DB Y

I N

W

IN D O W S

BE FO R E

W R I T I N G

T O

A

CD-RW

D IS C

— See the Tell Me How help file or search for the keyword standby in the

Help and Support Center (Help in Windows 2000). To access help files, see

page 26.

C

HA NG E

THE

W R I T E

S P E E D

T O

A

S LO W E R

R A T E

— The CD-RW drive

must receive a steady stream of data when writing. If the stream is interrupted, an

error occurs. Closing all programs before writing to the CD-RW may also

alleviate the problem.