Re: DVD Rom reads ONLY dvd's NOT CD Rom nor Audio

Thank you for your comments. You are right performing BIOS fix is traumatic.
I will think about it
Andrew

"Jim" wrote:

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> > After several windows updates the dvdrom beguins erratic (not always
> > working)
> > readings of audio and cdrom cd until the last update that only reads
> > dvd's.
> > I believe a firmware update should fix the problem.
> > As I have have a compaq presario notebook that supports only a dvd or
> > diskette drive at one time. How can I update the dvd rom firmware as I
> > can't
> > use the diskette drive at the same time as the dvd rome drive? The
> > firmware I
> > have can't be executed from windows. It should be using a bootable
> > diskette.
> > Besides the pc bios doesn't support booting from external USB drive which
> > could be an option.
> > Please help.
> > Thank you
> > I'm using Windows XP SP2, DVD-rom: LG DRN8080B (reader only)
> It seems much more likely to me from your description that your dvdrom has a
> serious hardware failure.
> Even if a firmware update could fix the problem, I see no way to perform
> this task, unless the program which does the update moves the computer to
> MS-DOS first.
> That is the way I install BIOS fixes to my Dell. It is rather traumatic
> installing BIOS fixes considering the result of a botched update.
> Jim
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