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Article #142Dell Dimension with Philips 8631
From: RileyM
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:04
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:04
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C53FA3.259E5600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My story... I also bought my Dell Dimension 3000 in February 2005 with the Philips = 8631 DVD+-R/RW combo drive.=20 From the very first day i encountered problems with it. It would not = read or write multi-session CD-R disks. When i read a multi session disk = created in my previous computer using Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 Basic, the = drive scans the disk constantly, causing Windows to freeze which results = in me having to restart the computer using the power button on the = tower. For troubleshooting, i tried reading these same disks on my other = Dell Dimension 3000 PC with a Sony DVD-ROM/CD-R/RW combo drive. Thses = disk read perfectly fine on this computer using the exact same software = as the PC with the Philips drive. I called Dell on a number of occastions for a fix to the problem. I was = first told that if the drive reads other CDs normally then it is not a = problem with the drive. I also updated the drive to the CD21 firmware = from the Dell Support site. This did not fix the problem. I was later = told i had to restore the system and try it again. This also did = notsolve my problem. Finally on 31 March '05 it was decided that the PC would be returned to = have the drive replaced. Yesterday (11th April) i got the PC back, and tested it this morning = only to find that the problem has still occurs. And strangly the PC = hadnt been restored to factory settings as i had expected. I did receive = a repair note, from the "replacement" (i put replacement in inverted = commas because i have a feeling that it was not replaced because it = wasn't returned to factory settings).=20 Any help appreciated --=20 RileyM ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C53FA3.259E5600 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My story...</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I also bought my Dell Dimension 3000 in = February=20 2005 with the Philips 8631 DVD+-R/RW combo drive. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>From the very first day i encountered = problems with=20 it. It would not read or write multi-session CD-R disks. When i read a = multi=20 session disk created in my previous computer using Roxio Easy CD Creator = 5=20 Basic, the drive scans the disk constantly, causing Windows to freeze = which=20 results in me having to restart the computer using the power button on = the=20 tower. For troubleshooting, i tried reading these same disks on my other = Dell=20 Dimension 3000 PC with a Sony DVD-ROM/CD-R/RW combo drive. Thses disk = read=20 perfectly fine on this computer using the exact same software as the PC = with the=20 Philips drive.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I called Dell on a number of occastions = for a fix=20 to the problem. I was first told that if the drive reads other CDs = normally then=20 it is not a problem with the drive. I also updated the drive to the CD21 = firmware from the Dell Support site. This did not fix the problem. I was = later=20 told i had to restore the system and try it again. This also did = notsolve my=20 problem.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Finally on 31 March '05 it was = decided that=20 the PC would be returned to have the drive replaced.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Yesterday (11th April) i got the PC = back, and=20 tested it this morning only to find that the problem has still occurs. = And=20 strangly the PC hadnt been restored to factory settings as i had = expected. I did=20 receive a repair note, from the "replacement" (i put replacement in = inverted=20 commas because i have a feeling that it was not replaced because it = wasn't=20 returned to factory settings). </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Any help appreciated</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><BR>-- = <BR>RileyM</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C53FA3.259E5600--
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